#chimurenga renaissance

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Oh my Goddess, la canción más maravillosa del año en lo que a este blog respecta. Que belleza, los Shabazz Palaces mostrando nuevos sonidos en estos dos discos que se vienen. Esta se llama “Effeminence” y cuenta con Fly Guy Dai de Chimurenga Renaissance como invitado.

Tanto “Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star” como “Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines” salen el 14 de Julio. Abajo otras dos que soltaron, que suenan más al hip hop del futuro que carateriza a Shabazz Palaces:

No puedo esperar a escucharlas en el contexto de los discos, el viaje, transportarte a otra dimensión es la especialidad de esta banda.

Más, mucho más Shabazz --> http://hugehefner.tumblr.com/tagged/shabazz+palaces

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Chimurenga Renaissance's Homage To Nina Simone - Speak The Truth For Free

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(Sub Pop)

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Audio: Seattle's Black Stax Releases a Psychedelic Live Single

New Audio: Seattle’s Black Stax Releases a Psychedelic Live Single

Comprised of Jace ECAj (emcee) and Felicia Loud (vocals), the Seattle, WA-based duo Black Staxare set to release the first…

[douglasfur365]

Tendai “Baba” Maraire of Chimurenga Renaissance and Shabazz Palaces, 2014

Bumbershoot, Seattle

If I’m going to shoot a show the music always comes first, if I’m not into the music then it’s just not worth my time. It’s really a bonus if the artist puts on a great show, and whether Tandai Maraire is performing with Chimurenga Renaissance or Shabazz Palaces you’re guaranteed to get a great performance and some really eye popping costume choices. 

[gilberthbolanos]

Afrofuturism exhibited at Carnegie Hall at a two-month festival

Afrofuturism exhibited at Carnegie Hall at a two-month festival

Afrofuturism has its roots in African American science fiction and encompasses literature, music, and the visual arts that explore African American culture dating back to slavery. Other concerts include Sun Ra Arkestra with saxophonist Marshall Allen, 97, and guests Kelsey Lu and Moor Mother (February 17), Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid (February 24), Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata…

[hmgn3]

21-July 散財記録

02(fri) ・黄倉未来 / Live@powwwerrr (2021, CD-R) 03(sat) ・工藤礼子 / 夜の稲 (2000, LP) 09(fri) ・minami no shima (2021, cassette) ・Dave Holland Quintet / Jumpin' In (1984, used LP) ・Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass Introducing Don Adams / Touchdown (1997, used LP) ・Sly & The Family Stone / There's a Riot Goin' On (1971, used LP) 11(sun) ・平川いずみ / 3 (2021, CD-R) 13(tue) ・Foreign Beggars / Matriarchy (2020, LP) ・Daufødt / 1000 Island (2020, LP) ・Kapote / Munk presents Teutonik Disaster (2019, 2LP) ・Millimetrik / Fog Dreams (2016, LP) ・Dalhous / The Composite Moods Collection Vol.1 (2016, used 2LP) ・Loke Rahbek & Puce Mary / The Female Form (2015, used LP) ・Chimurenga Renaissance / Rize Vadzimu Rize (2014, LP) ・Tortoise & Stereolab / Vaus & Speedy Car (1996, used 7inch) ・Tortoise / Why We Fight (1995, used 7inch) 15(thu) ・The Lounge Lizards / Live in Tokyo - Big Heart (1986, used LP) 19(mon) ・The Dead Goldfish Ensemble / Fishy Tails (2021, LP) ・VMO$ & Boofy / NC7004 (2016, used 7inch) ・Dan Ar Bras / Music for the Silences to Come... (1985, used LP) 20(tue) ・Peter Fish / The Silver Apple (1975, used LP) ・Les McCann / Layers (1973, used LP) 21(wed) ・Manu Dibango / Ambassador (1981, used LP) ・Joao Donato & Deodato / DonatoDeodato (1973, used LP) ・Albert Ayler / Spirits Rejoice (1965, used LP) 22(thu) ・Snares / Just the Three of US (2018, used LP) ・Yo La Tengo / Danelectro (2000, used 12inch) ・Anti / Anti (1998, used 12inch) 24(sat) ・banana / Music for Composite Garden (2021, CD-R) 25(sun) ・tail / 道草 (2021, CD) 26(mon) ・E B U / Hinge (2019, used LP) ・Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio / Equipoise (2005, used 12inch) ・Subtle / The Long Vein Of The Law (2005, used 12inch) ・David Murray Big Band / Live at "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 1 (1985, used LP) ・David Murray Big Band / Live at "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 2 (1986, used LP) ・Miroslav Vitous / Infinite Search (1970, used LP) 30(fri) ・THE SPOIL / DAY AND NIGHT (1982, used LP)

