AQAIK

We Made It
Curated and mixed by DJ Reborn

The  As Quiet As It's Kept sound collage combines audio interview sound bites from resilient Bed-Stuy veterans and long time residents weaved with eclectic music snippets spanning the last five decades to tell the sonic story of life after military duty in a rapidly gentrifying world and neighborhood.

As Quiet As It's Kept (AQAIK), Bailey's Cafe multidisciplinary artist in residency special project, started in 2013, was originally based on the stories of veterans of color, their experiences in combat and with returning home. As AQAIK evolved the voices of long time community members were included to contrast the stories of those who leave to become veterans and those who stay to become veterans of their community. As time passes, what are the changes that occur inside and around them? How do ideas of home, community, identity and honor shape a rapidly changing neighborhood? AQAIK was created through a collaborative process, under the artistic direction of Monica L. Williams with artists from various genres: Kadeem Alston Roman, Zoe Flowers, Michael Hill, Anna Pond, DJ Reborn, Robyn Twomey.

AQAIK: We Made It – Curated and mixed by DJ Reborn

Crooklyn Soundshots: The Natasha Johnson Suite is the second of a projected trilogy of song cycles that will each seek to convey some of the feelings, experiences and ideas of an amazing citizen of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Their humor, passion, struggles and humanity will be spotlighted in succinct musical snapshots in the way that can only be done by music.

The Natasha Johnson Suite

06 Blue Shoes Blues (Just Have to Laugh)

04 Farming In Bed Stuy

03 Little Did They Know

02 What's In A Name

01 Any Day

Bailey’s Cafe presents As Quiet As It's Kept (AQAIK), a multi-discipline performance installation based on the stories of veterans of color and their role in a changing community under the artistic direction of Monica L. Williams in collaboration with artists from various genres.