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JJJJJerome Ellis Interview: Blackness, Dysfluency, and Music to Open Up Time -- by Miles Ginoza @weeaboo.diaspora *************************** LISTEN TO THE RECORD & READ THE INTERVIEW: http://bit.ly/redefinedisfluency *************************** * JJJJJerome Ellis speaks with a stutter. He asked that his stutters be included in the transcription of this interview as a gesture towards others who speak dysfluently, so that they might see themselves recognized... * With the release of his late 2021 record and book, The Clearing, the Virginia-based, disabled Black musician and writer presents to the world a new kind of performance... The Clearing builds on an essay he wrote for the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies in 2020. titled, “The clearing: Music, dysfluency, Blackness and time,” which argues that the stutter is a space for temporal possibility and political resistance rather than a burden. [...] By weaving recordings of spoken passages from the original academic essay together with ambient soundscapes, trap beats, and jazz improvisations, Ellis turns essay into performance, a way to embody and explore the radical possibilities of his stutter across an hour-long album. In this way, the listener is invited to experience the stutter, to witness the ways it disrupts rigid definitions of linear time, to cultivate patience in the face of the unknown. #jjjjjeromeellis #NNATapes #JeromeEllis #GlottalBlock #Disabled #Jazz #Poetry #SpokenWord #TheClearing #BlackWriter #BlackMusician #Dysfluency #DysfluentWaters #Blackness #PoliticalResistance #Resistance #MLKDay #NorthernSpyRecords #Stutter #Stuttering #AncestralTime #TakeTime #SlowDown @nnatapes @jjjjjeromeellis @northernspyrecs
JJJJJerome Ellis Interview: Blackness, Dysfluency, and Music to Open Up Time -- by Miles Ginoza @weeaboo.diaspora *************************** LISTEN TO THE RECORD & READ THE INTERVIEW: http://bit.ly/redefinedisfluency *************************** * JJJJJerome Ellis speaks with a stutter. He asked that his stutters be included in the transcription of this interview as a gesture towards others who speak dysfluently, so that they might see themselves recognized... * With the release of his late 2021 record and book, The Clearing, the Virginia-based, disabled Black musician and writer presents to the world a new kind of performance... The Clearing builds on an essay he wrote for the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies in 2020. titled, “The clearing: Music, dysfluency, Blackness and time,” which argues that the stutter is a space for temporal possibility and political resistance rather than a burden. [...] By weaving recordings of spoken passages from the original academic essay together with ambient soundscapes, trap beats, and jazz improvisations, Ellis turns essay into performance, a way to embody and explore the radical possibilities of his stutter across an hour-long album. In this way, the listener is invited to experience the stutter, to witness the ways it disrupts rigid definitions of linear time, to cultivate patience in the face of the unknown. #jjjjjeromeellis #NNATapes #JeromeEllis #GlottalBlock #Disabled #Jazz #Poetry #SpokenWord #TheClearing #BlackWriter #BlackMusician #Dysfluency #DysfluentWaters #Blackness #PoliticalResistance #Resistance #MLKDay #NorthernSpyRecords #Stutter #Stuttering #AncestralTime #TakeTime #SlowDown @nnatapes @jjjjjeromeellis @northernspyrecs
