๐——๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ - ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’”, International Anthem

List of Demands marks Locksโ€™s first foray into creating an entire album based off of his poetry and texts. But the signature sonic collage work heard in his recent ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ and ongoing Black Monument Ensemble output is distinctly present in this new 12-song cycle of bite-sized Nikki Giovanni-meets-MF DOOM-style rhythm experiments.

The albumโ€™s deluxe vinyl package comes with a 16-page newsprint booklet featuring Locksโ€™s liner notes, lyrics and texts. The package also includes an A3 insert poster print of the โ€œArtist Constitutionโ€ that was forged by Locksโ€™s students during his time as a teacher for incarcerated artists at ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ an experience that influenced the title and concepts of ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด.

โ€œ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด is not just my list,โ€ says Locks. โ€œThe list is in conveyance, in response, and in honor of all of those great Black speakers that turned a phrase to generate movement and change. It owes as much to Rammellzee, Fred Moten and Sun Raโ€™s oratory excellence as it does to Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael and Angela Davis, to Michael Smith and Linton Kwesi Johnson (across the pond), to Ruby Deeโ€™s spoken recordings, and to others too numerous to mention.โ€


releases January 31, 2025

LP & DD out January 31st, 2025

Available in black and Hot Signal Red

All songs/lyrics by DAMON LOCKS

except "High Priestess" lyrics by KRISTA FRANKLIN


Players:

DAMON LOCKS - voice & electronics

KRISTA FRANKLIN - voice on "High Priestess"

RALPH DARDEN - drums on "Isn't It Beautiful" & turntables on "Meteors of Fear"

BEN LAMAR GAY - cornet on "Holding the Dawn in Place" & melodica on "Click"

MACIE STEWART - violin on "Distance" & "Isn't It Beautiful"

Album Art by: Damon Locks

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