Jennae santos

I live in Brooklyn, I was born and raised in the Bay Area, and I trace my bloodlines across the Philippines archipelago. These varied coastlines— urban & queer, powerful & dramatic, vibrant & earthy compose the space in my heart from which my music spills forth.

I cast tactile mythologies through music, sound, performance, and ceremony. My work is fed by Indigenous Filipino psychology and combat, plant medicine, foodways, and land-sea ecologies poeticized through the lens of genderqueer fluidity, decolonization, dreaming, and pleasure.

gushes is my progressive performance art-rock project for which I compose, direct, play guitar, and sing. A tapestry of interlocking polyrhythmic, ambient, and textural guitar loops form a foundation for lyrical songcraft, lovesong, sensorial ritual, and epic performance. Energized by friends and supporting artists, I arrange my music for chamber prog ensemble, rock band, movement cycle, sound installation, and drone.