Thinking Historically in the Present

FREE AIFF  DOWNLOAD OF IR : Indigenous Resistance/Ethiopia  Gambella Land Grab ( Soy Sos Amharic Mix)
In Gambella, a western province of Ethiopia , thousands of the indigenous inhabitants have been displaced from their lands so that the government can lease it to foreign companies to establish commercial farms. This is in contradiction to official government policy that forbids local farmers from leasing & selling their farmlands.The government has leased the land at ridiculously low prices to these foreign companies so that they can establish large commercial farms.In order to do this ,thousands of the indigenous peoples have been terrorized & forcibly displaced from their lands. Villagers  have been killed and thousands have fled to refugee camps in southern Sudan. While officially the government says there are no problems, that the inhabitants welcome the changes and that they are doing many things to improve the lives of the indigenous peoples, the reality is something else.Little effort has been made to respect the traditional lifestyles of the inhabitants and to provide them with expertise and tools to improve their own cultivation & to support local farmers. Instead the focus has been to facilitate foreign companies from countries like China, India, Pakistan,Saudi Arabi to create large commercial farms where most of what is produced  will go outside of Ethiopia with little benefit to ordinary Ethiopians except officials who are receiving bribes and kickbacks from foreign companies..
Vocals by Amard
Bass: Dr Das
All vocals & instruments recorded in Ethiopia by The Ghost
Beats & textures: Herman “ Soy Sos  “ Pearl
Mixed by “Soy Sos” at Tuff Sound Studio
Text written by The Ghost  & Amard
C 2012
Produced by IR ::Indigenous Resistance
www.dubreality.com

IR : Indigenous Resistance/Ethiopia  Gambella Land Grab ( Soy Sos Amharic Mix)

They hung thick and ominous overhead, casting strange shapes and shadows upon the empty fields and plains which lay beneath. The barley could be seen blowing in the warmth of the summer breeze but it was a muggy, humid kind of heat. The kind which stuck to you and held on tight.

Heavy clouds often meant that the end was nigh, that summer was on its way out and soon the rain would fall and leave this land green and wondrous. Everything would be afloat once again, an aquatic paradise in which the wild things grew and the people danced.

For now, they simply watched as they passed overhead, moving ever more slowly, weighed down by world within them.

Pure Space are set to release a new EP from Command D. This record is titled 'New Devices' and features a collection of dubbed out ambient tones, amidst loosely dotted sporadic percussion in the ilk of Basic Channel or Deepchord etc.

PREMIERE: Command D - Heavy Clouds [Pure Space]

The self-released track “icu” by AXT was produced and mixed in Prague and Vienna from May to August 2024, under the influence of overwhelming emotions brought on by a blend of loneliness, contemplation of unexpected life paths changes, and falling into the abyss of distance and separation from something and someone I felt deeply connected to. “icu” features voice samples from “Chanel” by Frank Ocean. Big up Frank, but I believe there are more sides than just two!

The artwork was created by Ukrainian-Czech visual artist @dreamlogue_ in Prague, during his ongoing exploration of the possibilities within randomness and chaos.

It was meant to happen, wasn’t it?

Click here to purchase the track: https://axtaxtaxtaxtaxtaxtaxtaxt.bandcamp.com/track/icu

AXT: www.instagram.com/axtaxtaxtaxtaxtaxtaxtaxt/
@dreamlogue_: www.instagram.com/dreamlogue_/

Open Catalyst

no sugar in the ride — jump aboard the slippery vessel of Exa-Terra on @rinsefrance tonight!
60-minute of molasses-slow dub, industrial rawness and slinky turbulence.
roll up at 9pm on https://www.rinse.fr 📛 your signal to slide in.

EXA-TERRA with Subsism - 18 Avril 2025

The Slow Brown Fox giving the space a sonic bath at the beginning of the recent MUTANTHEADS party at Sameheads....

Enjoy this gem of a mix from a gem of a Dj.

x

The Slow Brown Fox - MUTANTHEADS @ Sameheads 05.04.25

@ninjaexoticmachine (@matteocoffetti x @kakofonico)

𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 - 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕒 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕖 - OUT JUNE 10
Order cassette / Download: https://bambooshows.bandcamp.com/album/mana-verde

_______VAI A CASA, SEI UBRIACO!
Bamboo Shows presents today the fourth and final opus of its 'vai a casa, sei ubriaco!' cassette series focusing on sunitty, an Italian reinterpretation of Fourth World Music through the prism of the world wide web.


