CORIN Diwa

Corin Ileto is a Filipina-Australian electronic producer, composer, DJ and performer working in the field of performance art, sound design, theater and club spaces. Her productions are an assemblage of converging styles moving somewhere between trance, and baroque-laden ambience. In her compositions, traditional forms merge with hyper-digital sounds to create new imaginary realms. Coming from a background in classical piano, Ileto is interested in creating a sonic space in which western classical music can be hybridized with contemporary electronic production and non-western forms.

Her latest album DIWA is an exploration of her research into Filipino folk music traditions connected to her ancestry.  What emerges in DIWA is an electro-acoustic, post-industrial folk sound palette that combines Filipino kulintang gong instrumentation, polyrhythmic motifs and tuning systems with industrial percussion and granular synthesis. Atmospheric sound design moves between anthropomorphic, volcanic and oceanic sounds inspired by ecological systems from the archipelago.

Continuing her ongoing collaboration with VFX artist Tristan Jalleh, the accompanying visuals for the show are inspired by various Filipino creation mythologies, including creatures such as the moon-eater dragon Bakunawa. At the same time, CORIN also draws inspiration from her matrilineal roots in the province of Batangas, where the volcanic crater lake Taal is located.

The audience moves through different stages of volcano formation, immersive underwater landscapes and lightning eruptions. Whereas her previous AV show Lux Aeterna, presented at LEV Matadero 2023, elevated us to the heavens, DIWA submerges us deep into the underworld.