Orba Squara is the musical alter ego of Mitch Davis, an independent New York-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. Yet more than anything, what Orba Squara represents is an idea: namely, that in an age of increasing electronic saturation—an age when one might wonder if something actually happened if it wasn’t Twittered about—there’s something refreshing (and reassuring) about music made with human hands. “When I started working as Orba Squara, it was a reaction to the fact that you couldn’t really do anything with electronic music to surprise anyone
more,” says Davis, who in his support of sunshyness played numerous highprofile gigs including Brooklyn Vegan’s 2007 CMJ showcase, ASCAP’s 2008 Sundance Film Festival party and NPR’s World Cafe.