_______ NINJA EXOTIC MACHINE – MANA VERDE
Amongst all the Italian encounters Bamboo Shows made over the years, here come Matteo Coffetti and Kakofonico under their moniker Ninja Exotic Machine. The Turinese duo plays a key role in the development of sunitty, both with their different musical projects and the vanguard leftfield bass label Pho Bho Records they run with Tundra & Federico Spini.

With their ‘Mana Verde’ LP, Matteo Coffetti and Kakofonico recount the fanciful ‘legend of the Mana Verde Forest’, thus depicting their porous vision of electronic music. In this enchanted lands, wacky improvisation meets the syncopated rhythms of Riddim and Dancehall, post internet weirdeleria echoes with stretched vocals, and deep bass-lines bring the whole party to a contagious dancing mania.

‘Mana Verde’ is the final installment of the ‘vai a casa, sei ubriaco!’ series, extending this sunitty panorama from psychedelic ambient and folkloric noise to leftfield bass and post internet dancefloor materials. To be further explored in the dedicated mini-zine.


_______ MORE INFOS ABOUT ‘THE LEGEND OF THE MANA VERDE FOREST’
Mana Verde by Ninja Exotic Machine is a sonic folktale rooted in sunitty - a playful practice of microcomposition, digital folklore, and chaotic improvisation. Set in a mythical forest where junky elves, mucky rhythms, and wandering sounds collide, the album traces a surreal journey through ecstatic gatherings, collective metamorphosis, and lysergic communion.
Each track unfolds as a chapter in an ever-mutating mythology where the beat becomes a spell, nonsense reveals unexpected truths, identity dissolves into sound, and the forest itself learns to dance.

Order cassette / Download: https://bambooshows.bandcamp.com/album/mana-verde

02_Ninja Exotic Machine_Selva Melma

10.60hz invites French artist Drawbridge to celebrate the release of his EP Peregrinations on the label. It's an opportunity for him to pay tribute to all the artists who inspire him through the prism of fast, hypnotic, shamanic, and percussive music.


10.60hz w/ Drawbridge @ Kiosk Radio 06.06.2025

ZORZ [7.7.25]

Taken from the 1st show of the boomkat residency with Radio Alhara.

Boomkat w/ Tamus - Radio Alhara [29.07.2025]

Galdino : Pataxo Warrior ( Sawandi's Defiance In The Shadows Mix) feat Jah 9 , Zumbi &amp;;The Ghost.
Galdino Jesus dos Santos was an indigenous Pataxó activist based in Brasil.
 His story:
 In 1997, he attended an indigenous rights meeting in Brasilia. Unfortunately, he missed the last bus to his lodging and as is the custom for many Brasilians, he stayed all night in the bus shelter in order to catch the morning bus. A group of youths – the sons of the capital’s elite judges and lawyers – found Galdino asleep. They poured gasoline on him and set him on fire, all as part of a cruel joke. Galdino died after suffering burns to 90% of his body. These murderous actions are indicative of how Brasil’s economically powerful elites treat those they perceive as ‘powerless.’
 Our story:
 Indigenous Resistance attended the trial of Galdino’s murderers. We met his family and were shown the coroner’s photos of his charred corpse. I.R. was also witness to the special treatment and light punishment meted out to the murderers. In the years since his death, we have watched the Brasilian media continuously mute all coverage and remembrance of Galdino’s tragedy. This state of neglect stands in sharp contrast to the high visibility given annually for the death of journalist Tim Lopes. But we know that Galdino’s death is not an isolated incident. It opens up urgent issues of land demarcation; the exploitation of resources on indigenous ancestral lands; and the abysmal state of indigenous rights throughout Brasil in general. There is no silence on Galdino’s story – only shadows.
IR:WE ENTER, WE WORK, WE DISAPPEAR
Track Credits
In Brasil: Zumbi and Pataxó singers recorded by Francisco X, João S. D. C., and The Ghost.
 In Jamaica: Jah 9 (aka Janine Cunningham) vocals recorded by Sawandi. Drums: Rashaun “Blackush” McAnuff, recorded by David Kennedy at Cedar Hill. All other music created and arranged by Sawandi. Mixed at Anchor Studio by Delroy “Fatta” Pottinger.Mastered at Anchor Studios by Spiderman.
In Cyberspace: Vocals: The Ghost. Arrangement assistance: Prasonik, Tapedave, The Ghost &amp; the Spirit of Galdino. Lyrics by Zumbi, Jah 9 (aka Janine Cunningham), The Ghost and Tapedave. Text remix:Prasonik