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover /// These albums are from the PHOTOGRAPHY, PT. 2 section, including: > Kelly McFarling – Deep the Habit (Self-Released) > Mint Julep – In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep (Western Vinyl) @mintjulepband @brice_bischoff @westernvinyl > Lost Horizons – In Quiet Moments (Bella Union) @losthorizonsband @bella_union > Ross from Friends – Tread (Brainfeeder) @rossfromfriends @brainfeederrecords @one.eighthundred > Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O – UMDALI (Juno Records) @malcolm_jiyane @junorecords > Ropes of Night – Impossible Space (Golden Antenna Records) @ropesofnight @tobias.hahn @dainaforys > Sad Night Dynamite – Self-Titled @angusteele @sadnightdynamite @ze.zima > Saint Etienne – I’ve Been Trying to Tell You (Rough Trade) @saintetienneofficial @alasdairmclellan > Taraka – Welcome to Paradise Lost (Rage Peace) @_taraka_ @mazel37 > Yeek – Valencia (AWAL) @imyeek @awal READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #Illustration #Illustrations #Illustrator #Illustrators
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover /// Reposted from @mui_zyu very coolest of prunes to see @clioisadora’s pieces on @redefinemag’s Artwork of 2021 ! loved the process of working with clio, even helped me understand the music better too. i’ve put the link in the bio where u can read a short interview with clio and also gaze at the other lovely pieces ! 🦄 /// READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #Illustration #Illustrations #Illustrator #Illustrators
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover /// These albums are from the PHOTOGRAPHY, PT. 1 section, including: > Chris Crack – MIGHT DELETE LATER @chriscrackndc @elizabethdelapiedra > Grey Aura – Zwart Vierkant (Onism Productions) > BLK ODYSSY – BLK VINTAGE (Self-Released) @frizzlemadeit @blamehamilton @blkodyssy > Bicep – Isles (Ninja Tune) @ninjatune @studiodegrau > COSIMA – THE FUN IS HERE? (South of Heaven Records) @cos1ma @southofheavenrecords > Claire George – The Land Beyond The Light (Cascine) @clairegeorgeofficial @cascine @_cometalktome_ > Griff – One Foot in Front of the Other (Warner Records) > Cedric Noel – Hang Time (Oxtail Recordings) @somespecialsolace @krissmunsya @oxtailrecs > Iceage – Seek Shelter (Mexican Summer) @iceage @mexican_summer @frydfrydendahl > The Hellp – Enemy (Terrible Records) @terrible_records READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #Illustration #Illustrations #Illustrator #Illustrators
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover /// These albums are from the ILLUSTRATION, PT. 2 section, including: > Mykki Blanco – Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep (Transgressive Records) @mykkiblanco @annadegnbol > Nous Alpha – A Walk in the Woods (Our Silent Canvas Records) @dariahlazatova @oursilentcanvas > One Step Closer – This Place You Know (Run for Cover Records) @jeffreykam @runforcover > Parquet Courts – Sympathy for Life (Rough Trade Records) @parquetcourts @roughtrade > Pearl & The Oysters – Flowerland (Feeltrip Records) @pearlandtheoystersband @ardneks > Peyton – PSA (Stones Throw Records) @peyton @upn4sunup @stonesthrow > Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo – Deep Fried Grandeur (Husky Pants Records) @kikagaku.moyo @lilynilly.art > Skyzoo - All the Brilliant Things (Mello Music Group) @skyzoothewriter @mcrockefeller @mellomusicgroup > Sun Kin – Doom Scroll @sunkin @dylanballiett > Vistas – What Were You Hoping to Find? (Retrospect Records) @vistasband @cameronjlwest > Wavves – Hideaway (Fat Possum Records) @rivercousin @fatpossum READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #Illustration #Illustrations #Illustrator #Illustrators
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover /// These albums are from the ILLUSTRATION, PT. 1 section, including: > Mala Herba – Demonologia (aufnahme + wiedergabe) @mala_herba_ @devilsclaws @aufnahme > Guay! – Todo Esto Es Para Ti (Self-Released) @sergipuyol > Genesis Owusu – Missing Molars (House Anxiety / Ourness) @genesisowusu @houseanxiety @ourness > Feng Suave – So Much for Gardening EP (Pony Recordings) @fengsuave @arma.ndo.2021 @ponyrecordings > Fake Fruit – Self-Titled (Rocks-In-Your-Head Records) @therealfakefruit @pamelaguest_ > DJ Seinfeld – Mirrors (Ninja Tune) @dj_seinfeld @jason_vaz @rosierackham @lawrie.miller @ninjatune > CUUSHE – Waken (Remixes) (FLAU) @cuushe > The Coathangers / L.A. WITCH – One Way or The Highway EP (Suicide Squeeze Records) @thecoathangers @la_witch @pippatoole @suicidesqueeze > Blunt Bangs – Proper Smoker (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) @ernestjenning @notandrewmunoz > Beach Bunny – Blame Game (Mom+Pop Music) @beachbunnymusic @stephaniepriscilla @momandpopmusic > The Backstops – Losers (Self-Released) @thebackstops > Annie Blackman – Seeds (Father/Daughter Records) @annie_blackman @dr.slothhh @fatherdaughterrecs READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #Illustration #Illustrations #Illustrator #Illustrators
