๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ - ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐, International Anthem
List of Demands marks Locksโs first foray into creating an entire album based off of his poetry and texts. But the signature sonic collage work heard in his recent ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ 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 albumโs deluxe vinyl package comes with a 16-page newsprint booklet featuring Locksโs liner notes, lyrics and texts. The package also includes an A3 insert poster print of the โArtist Constitutionโ that was forged by Locksโs students during his time as a teacher for incarcerated artists at ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ an experience that influenced the title and concepts of ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด.
โ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด is not just my list,โ says Locks. โThe 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 Raโs 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 Deeโs 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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