Joey Largent

Composer · Writer · Interdisciplinary Artist · Publisher
(b. 1994, Arkansas, USA)
Based in İstanbul, Türkiye
www.joeylargent.com

Artistic Practice

Joey Largent is a composer, writer, and publisher whose work centers on long-duration forms, acoustic mysticism, just intonation, and field recording. His practice unfolds across music, performance, and language - often in collaboration with movement artists - and emphasizes duration as a means of deep listening, devotion, and shared presence.

Professional Roles

Founder & Artistic Director — Moon Below the Sun (2024–present)

Publishing and production platform supporting intentional literature, music, and interdisciplinary work across Türkiye, the Caucasus, and the United States.
www.moonbelowthesun.org

Founding Editor — Tunings (2025–present)

International interdisciplinary journal published by Moon Below the Sun.

Founder & Publisher — Dreams of Damavand (2025–present)

Micro-imprint for poetry and sound works.
www.dreamsofdamavand.org

Co-Director — Studio Ma (Seattle) (2019–2023)

Performing arts space founded by Katrina Wolfe focused on movement arts, experimental music, meditation, and durational performance.

Artistic Direction & Ensemble Leadership (Selected):

Annapurna Dharma Communion — 7 performers (2022)
Glacial Time Communion — 5 performers (2021, 2024)
Dhikr al-Fana Time Communion — 12 performers (2020)
Dhikr Allah Ensemble — 6–7 performers (2019–2020)
Ozarka Orkestra — 9–15 performers (2014–2016)

Space Leadership & Programming (Selected):

The Annex — Seattle (collective member, 2019–2020)
Lalaland — Fayetteville, AR (co-led gallery & music space, 2016–2017)

Residencies

Creative Music Composer Residency & Workshop — Arts, Letters & Numbers (2021), Online

Cornish Arts Incubator Residency with Kyle Griesmeyer, Sasha Leon, Taehyung Kim (2020), Seattle

Commissions

Rivers Running Red — collaborative score with Michael Shannon for Joan Laage
Performed in Frankfurt (Winterwerft Festival), Barcelona (Oracles Theatre), Milan, and New York City (2020–2023)

Keeping Afloat — collaborative film score with Michael Shannon for DAIPAN Butoh Collective Presented at Seattle International Butoh Festival (2021)

Arts in Nature Festival — commissioned 3-hour durational score for Ivan Espinosa (2021)

Field — commissioned for original compositions and recordings to build a neurofeedback audio library (2021)

Below Diorite Waters — privately commissioned two-hour durational performance, Studio Ma (2021)

Education & Training (Selected)

Just Intonation, Tuning, Composition, North Indian Classical Khyal
Michael Harrison — Private & Workshop Study (2020–2024)

North Indian Classical Khyal (voice, Kirana Gharana)
Rose Okada — private study (2018–2020)
La Monte Young, Jung Hee Choi — private study (2020, 2021)
Shabda Kahn — workshops (2022–2023)

North Indian Classical Dhrupad (rudra veena)
Daniel Shurman — private study (2020–2021)

Creative Music Online — Composer Residency & Workshop
Led by Michael Harrison, hosted by Arts, Letters & Numbers (2021)
Courses with Reiko Füting, Terry Riley, Daisy Press, and Del Sol String Quartet

Movement & Body Practices (Selected)
Joan Laage — workshop study, Butoh (2020 - 2022)
Natsu Nakajima — intensive workshop study, Ankoku Butoh (2019)
Mari Osanai — intensive workshop study, Noguchi Taiso (2019)
Katrina Wolfe/Maumae — workshop study, Masukhuma + Butoh (2019–2022)
Sheri Brown — private study, Butoh (2018 - 2019)

Bachelor of Arts — Geography & Middle East Studies (double major)
University of Arkansas (2017)
Minors in Arabic and Political Science

Teaching & Workshops

Ensemble Direction & Instrument Instruction (2019–present)
Preparation of mixed-experience ensembles for public durational works; instruction in sustained tone practice, just intonation, and drone-based performance.

Indian Classical Voice Workshop — 10-week series (2022)
Introduction to raga-based vocal practice in the Kirana Gharana, focusing on Raga Bhairav, tala, vilambit and drut compositions, structure, and riyaz.

Exploring Continuous Sound — 6-week workshop series (2020)
Improvisation, sustained tone practice, and intuitive drone-based composition.

Publications & Recordings (Selected)

Books

Naked on the Summit of Damavand — poetry chapbook (Dreams of Damavand, 2026)

Edited Volumes

Tunings, Vol. 1 (Moon Below the Sun, 2026) — Forthcoming

Albums

Below Diorite Waters (Dragon’s Eye Recordings, 2021)
Levitation Practice in the High-Order Modal Stasis of Sema (Apophyllite Recordings, 2020)
Earth Drones (Apophyllite Recordings, 2018)
Arrival on the Bardo Plane — single (Double Dream Records, 2017; Apophyllite Recordings, 2018)

Selected Compositions & Performance Works

Moonlight Dream Dervishes (2026)
The Wind That Rolls Upon the Water (2022)
Basaltic Void Dervishes (2021)
Dreams of the Harmonic Reed System (2021)
Seven Dreams of the Nooksack Glacier (2021)
Levitation Practice (2019–2020)
An Offering (2019)
There Was a Time That I Knew You (2018–2023)
Arrival on the Bardo Plane (2017)

Full works list available upon request.

Performance Highlights (Recent)

Moonlight Dream Dervishes (with Maumae), Chapel Performance Space, Seattle — January 15, 2026
Butoh sketch performance (with Rita Soma), Nateli Art Studio, Tbilisi, Georgia — July 5, 2025
Dreams of the Harmonic Reed System, Artlab Thuja, Chimacum, WA — April 19, 2024

Full performance archive (2011–present)

Selected Press, Broadcast, & Radio Features