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Shabazz Palaces - Effeminence (feat. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance)

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200 + 1: The Music Of 2016

Africaine 808, Basar   [Golf Channel Recordings] Africans With Mainframes [Heiroglyphic Being + Noleian Reusse], K.M.T.   [Soul Jazz] Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra, Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra   [Glitterbeat] Alpha 606, Afro-Cuban Electronics   [Interdimensional Transmissions] Oren Ambarchi, Hubris   [Editions Mego] Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Real Enemies   [New Amsterdam] A$AP Ferg, Always Strive And Prosper   [RCA] Asda, The Abyss   [NoCorner] Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, Oceanic Suite   [Marlow Records] Audacity, Hyper Vessels   [Suicide Squeeze] Babyfeather, “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow   [Hyperdub] Azealia Banks, Slay-Z   [self-released] Kenny Barron Trio, Book Of Intuition   [Impulse!] Beekman, Beekman Vol. 2   [Ropeadope] Bent Shapes, Wolves Of Want   [Slumberland] Beyoncé, Lemonade   [Parkwood Entertainment] Big Ups, Before A Million Universes   [Exploding In Sound] BJ The Chicago Kid, In My Mind   [Motown/UMG] Black Bombaim & Peter Brotzmann   [Shhpuma] Black Milk & Nat Turner, The Rebellion Sessions   [Computer Ugly] Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow, Andando El Tiempo   [ECM] Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans   [Outline] Bombino, Azel   [Partisan Records] Brookzill!, Throwback To The Future   [Tommy Boy]

Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition   [Warp] Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Work Songs   [Motema Music] Taylor Ho Bynum, Enter The PlusTet   [Firehouse 12] Uri Caine Trio, Calibrated Thickness   [816 Music] Will Calhoun, Celebrating Elvin Jones   [Motema] Car Seat Headrest, Teens Of Denial   [Matador] Causa Sui, Return to Sky   [El Paraiso] Cavern of Anti-Matter, void beats/invocation trex   [Duophonic] Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book   [self-released] The Chicago Plan, The Chicago Plan, [Clean Feed] Chimurenga Renaissance, Girlz With Gunz   [Glitterbeat] Brandy Clark, Big Day In A Small Town   [Warner Bros.] The Coathangers, Nosebleed Weekend   [Suicide Squeeze] Avishai Cohen, Into The Silence   [ECM] Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker   [Sony] Kweku Collins, Nat Love   [Closed Sessions] Frankie Cosmos, Next Thing   [Bayonet Records] Andrew Cyrille Quartet, The Declaration Of Musical Independence   [ECM] Damana (Dag Magnus Narvesen Octet), Cornua Copiae   [Clean Feed] The Dead C, Trouble   [Ba Da Bing!] Deap Vally, Femejism   [Nevado Music] Death Grips, Bottomless Pit   [Third Worlds] Debo Band, Ere Gobez   [FPE Records] Jack DeJohnette, In Movement   [ECM] Olegario Diaz, Aleph In Chromatic   [SteepleChase]

Whit Dickey / Kirk Knuffke, Fierce Silence   [Clean Feed] DJ Rude One, ONEderful   [2RBR] Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra, Ubi Zaa [SteepleChase] Dave Douglas, Dada People   [Greenleaf] Dre Hocevar, Transcendental Within The Sphere Of Indivisible Remainder   [Clean Feed] Mark Dresser Seven, Sedimental You   [Clean Feed] Dressy Bessy, Kingsized   [Yep Roc Records] Drive-By Truckers, American Band   [ATO Records] Earprint, Earprint   [Endectomorph] Harris Eisenstadt, Old Growth Forest   [Clean Feed] Eskimeaux, Year Of The Rabbit   [Double Double Whammy] Family Atlantica, Cosmic Unity   [Soundway] The Field, The Follower   [Kompakt] Fire!, She Sleeps She Sleeps   [Rune Grammofon] Flatbush Zombies, 3001: A Laced Odyssey   [Glorious Dead Recordings] Zélia Fonseca, O Terceiro Olho da Abelha   9Yellowbird] Michael Formanek / Ensemble Kolossus, The Distance   [ECM] Daniel Freedman, Imagine That   [Anzic Records] Free Nelson MandoomJazz, The Organ Grinder   [RareNoise] Fruit Bats, Absolute Loser   [Easy Sound Recording Company] Robbie Fulks, Upland Stories   [Bloodshot] Ras G, The El-Aylien Tapes   [Leaving Records] Gambari Band, Kokuma   [Membran Media] Giant Peach, Tarantula   [Don Giovanni Records] Bob Gluck [etc], Infinite Spirit: Revisiting Music Of The Mwandishi Band   [self-released]

GoGo Penguin, Man Made Object   [Decca Records France] Brian Groder Trio, R Train On The D Line   [Latham Records] Los Hacheros, Bambulaye   [Jacob Plasse] Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life   [Impulse!] Mary Halvorson Octet, Away With You   [Firehouse 12] Handsome Family, Unseen   [Loose Music] PJ Harvey, The Hope Six Demolition Project   [Island] Alexander Hawkins & Evan Parker, Leaps In Leicester   [Clean Feed] The Heliocentrics, From The Deep   [Now-Again Records] The Fred Hersch Trio, Sunday Night At The Vanguard   [Palmetto] Hinds, Leave Me Alone   [Mom + Pop] Anna Högberg Attack, Anna Högberg Attack   [Omlott] Homeboy Sandman, Kindness For Weakness   [Stones Throw] HXLT, HXLT   [Def Jam] The I Don’t Cares, Wild Stab   [Dry Wood Music] Ethan Iverson, The Purity Of The Turf   [Criss Cross] Jigmastas, Resurgence Resurgence   [BBE] Julie Ruin, Hit Reset   [Hardly Art] Ka, Honor Killed The Samurai   [Iron Works] Matthew Shipp/Bobby Kapp, Cactus   [Northern Spy] Kaytranada, 99.9%   [XL] Allan Kingdom, Northern Lights   [So Cold Records] Aly Keïta, Kalo-Yele   [Intakt Records] Kel Assouf, Tikounen   [Igloo Records] Alicia Keys, Here   [RCA]

The Knocks, 55   [Big Beat Records] Kirk Knuffke [& Jesse Stacken], Satie   [SteepleChase] Konono No. 1, Konono No. 1 Meets Batida   [Crammed Discs] Kool A.D., Official   [self-released] Glenn Kotche / So Percussion, Drumkit Quartets   [Cantaloupe Music] Krakauer’s Ancestral Groove, Checkpoint   [Table Pounding Records] Julian Lage, Arclight   [Mack Avenue] La Sera, Music For Listening To Music To   [Polyvinyl Record Co.] Lady Gaga, Joanne   [Interscope] Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered   [Aftermath/Interscope] Law Holt, City   [Soulpunk] Okkyung Lee / Christian Marclay, Amalgam   [Northern Spy] Steve Lehman/Sélébéyone, Sélébéyone   [Pi] Jinx Lennon, Past Pupils Stay Sane   [Septic Tiger] Jinx Lennon, Magic Bullets Of Madness To Uplift Grief Magnets   [Septic Tiger] James Brandon Lewis Trio, No Filter   [BNS] L’Orange & Mr Lif, Life & Death Of Scenery   [Mello Music] Baaba Maal, Traveller   [Knitting Factory] Luísa Maita, Fio da Memória   [Cumbancha] Mantra Percussion / Michael Gordon: Timber Remixed   [Cantaloupe Music] Milton Marsh, The Music Of Milton Marsh Revisited Vol. 1   [Alankara Records] Leyla McCalla, A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey   [JazzVillage] Lori McKenna, The Bird & The Rifle   [CN Records] Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Otis Was A Polar Bear   [Royal Potato Family] Nick Millevoi, Desertion   [Shhpuma Records]

