Jeffrey Brown:
The 45-year-old Chacon, a member of the Navajo Nation, spent his early years on the reservation in Northeastern Arizona, earlier than transferring together with his household to Albuquerque, New Mexico, the place he later picked up the guitar and different devices, together with digital.
He now lives within the Hudson Valley of New York together with his spouse, Candice Hopkins, government director of Forge Venture, a recent Native-led arts group.
Chacon is a collector and creator of sounds, continuously experimenting, increasing what music could be. He writes for conventional devices, however has them performed in uncommon methods or locations. He additionally composes for very totally different sorts of devices, right here, foghorns, in a chunk carried out by ships’ crews in Bergen, Norway, and one other titled “Report” written for various sorts of firearms.
