#damn that noise

[dustedmagazine]

VirgoTwins — ArtSpace (Damn That Noise/Expanded-Art Records)

Photo by STILLRIFT

Jon Ivan Gill is an author and academic who views hip hop culture as a global philosophy of life and social justice. Encompassing history, religion, Afro-futurism, culture and philosophy, he collapses lineal time and logic, making world building connections that are often startlingly apposite. Part cosmic beat poet and part hardboiled dialectician, his musical alter ego, Gilead7, embraces contradiction, paradox and poetic license, building his narratives to arrive at deeper truths about the world. In producer Boricua Sandy, Gilead finds a collaborator equally wide-ranging in her inspirations. Together as VirgoTwins, their debut release ArtSpace combines an eclectic range of soundscapes with Gilead7’s exploratory verses. Sandy matches his words with expansive backings that owe as much to ambient electronica as traditional hip hop. If this seems counterintuitive, her music frees Gilead7’s lyrical flow from the strict imperative of rhythm and gives ArtSpace a loose, understated vibe that serves as a counterpoint to the intensity of the words and the scratching of guest DJ Presyce.

“Othello’s Children in the New World” is structured as an argument between a tenured professor protecting his status and his younger non-tenured colleague, with Gilead7 playing both parts. It ranges across Afro-diasporic history, the destruction of indigenous cultures and dismissal of their intellectual and artistic achievements by an academic structure wedded to power rather than knowledge— “What they don't know won't hurt 'em/But it will still our imperial power from global interior to coast/And to prevent that great awakening I'll do the most/Make the real historical records disappear like a ghost.” This tour-de-force of verbal and analytical dexterity plays out over growling bass and snippets of communal voice. “Shadow Work” celebrates unacknowledged underground artists. Sandy energizes hazy dreamscapes with loping drums and a circular guitar riff as Gilead7 chronicles the struggle of unrecognized innovators. Jessica Santana provides a foil on the RnB tinged “Empath” where removing a water bug from the house leads to a meditation on difference and co-existence set to a quite lovely piano backing. “A-Symbol” is a freeform reflection on how language and meaning are twisted by power but offers art, specifically, hip hop culture as self-defining path to identity and resistance. With ArtSpace VirgoTwins meld poetry and polemics into a potent interrogation of distorted of histories and a demonstration of the subversive potential of language and music. 

Andrew Forell

[littlest-bugz]

When you’re mid sentence and suddenly forget literally everything you were talking about

[ssaraexposs]

Dazai IS a fucking mood

[randomationality]

you guys just cant make those blue eye meme crap with Orion/Optimus and forget this mf exists

[stuck-in-jelly]

Monsters We Make: Coming out 12/16/24

[juusbox]

he got tadpoled because he failed an intimidation check against orin, but he doesn't remember that

[franpun]

I'm making something, I prommy

[ruelpsen]

The sounds that resulted from me getting the most stuffed I've ever been. Eating an entire pizza is something I've done so many times before with no issue, but throwing a liter and a half of bubbly orange soda on top of that had me maxed out! Enjoy my belches, moans, and other sounds of pleasure and pain all thanks to one terrifically stuffed gut.

Comms are open and tips are always appreciated!

[portraitdelajeunefilleenfeu]

the kiss with no music. just them.

[chasing-faith-and-fate]

can we hear about robinfleck?

Robinfleck | 27 | Nervous Paranoid They/Them (Any) | Sapphic

Robin has grown incredibly paranoid after the death of their mother. At the time of disposing of the body, they didn't know what Takers were, and due to the stress of the situation, they actually never thought about how she died.

Dewbat told them what Takers were and how they functioned. Ever since then, they've been suspicious of everyone older in Brindleclan.

They used to have a good relationship with their dad, Milkweedstar, but it has started to deteriorate over the last few moons.

Sadly, they've been getting close to Storm, even considering him a close friend. Robin truly has no idea that Storm is a Taker.

Robinfleck often goes to the Rift and stares into the darkness of it, Dewbat has caught them doing it enough times that he will come by to check every night to make sure Robin is okay.

They genuinely do not know how to kill the Takers, but they have started to... experiment with it. Not that it helps, because they don't know who's a Taker and who's not.

On a lighter note, they've recently developed a crush on a new cat in the clan! A former loner named KD (she/her). KD likes them back, but they have yet to learn that.

[titsthedamnseason]

happy vancouver n1! idk if it’s going by taycouver, swiftcouver, or a secret third thing but honestly it doesn’t matter because it’s the LAST city of the eras tour and i am on the verge of tears thinking about it too much. we had a little break which im super sorry about but im so excited to bring back the surprise song game! 🩷the rules, as always, are to put your surprise song guesses in the tags or replies and i’ll give shoutouts to all the winners 🥰

i’ve decided for the last dates my guesses are going to be pure manifestations for my own favs so i’m going hey stephen x dorothea and the alcott x cososom. just saying i think these mashups are great but since im allotted 6 guesses technically im throwing in bye bye baby and renegade because she HAS to do them right? RIGHT????

[sualne]

sometimes i like to put all the layers on just to see this kind of mess

[marclef]

HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO THE GAME RESPONSIBLE FOR MY STRONGEST HYPERFIXATION EVER!!! 🎉🎉🎉

thank you for the good times you wonderfully-silly little game. you've given me more happiness and new friendships than i think any other game ever has ❤❤❤

here's to many more years of fun!!!

[family-on-6]

i love my parents

[clowningaroundmars]

my personal atsv hobie brown hc is that this boy can build a watch that enables the wearer to travel to any dimension they want to, made entirely out of cobbled up parts he "finds"

but anytime anyone brings up AI or algorithms or social media he pretends to be 100 years old

hobie: what's a bloody "snapchat"? fuckin 'ell those effects are nightmarish, mate

miles, exasperated: hobie, you BUILD TECH that astrophysicists in my dimension can't even replicate. how are filters on a phone trippin you up?

hobie: dunno, everyone's got their strengths n weaknesses, i 'spose... 🙄😒

[simcardiac-arrested]

damn this guy sucks at his job