Mr Fingers, Outer Acid EP   [Alleviated] Mr. Lif, Don’t Look Down   [Mello Music Group] Moksha, Beauty Of An Arbitrary Moment   [Jazzland] Heraldo do Monte, Heraldo do Monte   [Biscoito Fino] Moodymann, DJ-Kicks   [!K7 Records] Clara Moreno, Samba Esquema Novo De Novo   [Far Out] Maren Morris, Hero   [Sony] Murray, Allen & Carrrington Power Trio, Perfection   [Motema] Roy Nathanson & Friends, Nearness And You: Duets And Improvisations   [Clean Feed] Willie Nelson, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin   [Sony] Nisennenmondai, #N/A, [On-U Sound] No Em Pingo D’Agua, Sambatologia   [Biscoito Fino] Nots, Cosmetic   [Goner] NxWorries, Yes Lawd!   [Stones Throw] Frank Ocean, Blond   [Boys Don’t Cry] Aruan Ortiz Trio, Hidden Voices   [Intakt Records] Anderson .Paak, Malibu   [Steel Wool / OBE] Jeff Parker, New Breed   [International Anthem] Aaron Parks, Groovements   [Sundance] Parquet Courts, Human Performance   [Rough Trade] Florian Pellissier Quintet, Cap De Bonne Esperance   [Heavenly Sweetness] Luis Perdomo, Spirits & Warriors   [Criss Cross Jazz] Pet Shop Boys, Super   [x2 Recordings] Ralph Peterson, Triangular III   [Onyx/Truth Revolution] Richard Poole / Marilyn Crispell / Gary Peacock, In Motion   [Intakt]

Margo Price, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter   [Third Man Records] Psychic TV, Alienist   [Dais Records] Punkt3, Ordnung Herrscht   [Clean Feed] Quantic Presents Flowering Inferno, 1000 Watts   [Tru Thoughts] Isaiah Rashad, The Sun’s Tirade   [Top Dawg] Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, Nearness   [Nonesuch] Renegades Of Jazz, Moyo Wangu   [Agogo] Eric Revis Trio [w/ Kris Davis and Gerald Cleaver], Crowded Solitudes   [Clean Feed] Rhythm Future Quartet, Travels    [Rhythm Future Quartet] Rihanna, Anti   [Westbury Road Entertainment] Jim Rotondi, Dark Blue   [Smoke Sessions] Rudy Royston, Rise Of Origin   [Greenleaf] Roswell Rudd, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Balázs Pándi, Strength & Power   [RareNoise] Wanda Sá, Cá entre nós   [Fina Flor] Sao Paulo Underground, Cantos Invisiveis   [Cuneiform] Savages, Adore Life   [Matador] Scarcity Of Tanks, Ringleader Lies   [Total Life] Mikael Seifu, Zelalem   [RVNG Intl.] Noura Mint Seymali, Arbina   [Glitterbeat] Shabaka & The Elders, Wisdom Of Ancestors   [Brownswood] Paul Simon, Stranger To Stranger   [Concord] Sleigh Bells, Jessica Rabbit   [Torn Clean] Wadada Leo Smith, America’s National Parks   [Cuneiform] Sneaks, Gymnastics   [Merge] Snowboy & The Latin Section, New York Afternoon   [Mark Cotgrove]

Elza Soares, The Woman at the End of the World   [Mais Um Discos] Solange, A Seat At The Table   [Columbia] Sonzeira, Tam Tam Tam Reimagined   [Brownswood] So Pitted, neo   [Sub Pop] Vince Staples, Prima Donna   [Def Jam] Robert Stillman, Rainbow   [self-released] Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth   [Atlantic] Sun Ra / Merzbow, Strange City   [Cold Spring] Swet Shop Boys, Cashmere   [Customs] Tegan And Sara, Love You To Death   [Warner Bros] The Thermals, We Disappear   [Saddle Creek] Thug Entrancer, Arcology   [Kemado/Mexican Summer] A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your service   [Epic] Trio Da Paz [Lubambo/Matta/Fonseca], 30   [Zoho Music] Ukandanz, Awo   [Atypeek Music] Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil, Dois Amigos, Um Seculo De Musica David Virelles, Antenna EP   [ECM] Dan Weiss, Sixteen: Drummers Suite   [Pi Recordings] Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo   [self-released] Waco Brothers, Going Down In History   [Bloodshot] Greg Ward, Touch My Beloved’s Thought   [Greenleaf Music] Warehouse, super low   [Bayonet] White Lung, Paradise   [Domino Recording Co] Wussy, Forever Sounds   [Shake It Records] Eri Yamamoto Trio, Life   [AUM Fidelity] La Yegros, Magnetismo   [Soundway] Yoni & Getti, Testarossa   [Joyful Noise]

-- jazz, pop, avant: a jumping off point for explorations. 

