Val Jeanty
Val Jeanty also known as Val-Inc is a Haitian electronic music artist, living and working in New York City.
Early years
The granddaughter of a Mambo (Vodou priestess), she has created a distinctive style of music called Vodou electronica which she also refers to as Afro Electronica. Her music weaves in electronica and Haitian and African Vodou rhythms. She has performed at the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, and internationally at music festivals in Austria and Switzerland. In the documentary film The United States of Hoodoo, she speaks about the relationship between sound and spirituality.
Growing up in Fontamara, Haiti, Val Jeanty attended Sacré Cœur which she describes as "a prestigious [C]atholic school, in a ritzy-bourgeois area" with strict rules.
On her music, Jeanty says: "I use these electronic tools, but the music is spiritual—something you might hear at church, or in any other religious ceremony. It’s the kind of sound that gives your spirit freedom to roam. The sound is definitely on a frequency people are not used to hearing. But it speaks to them. It takes them to another sphere."
Val
Val is a variant of the feminine given name Valerie or the masculine given name Valentine.
Val may refer to:
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Valë
Valë is a village in the former municipality of Vendreshë in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Skrapar.
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Val (Tábor District)
Val is a village and municipality (obec) in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 16.37 square kilometres (6.32 sq mi), and has a population of 227 (as at 28 August 2006).
Val lies approximately 33 kilometres (21 mi) south of Tábor, 28 km (17 mi) north-east of České Budějovice, and 109 km (68 mi) south of Prague.
