I am a Black artist living in Lenapehoking (Harlem, NYC). My work is grounded in queer, DIY, and liberatory frameworks; and it utilizes experimental electroacoustic composition, sampling/collage, improvisatory modes, and consideration of relational aesthetics. I am mostly interested in the cultivation of care & intimacy, multidisciplinary and/or post-genre collaboration, and prioritization of community & accessibility. I perform with my violin + voice with extended techniques & electronics – and occasionally play steel pan. Recently, I have been drawn to both long-form improvisation, sound design, and production-forward songwriting.

I am also a poet & (music/arts) writer, abolitionist organizer, and amateur powerlifter. I co-manage people | places | records & organize shows across North America. I love horror, digital (sub)cultures, qtpoc raves/communal spaces, and hearing people laugh. My sun, moon, and rising signs are all Aquarius. Free all people from oppression.

“The changeability of Lancaster’s music comes from their belief in being adaptive to others as an act of care, and from their vision of art as something defined by the relationships it creates.” – Sara Constant, Musicworks

“[Their work] balances a meditative solitude with speculative musing about human interaction and intimacy.”
– Terrance Hayes

“Defying genre, they veer from rich R&B to white noise avant-garde in one sweep of their violin bow.
- Gordon Rutherford, Louder Than War

“It’s a feeling I feel like I’ve known for ages but have never heard quite like this… Have you ever gone somewhere you’ve never been before, but the moment you get there, it feels like home? That’s AmethYst for me.”
– Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis