“The Colors That You Bring draws from dusty hip-hop, astral jazz, and full throated gospel, for an eclectic stew that’s like the Celestial Choir’s “Stand on the Word” if performed live by Sun Ra Arkestra. But there’s a crucial activist ingredient too” Pitchfork’s Best New Track
Where Future Unfolds is a new work spirited by Chicago-based sound & visual artist Damon Locks. Starting as a solo sound collage piece (where Locks pulled samples from Civil Rights era speeches and recordings to create an improvisational pallet for performance on his drum machine), over 4 years the project has blossomed into his 15-piece Black Monument Ensemble – featuring musicians (including Angel Bat Dawid on clarinets and Dana Hall on drums), singers (alumni of the Chicago Children's Choir), and dancers (members of Chicago youth dance
company Move Me Soul). Where Future Unfolds is a live capture of the ensemble's epic debut at the Garfield Park Botanical Conservatory on the West Side of Chicago. Recalling the spirits of Phil Cohran's Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Eddie Gale's Black Rhythm Happening, Archie
Shepp's Attica Blues, and Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the album presents an inspired, innovative & immediate intersection of gospel, jazz, activism & 808 breaks.
RELEASE DATE: 14 June 2019
CONFIGURATION: 1xLP
PACKAGING: ** Deluxe Vinyl Package **
The vinyl edition of Where Future Unfolds will be quite deluxe... Featuring art by Damon Locks, the 140-gram
LP (pressed by Pallas) comes in a heavyweight tip-on jacket coated in metallic gold foil (a first for both the
printer, Stoughton, and us). And our standard dome-patterned inner-sleeve and Japanese-style obi strip.
BAR CODE: 603784912226
RIYL (Recommended If You Like): Phil Cohran’s Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Eddie Gale’s Black Rhythm Happening, Public Enemy, Irreversible Entanglements, Ben LaMar Gay, Exploding Star Orchestra, Angel Bat Dawid