[allthatchernobyl]

Shabazz Palaces- Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star / Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines (2017)

Cada vez que me dispongo a compartir un disco vinculado con el hip-hop siento la -tonta- necesidad de decir que es un género que en general no me llega. Que no me conmueve, que no me vuela la cabeza, que no me genera casi nada, bla bla bla. Pero como siempre, hay excepciones. Y desde que escuche “Lese Majesty” (2014) estos muchachos se ganaron mi cariño y un lugar dentro de ese campo excepcional. Palaceer Lazaro y Tendai Maraire inauguraron su camino musical con “Black Up” (2011) dando el puntapié inicial de algo que casi no existía en el universo del hip hop y que de existir había sido muy poco explotado. Es decir: Beats oscuros, samples atmosféricos, bases downtempo de elaboración propia que revientan cráneos y un buen puñado de psicodelia y extrañezas que se potenciaron aún más en su segundo disco, el ya nombrado -y ya subido- “Lese Majesty” para las filas de Sub Pop, un sello enmarcado dentro del Indie Rock que aquí abre el panorama y encuentra a esta gente linda haciendo música de la güena. En este 2017 es el turno de su tercer y cuarto álbum respectivamente. Álbumes que traen un nuevo alterego para Palaceer llamado Quarzarz y que están unidos por una clara línea conceptual: Las aventuras del alíen Quarzarz que es enviado a "Amurderca" para oficiar de cronista y emisario musical. Una excusa para satirizar primeramente sobre nuestra realidad social y finalmente sobre nuestra realidad individual. La primera parte de este viaje seria "Born in a Gangster Star". De los dos, el disco más enérgico y fresco que ofrece desde pasajes instrumentales muy interesantes hasta momentos de afro-futurismo o dubs heavys y contundentes. Su natural continuación, “Quarzarz vs The Jealous Machine” deja de lado cierta energía para concentrarse en bases más densas y oscuras que se enriquece en los detalles. Sonidos muy de fondo que a la primera uno no percibe pero que en realidad son el andamiaje de toda la creación.

Personalmente soy muy fanático de "Lese Majesty", pero inútil seria negar que Shabazz Palaces alcanzo hasta ahora su punto más alto con tramas sonoras complejas y elaboradas y un concepto general que le aporta grandes dosis de intelectualidad al asunto. Un trabajo maduro y potente que supera las barreras del género y augura un futuro aún más intenso y prometedor.

Genero: Hip Hop Experimental

Año: 2017

País: EEUU

Compresión: 128kbps

Duración: 35:19 / 42:15

Tamaño: 33mb / 40,8mb

BORN IN A GANGSTER STAR

Tracklist:

1- Since C.A.Y.A. 2- When Cats Claw 3- Shine a Light (feat. Thaddillac) 4- Dèesse du Sang 5- Eel Dreams (feat. Loud Eyes Lou) 6- Parallax (feat. The Palaceer Lazaro) 7- Fine Ass Hairdresser 8- The Neurochem Mixalogue 9- That's how city life goes 10- Moon Whip Quäz (feat. Darrius) 11- Federalist Papers

QUARZARZ vs. THE JEALOUS MACHINES

Tracklist:

1- Welcome to Quazarz 2- Georgeous Sleeper Cell 3- Self-Made Follownaire 4- Atlaantis 5- Effeminence (feat. ly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance) 6- Julian's Dream (ode to a bad) (feat. The Shogun Shot) 7- 30 Clip Extension 8- Love in the time of Kanye (feat. Purple Tape Nate) 9- Sabonim in the Saab on'em 10- The SS Quintessence 11- Late night phone calls (feat. Laz) 12- Quazarz on 23rd

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DESCARGAR QUARZARZ: BORN ON A GANGSTER STAR

ESCUCHAR QUARZARZ vs. THE JEALOUS MACHINES

DESCARGAR QUARZARZ vs. THE JEALOUS MACHINES

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Stream: Shabazz Palaces' new albums Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star + Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines

Photo byNina Corcoran

On July 14th,Shabazz Palacesare set to issue not one, but two albums through Sub Pop,Quazarz: Born on a Gangster StarandQuazarz vs. The Jealous Machines. In anticipation, both are streaming early on NPR: Gangster Star here and The Jealous Machines here.

