Gay Sox

Compersion Live at Pidgin Palace

All songs by Compersion are written by Beck Turro, CJ Boyd and Ryvyr Nyx.

Ferris Wheel / New Home

Beck Rose Live at Wave Archive

This is a live performance of Ferris Wheel and New Home by Beck Rose.

Saguaros Frozen in the Canyon

Performed by Pedro Baptista

In February 2022, I moved from New Jersey to Tucson, Arizona. Having lived in the north-east my whole life, I was stunned by how enormously still everything can be in the Sonoran Desert. One of the most notable native plants of Arizona is the saguaro cactus. These statuesque, tree-like cacti silently populate Tucson’s rocky landscape.

Sea Glass

Performed by DECODA

This performance is from a concert curated by ICEBERG New Music and performed by DECODA members: Catherine Gregory and Mika Sasaki.

Sea Glass was written during a major transformative part of my life. As a way of reflecting on these anxiety-filled changes, I became very interested in the natural process of broken shards of glass slowly being softened by the ocean, until over time, they become sea glass.

Flickering

Performed by Mulholland

“Flickering” has been the word I have frequently been using to describe what gender dysphoria has felt like for me. The piece begins with dark textures, and is a reflection of a time I felt hopeless, stuck and stifled. This eventually moves towards flickering: effervescent and anxiety-driven, but alive and filled with discoveries. The final part is illumination: confident, euphoric, and reminiscent of beams of light.

This piece was written in close collaboration with Amy Zuidema and Nic Mathisen of Mulholland.