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover /// These albums are from the COLLAGE & MIXED MEDIA section, including: > Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark (Rock Action) @arabstrapband @rockactionrecs > ASTRYD – Blind Summit (Dialogue) @astryd_music @dialoguerecords @ilmevysnia > black midi – Cavalcade (Rough Trade Records) @bmblackmidi @ex_terra @roughtrade > Dolphin Midwives – Body of Water (Beacon Sound) @dolphinmidwives @beacon_sound > Dramachine – ΣΥΓΚΙΝΗΣΙΑΚΗ ΠΑΝΟΥΚΛΑ (Erste Theke Tontraeger) @disco_suicide @erstetheketontraeger > Eyedress – Mulholland Drive (Lex Records) @eyedress @lexrecords > Gravesend – Methods of Human Disposal (20 Buck Spin) @warforgravesend @20buckspinlabel > Jamire Williams – But Only After You Have Suffered (International Anthem) @jamire.williams @intlanthem @nikchewing > Nubian Twist – Freedom Fables (Strut Records) @nubiantwist81 @strutrecords > Skydeck – Coupon (Dinosaur City Records) @skydeckband @dinosaurcityrecords READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #3D #DigitalArt
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover /// Showcased in the 3D & DIGITAL section are these four album covers for the KICK series by Arca @arca1000000 -- KICK ii / KicK iii / kick iiii / kiCK iiiii (XL Recordings) The first installment, KiCK i, was released in 2020; the remainder were released in 2021. The cover art for KicK ii (pictured above), as well as the artworks for all of the following Kick projects were created by the artist Frederik Heyman @frederikheyman -- who previously worked with Arca on her 2020 single “@@@@@” and for the music video of her single “Nonbinary,” from KiCk i. There is much to unpack in all related media, and not enough room to contain them here. Frederik Heyman (Visual Artist), via Kanon: Creating visuals is my main practice. I think and breathe in visuals. Rarely do I find the unique synergy as the one I have with Alejandra. Working with her allows me to go out of my comfort zone and explore new artistic territories. It’s a new language we’ve developed: we supplement, expand, don’t limit, merge worlds. I love to work with extended mood and storyboards in general. With Alejandra we bring it to another level, taking the time to develop a new narrative in the visuals through detailed research and sketches as a base. We consider each minor and major visual element as of equal importance and narrative necessity, revisiting the past by recycling symbolism, reshaping them into an alternative present. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #3D #DigitalArt #Arca #FredrickHeyman #Scofield #3DArt @xlrecordings
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic styles. READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover Inside this feature are 156 album covers, each selected for its own unique contribution to the world. They are not ranked; instead, they are broken down into sections based on artistic medium or discipline. Due to the evolution of album artwork, some of these album covers may by difficult to categorize and span multiple categories; they are presented in only one which may feel most suited for its presentation. /// The ones shown below are from the 3D & DIGITAL section, including: > Bastian Void – Topia (Oxtail Recordings) @oxtailrecs > 96 Back – 9696 Dream (Local Action) > Absolutely Free – Aftertouch (Boiled Records) @boiledrecords > AJA – SLUG (Opal Tapes) @ajaireland @boramurmure > Astrid Sonne – outside of your lifetime (Escho) @astridsonne_ @ioana.floris.ispas > Auragraph – Opacity Field (Hiraeth Records) @auragraph_______ > CRYSTAL – Reflection Overdrive (FLAU) > d’Eon – Rhododendron (Hausu Mountain) @hausumountain > Dok-S Project – Under a Cloudy Sky (Crash Symbols) @doks_project > koeosaeme – Annulus (Orange Milk Records) @orangemilkrecords READ THE FEATURE: https://bit.ly/redefine2021cover #AlbumCovers2021 #AlbumCovers #AlbumCoversOfTheYear #MusicJournalism #MusicFeature #CoverArt #3D #DigitalArt