The 12-trackGangster Staris a concept album about an alienbeing sent toAmurderca to chronicle and explore as a musical emissary. In the character, Quazarz's, own words:

I, Quazarz,Born On A Gangster Star, son only of Barbara Dream Caster and Reginald The Dark Hoper he who rides on light dreamer of the seventh dream and kissed eternal by Awetthe Sun Scented who far from home I found my same self differents in those constellies that be Dai at my weap-side immediate and all us Water Guild affiliates who revelries in the futures passed recordings and ceremonies flexing resplendent in the Paradise Sportif armor raising these musics a joy/cry that way into these aquadescent diamondized ethers of the Migosphere here on Drake world. Welcome To Quazarz.

Shabazz Palaces' third full-length to date, Gangster Starwas recorded and mixed by Erik Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs in Seattle, with production coming from Knife Knights (Blood alongside Ishmael Butler). Special guest collaborators on the record includeThundercat, The Strokes'Julian Casablancas,Gamble and Huff, Darrius Willrich, Sunny Levine, Ahmir, Jon Kirby, and more.

The Jealous Machines, meanwhile, represents the extra-spatial twin ofGangster Star andserves to elaborate on the mythology of its namesake character. Per a press release:

A wave warrior wielding his sonic sword. Posted to the turnt-up states of Amurderca here on the Gangster Star to chronicle, explore and enjoy as a musical emissary. He discovers a world where humankind's relationship with their tech-devices has become weirdly sensual, seducing a sedentary seamlessness with humans, while capturing and incarcerating the results of their imagination. Quazarz vs The Jealous Machines finds our protagonist with his dazzling cohorts rising a collective Nah to the device and the guilds that proliferate them.

The Jealous Machines features adifferent lineup of collaborators. Production duties were left to Palaceer Lazaro and Sunny Levine and the album was mixed by Levine and Kamal Humphrey of Kamal's House Studio. Among the LP's contributors: Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance, The Shogun Shot, Laz, and Purple Tape Nate, among others.

Quazarz: Born On A Gangster StarArtwork:

Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star Tracklist: 01. Since C.A.Y.A. 02. When Cats Claw 03. Shine a Light (feat. Thaddillac) 04. Play 05. Desse Du Sang 06. Eel Dreams (feat. Loud Eyes Lou) 07. Parallax (feat. The Palaceer Lazaro) 08. Fine Ass Hairdresser 09. The Neurochem Mixalogue 10. That's How City Life Goes 11. Moon Whip Quz (feat. Darrius) 12. Federalist Papers

Quazarz vs. The Jealous MachinesArtwork:

Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star Tracklist: 01. Welcome to Quazarz 02. Gorgeous Sleeper Cell 03. Self-MadeFollownaire 04. Atlaantis 05. Effeminence (feat. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance) 06. Julian's Dream (ode to a bad) (feat. The Shogun Shot) 07. 30 Clip Extension 08. Love in the time of Kanye (feat. Purple Tape Nate) 09.Sabonim in the Saab on 'em 10. The SS Quintessence 11. Late night phone calls (feat. Laz) 12. Quazarz on 23rd

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Samini to rock 4th Madaraka Festival Concert.

Samini to rock 4th Madaraka Festival Concert.

Veteran Ghanaian reggae/dancehall big leaguer and Highgrade Family’s front liner, Samini, will be playing at the One Vibe Africa and MoPOP’s 4th Annual Madaraka Festival as one of the big acts across Africa.

The theme for the festival “African Music & Fashion” features performances from the likes of Rocky Dawuni, Otieno Terry, Dynamq, Meklit Hadero, Chimurenga Renaissance, and other surprising…

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Remembering Grace, a Girl with a Gun : After spending the night listening to Girlz with Gunz, I spent the day remembering Grace Maseva. She was always cheerful, always smiling, and always making bawdy jokes. For her, sexual organs were a normal part of life. A person must pee and play with something. That’s just how things are; a tree has fruit, a baboon has that prideful butt, we have our special business. She would laugh and laugh. She was also a great cook. Always did the greens just right. She also fought in the Second Chimurenga, the war that ended white rule in Zimbabwe.

