(Paris, May, 21, 2015) - A new short documentary narrated by the French actress Juliette Binoche shines a light on the upcoming trial of Hisséne Habré, the former dictator of Chad, Human Rights Watch said today. "Talking about Rose" ("Parler de Rose") tells the story of the life and death of Rose Lokissim, a prisoner killed in 1986 by the DDS, Habré's political police.

Habré, accused of thousands of political killings and systematic torture from 1982 to 1990, will stand trial in Senegal on July 20, 2015, before the Extraordinary African Chambers created by Senegal and the African Union.

In “Talking about Rose,” directed by the Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet, Lokissim’s cellmates remember her for her courage. They describe how she kept up the prisoners’ morale and, risking her life, secretly sent messages through to relatives about their imprisoned loved ones. Ultimately the DDS learned of the messages and murdered her.

Among the DDS files Human Rights Watch uncovered in 2001 was the police report of Lokissim’s last interrogation. Lokissim’s questioner wrote in his report that she didn’t care what happened to her. Even if they killed her, she said, “Chad will thank her and history will talk about her.”

“With this movie, and the imminent trial of Hissène Habré, Rose Lokissim’s prophecy is coming true,” said Reed Brody, counsel for Human Rights Watch, who found her DDS files. “History is indeed talking about this courageous woman who gave her life for the cause of justice.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/21/chad/senegal-new-film-highlights-hissene-habre-trial

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Rob Frye - casio sk60, guitarra de Son
Bill Mackay - guitar
Whitney Johnson - viola

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The special thing about this track is that there is nothing special about it.  Flux Bikes PüQ3EST traced the Illinois River last September, from its confluence with the Mississippi to Chicago, the source of the Pü. Rob and Katharina noted the presence of barges, tug boats, trains, power lines, generators, and automobile traffic along this industrialized waterway. Then during a stop at Sand Ridge State Forest, we finally found a place (almost) devoid of human sound. On this recording you'll hear some Blue Jays, Cicadas, and Short-winged Meadow Katydids, etc.Sand Ridge has sand prairies, prickly pear cacti, and pine trees combined in one unlikely place; Illinois.

SAND RIDGE state forest

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This piece was installed in a tree by the Humboldt Park Field House on September 23rd, 2017 as part of the group exhibition 'GROWTH,' which featured the Inferno Mobile Recording Studio summer artists in residence. Ed Bornstein, Emme WIlliams, Rob Frye, and Ben Lamar Gay were sent out into the park district to engage and record with the constituents of the parks.  Rob's workshop often featured listening/processing exercises to sounds of nature, homemade instruments, group loop building.

Extra thanks to Emme WIlliams for the GROWTH poster (track art)

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Flux Bikes rode from Munich to Vienna along the Isar and Danube rivers. This live performance on September 21 2018 was part of the 6th anniversary celebration of AU.

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Out and Back
single from the Flux Bikes EP of the same name July 3rd, 2020

Rob Frye - bike wheel, guitarra de son, bike chimes, flute
mastered by Brian Sulpizio

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