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✊🏿🎼📚 #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackHistoryMonth #TechnoWasBornInDetroit. Let 'em know, Professor @kingbritt! Now, this is a course that would have me going back to college! Reposted from @kingbritt Extremely proud to present a new course I created at @ucsdmusic : Blacktronika : Afrofuturism in Electronic Music .. As someone who has been a continuous sonic creator in the movement, I plan to not only present facts but also personal stories, through music, video and photos from my archive. An excerpt from the course description : “ In this course, Blacktronika : Afrofuturism in Electronic Music (the word Blacktronika comes from an Afrofuturist series in the early 2000’s in London), we will explore the lineage of many of the groundbreaking black, electronic artists who have been integral but overlooked in the development & commodification of house, techno, drum & bass and experimental music. These musics were developed with sociopolitical movements at the foundation of the sounds. These ideals have been lost as the genres became popular through the appropriation of sonic structures. EDM and European techno, owe everything to Detroit but most of those artists have never heard of Jeff Mills, Underground Resistance or Juan Atkins. I will structure the class, discussing the technology available at the time, the sociopolitical movements happening and the tipping point at which the music broke into global phenomena. I will start in the 70’s. Coinciding with the class will be a series of guest speakers throughout the course to come in (or Skype) for workshops and performances (either here or at The Loft and various venues on campus).” Time to sign up! Registration is open. #Blacktronika #KingBritt #Afrofuturism #EDM #BlackMusicHistory #BlackElectronicArtists #JeffMills #DetroitTechno #TechnoIsBlack #HouseMusic #BlackCreativeBrilliance #ProfessorBritt #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon #MusicIsLife https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hAQ91g5cV/?igshid=1u0bvtsk4u3um