Grace was a trained killer. Grace, who survived a brutal war but not the spread of AIDS, could clean, assemble, and load an AK-47. She knew when to duck for cover, when to charge, and when to fire her weapon. There were many women like her in the War of Independence, and their sacrifice, dedication, and general brilliance is celebrated in Girlz with Gunz. This is the spirit of the work. The collaboration between two very talented American-based African musicians, Tendai Maraire and Hussein Kalonji (aka Chimurenga Renaissance), translates the fire of the revolutionary African woman into a music that’s richly and thickly innovative. It is fitting indeed that the most experimental, dazzling, and even dangerous work by Chimurenga Renaissance, a duo that is a part of the trans-African Black Constellation (Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, Erik Blood), is inspired by women like my cousin, Grace. She was once a girl with a gun. She was trained to kill her oppressors. She wanted to build and live in a better world. Peace always has a price. --- Charles Tonderai Mudede “Merging hip hop and African instrumentation into something mesmeric and true.” ---The Quietus “Speaks to Zimbabwe’s history (“chimurenga” translates to “struggle”), but this is classic message rap that spans regionally.” ---Pitchfork Chimurenga Renaissance features Tendai Maraire, from the widely acclaimed Seattle group Shabazz Palaces, one of the leaders of hip hop’s “audacious progressive fringe”(New York Times). Tendai hails from a renowned Zimbabwean musical lineage. His father, Abraham Dumisani Maraire, moved to the United States in the late 60’s and helped create a flourishing Zimbabwean music scene in the Pacific Northwest. Tendai’s partner in Chimurenga Renaissance, guitarist Hussein Kalonji, is a first generation Congolese American born in Washington DC. His father, Raymond “Braynck” Kalonji, is a Congolese guitar legend credited with pioneering the Rumba/Soukouss sound. Girlz with Gunz is a 27-minute, 11-song EP (vinyl/download). It is Chimurenga Renaissance’s first release for Glitterbeat Records. A full-length album will follow in the autumn of 2016. Otherworldly sonics, Zimbabwean beats, Congolese guitar ambiance, political heat. Directed by Daniel Kaufman Cinematography by Jordan Black

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Chimurenga Renaissance ‎– Girlz With Gunz #Glitterbeat ‎2016 Afro-futurist hip hop featuring #HusseinKalon anf #TendaiBabaMaraire of the acclaimed #ShabazzPalaces

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New Audio: Shabazz Palaces Team Up with Thundercat on a Trippy and Elastic, New Single

New Audio: Shabazz Palaces Team Up with Thundercat on a Trippy and Elastic, New Single

Now, if you’ve frequenting this site over the past four years or so, you’ve come across a number of posts featuring the Seattle, WA-based JOVM mainstays Shabazz Palaces. Comprised of

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Shabazz Palaces Announce Second New Album, Share Video for New Song “30 Clip Extension”: Watch

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Last month, Shabazz Palaces announced a new album called Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star, due out July 14 via Sub Pop. Now, they’ve announced another album to be released that same day. This one is called Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines and, like its “extra-spatial twin” record, it tells the story of Quazarz, a “sentient being from somewhere else.” According to a press release, Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines “finds our protagonist with his dazzling cohorts rising a collective Nah to the device and the guilds that proliferate them.” Below, watch the music video (directed by Cristina T. Bercovitz and clipping.’s Jonathan Snipes) for a new song from the record, “30 Clip Extension.” Scroll down for the Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines tracklist (which includes a song called “Love in the time of Kanye”) and artwork.

Quazars vs. The Jealous Machines is also available as a limited-edition illustrated album, drawn by cartoonist Joshua Ray Stephens. The 32-page book is out August 18, in collaboration with Fantagraphics Books. Check out the cover art below, along with the artwork for “30 Clip Extension.”

Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star features the Strokes’ Julian Casblanacas, Thundercat, Gamble and Huff, and more. Previously, Shabazz Palaces shared that LP’s “Shine a Light.”

Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines:

01 Welcome to Quazarz 02 Gorgeous Sleeper Cell 03 Self-MadeFollownaire 04 Atlaantis 05 Effeminence [ft. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance] 06 Julian’s Dream (ode to a bad) [ft. The Shogun Shot] 07 30 Clip Extension 08 Love in the time of Kanye [ft. Purple Tape Nate] 09 Sabonim in the Saab on ‘em 10 The SS Quintessence 11 Late night phone calls [ft. Laz] 12 Quazarz on 23rd

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