Finding Music in Liminality

Maïa Barouh on her new album AÏDA and what it means to be “between”

By Isabella Yasmin Kajiwara

The immensely talented Franco-Japanese singer, flautist, songwriter and producer shares the inspiration behind her latest album AIDA, her personal mission of building bridges between cultural tradition and reinvention, and her thoughts on the place of satire and joy in art which calls for change.

Think Tokyo underground meets Japanese Blues and Folk music meets French electronic and Rap scene meets Tribal Groove moments. But defining her music into a multi-hyphenate genre is almost a pointless undertaking because it is far more than the sum of its parts.

Finding Music in Liminality

Maïa Barouh on her new album AÏDA and what it means to be “between”

By Isabella Yasmin Kajiwara