The Underground Producers Alliance has given its first Andreas Robbins Scholarship to Seattle unconventional MC/producer DoNormaal (aka 24-year-old California transplant Christianne Karefa-Johnson). Master Musicians of Bukkake keyboardist, UPA member, and producer/engineer Randall Dunn recommended DoNormaal for the award, which enables her to study this month in New York City with revered producers like Scotty Hard (Wu Tang Clan, Vijay Iyer), HPrizm (Antipop Consortium), HoneyChild (Mad Professor, the Slits), and others.
According to the UPA site, the Andreas Robbins Scholarship…
will be awarded annually to artists showing immense talent in their chosen fields, with an emphasis on innovation, ingenuity, and the courage to defy categories, despite a lack of funds. Scholarship winners will receive higher education and assistance in analog and digital music production, composition, recording engineering, performance, music software development, music business strategies, rig design, mastering and sound system development from renowned, award winning professionals.
Congratulations, DoNormaal.