Beans Film Review: A Mohawk Girl Comes of Age During the 1990 Oka Crisis - READ THE REVIEW by @alison.j.smith: https://bit.ly/redefinebeans⠀ ⠀ Early on in Beans— a coming-of-age film written and directed by Quebec-based Mohawk filmmaker @TraceyDeer — a teenage girl and her mom shimmy under their seatbelts and sing along to Snap!’s “The Power” on their way to a protest. This scene vividly encapsulates the energy in the air during the early days of the 1990 Oka Crisis. Incited by the decision of the Quebec government to allow a golf course to be built on the site of a Mohawk burial ground, the event provides the backdrop for Deer’s propulsive and sensitive film, which follows a thirteen-year-old Mohawk girl named Tekehentahkhwa (Kiawentiio Tarbell), nicknamed Beans, through that tumultuous summer.⠀ ⠀ The contested site, which includes the town of Oka, has traditionally been home to the Mohawk people but lacks the legal status of a reserve. A 90-day struggle, which included numerous blockades of roads as well as racist incidents like the burning of Mohawk effigies by townspeople, ensued.⠀ ⠀ Beans successfully juggles a variety of tones, from playful to jaw-dropping, but never feels like just another textbook history lesson. By giving space to both Beans’ burgeoning social consciousness and occasional adolescent recklessness, the film reinvigorates familiar coming-of-age tropes. In so doing, it reimagines a fascinating episode in Canadian Indigenous history through a thirteen-year-old’s unjaded eyes.⠀ ⠀ READ THE REVIEW.⠀ WATCH THE TRAILER.⠀ http://bit.ly/redefinebeans⠀ ⠀ #SeattleFilm #CanadianFilmmaker #CanadianFilmmakers #IndigenousFilm #IndigenousFilmmakers #MohawkFilmmaker #TraceyDeer #ComingOfAge #ComingOfAgeFilm
Beans Film Review: A Mohawk Girl Comes of Age During the 1990 Oka Crisis - READ THE REVIEW by @alison.j.smith: https://bit.ly/redefinebeans⠀ ⠀ Early on in Beans— a coming-of-age film written and directed by Quebec-based Mohawk filmmaker @TraceyDeer — a teenage girl and her mom shimmy under their seatbelts and sing along to Snap!’s “The Power” on their way to a protest. This scene vividly encapsulates the energy in the air during the early days of the 1990 Oka Crisis. Incited by the decision of the Quebec government to allow a golf course to be built on the site of a Mohawk burial ground, the event provides the backdrop for Deer’s propulsive and sensitive film, which follows a thirteen-year-old Mohawk girl named Tekehentahkhwa (Kiawentiio Tarbell), nicknamed Beans, through that tumultuous summer.⠀ ⠀ The contested site, which includes the town of Oka, has traditionally been home to the Mohawk people but lacks the legal status of a reserve. A 90-day struggle, which included numerous blockades of roads as well as racist incidents like the burning of Mohawk effigies by townspeople, ensued.⠀ ⠀ Beans successfully juggles a variety of tones, from playful to jaw-dropping, but never feels like just another textbook history lesson. By giving space to both Beans’ burgeoning social consciousness and occasional adolescent recklessness, the film reinvigorates familiar coming-of-age tropes. In so doing, it reimagines a fascinating episode in Canadian Indigenous history through a thirteen-year-old’s unjaded eyes.⠀ ⠀ READ THE REVIEW.⠀ WATCH THE TRAILER.⠀ http://bit.ly/redefinebeans⠀ ⠀ #SeattleFilm #CanadianFilmmaker #CanadianFilmmakers #IndigenousFilm #IndigenousFilmmakers #MohawkFilmmaker #TraceyDeer #ComingOfAge #ComingOfAgeFilm