Listen to Solaya + The Effect conjure immersive sonic landscapes by blending jazz concepts, folkloric rhythms, and electronic textures into a live, powerful healing experience. Led by Solaya’s self-produced compositions, the genre-transcending ensemble layers vocal processing, pedals, samples, and synths to create an all-consuming soundscape that invites listeners into deep reflection.

A fully Black and Caribbean group, these Berklee College of Music students are committed to preserving and representing their cultural lineage in every space they inhabit. Their performance draws from the current MFA exhibition “Deep Waters: Four Artists and the Sea” to explore water as both metaphor and vessel that carries memory, stories, and the profound knowledge of molecular ancestry. Through this dialogue with water, Solaya + The Effect channel music as a tool for collective healing and liberation.

This Sound Bites is free to college and university students as part of College Night at the MFA. On April 10 the Museum is inviting college students to the Museum for a special evening of art making, gallery talks, and more.