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Recommended - Chamber Music by Will Ashon

11.15.2019 by Ollie //

Chamber Music by Will Ashon

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I snoozed on this one for far too long but in its new paperback edition, Will Ashon’s deep dive into Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 hip-hop opus Enter the Wu-Tang totally floored me. Far from being another dreary Classic Album nostalgia trip, Chamber Music reconfigures the story of nine MCs from New York City as a prism through which to consider the social and cultural history of the city and even the nation as a whole. The story of Wu, Ashon argues, *is* the story of the US, and it’s electrifying.

While Ashon connects occasionally with the work of cultural theorists like Kodwo Eshun, Fred Moten, and Mark Fisher, he ultimately forges his own analytical space here, delivering deft, complex insights into race, class, drugs, and kung fu cinema with a lightness and immediacy that demands your complete surrender.

Nine thumbs up.

Published by Granta on 7th November 2019

Categories // Recommended Tags // Music

Event - Look at Us by Daniel Kramb & JJ Bola – Rehearsed Reading

06.06.2019 by Pages of Hackney //

Photo: Jean Casey

Join us for the first public reading of ‘Look at Us’, a play collaboration by the writers and poets JJ Bola and Daniel Kramb, featuring actors Linda Wachaga and Ciaran Hammond.

In a dingy Dalston flatshare a young couple are sitting it out. Unable to deal with what’s happening out there, and what isn’t for them, they are spending their nights and days in bed, in thrall of social media, utterly powerless. Will you dare to look at them?

Featuring original music and poetry, ’Look at Us’ is a timely short play that takes on the political situation, gender roles, class, sexuality, and the influence of social media.

We welcome the authors and the director, Liisa Smith, as two actors read the script for this first opportunity to hear the work, leave your feedback, and perhaps even get involved.

JJ Bola is a writer and poet of three collections; ‘Elevate’ (2012), ‘Daughter of the Sun’ (2014), and ‘WORD’ (2015). His debut novel, ‘No Place to Call Home’, was first published in the UK in 2017.

Daniel Kramb is the author of three novels; ‘Central’ (2015), ‘From Here’ (2012), and ‘Dark Times’ (2010); and a collection of poetry; ‘Timid Takes’ (2013). Originally from Germany, he has lived and worked in London since 2003.

Originally from Estonia, Liisa Smith graduated from King’s College London / RADA with a postgraduate degree in theatre directing. Previous London credits include The Highway Crossing at the Blue Elephant Theatre and The Arcola (Time Out Critic’s Choice), On Raftery’s Hill at The Rosemary Branch (Time Out 4***), The Bird Sanctuary at The Rosemary Branch (Time Out Critic’s Choice), Happy Everyday! at The Lion and Unicorn, An Experiment with an Air Pump at the Lion and Unicorn (co-produced with The Giant Olive Theatre Company), and Belfy at The Space. Estonian credits include Poor Beast in the Rain (Vanemuine Repertory Theatre), Purge (Vanemuine Repertory Theatre: extended for three seasons, completed a national tour, and performed by invitation at the Finnish National Theatre), and chamber opera The Last Monogamist (Kamber). St Albans productions include The Beauty Queen of Leenane at the Abbey Theatre; and God of Carnage, Under the Blue Sky, and Betrayal at the Maltings Arts Theatre.

Photo: Fiachra O'Riain

Tags // Music, Poetry, Politics, Theatre

Recommended - Ocean of Sound by David Toop

09.05.2018 by Ollie //

Ocean of Sound by David Toop
£9.99 / paperback

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I picked this up expecting a history of ambient music and while it did deliver on that front, what ultimately emerged was as much a history of how we experience sound as it was a mere chronology of artists, records, or performances. Originally published in the mid-90s at the dawn of the information age and aided in part by its non-linear structure, Ocean of Sound draws upon a vast and varied array of references and resources to weave the story of how our relationship with sound was radically changed by technology in the 20th century. From Debussy hearing Javanese gamelan in 1889 to early Aphex Twin via John Cage, Alice Coltrane, Kate Bush, Fourth World, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, and Pauline Oliveros (not to mention Toop's own experiences with composition and ethnographic field recording), this is as indispensable as it is unputdownable.

Published by Serpent's Tail on 2nd August 2018

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