Galdino : Pataxo Warrior ( Sawandi's Defiance In The Shadows Mix) feat Jah 9 , Zumbi &;The Ghost.

Dear soundcloud squad, 

here is a new mixtape for you. Thanks for the kind words i received lately and a massive big up for making trax available! 

Its nice to see where the genre and its community are going at the moment :) 
Lots of people making mixes, remixes (e.g. lipid funk), doing radio shows and some getting their trax released on wax. I hope it continues this way! :) 

Stay safe

Hendrik 


Trax by:

Boxcutter
Titch Thomas
Foply Mono Franz
Brainwaltzera / Guavid
Faceculler
Rhys Celeste
MetaComplex
Steinvord
Global Goon
Richard Devine
Cignol
Fah
XY0815
Tysk Raider
p1nkf1re
aeroniq
Jodey Kendrick
Wisp
Untrkmind
Bromic
boat hemp
Polykrome
J.Wiltshire
Jidomatix
The Tuss
Odan 
Rognvald
Isla Phisher
Human Action Network
caddybay

Braindance III

SONIC INTERVENTIONS & INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE

A militant IR session ft SANKARA FUTURE DUB RESURGENCE, DHANGSHA, MAPU & APACHITA. Broadcast 18.07.20 on Raskattas Radio Show.
Intro: West Papua Liberation 
1 TWO THOUSAND SEASONS DUB 
Intro: Black Panther Breakfast Club & Anarchism. 
2. PERFECT BLACK LIGHT
'Zoonotic' meaning intro. 
3. STANDING ROCK FUTURE DUB
4. WOMEN HOLD UP HALF THE SKY
5. FIRE
Intro: Afro Colombians, Indigenous people on the frontlines. Mariela Franco remembrance.
6. COLOMBIA N21
7. DREAMS ARE DUB REALITY
Intro: Dhangsha & Dj Soundar aiding in breaking musical convention.
8 IWA PELE
DUB MUSEUM, KAMPALA, UGANDA
Ras Issacs: flute, djembe, Nyabinghi drums 
Kabaka: vox 
Ras Kilomo: vox
Esaete: vox
Ras Charles: recording
Jozef Spin: translation
TURTLE ISLAND/CHILE
Mapu: vox, Aztec drums, shakers
Apachita: vox.
Nico: trucata
Prasonik:wordsmith interventions at 4 am 
COLOMBIA
Dub Code II: N21 demo and vox recording
UK
Dhangsha: electronics 
Ramjac: mastering
FRANCE
DJ Soundar: sequencing
BRAZIL
Dubzaine: Artwork
Brazilian Sistren In The Shadows : Brazilian pronunciation coaching
Indonesia:
Nina:vox

These are some reflections Dhangsha wrote on this broadcast that we would like to share with you :
Sonic Interventions & Indigenous Resistance                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                  
“IR Sonic Interventions” was first broadcast on 18th July 2020, on Raskattas Radio, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It featured Sankara Future Dub Resurgence, Dhangsha and Dub Sisters Mapu, Apachita and Esaete. For those who listened in, it was like an exhilarating live gig - raw in sound and text with punk attitude, but disciplined like a Peoples' Army on manoeuvres - everyone jumping in to take the baton then passing it on - everyone looking out for everyone else.



This is what happens when sonic experimentation and co-operation moves music and text beyond current convention. The political commentary and degree of analysis demonstrated a depth that is missing from present day dub, but not at the expense of dance propulsion. Bob Marley and his contemporaries created a framework of militant poetry with which to uplift the spirits of oppressed people. But over forty years on, it is not enough to merely REPRODUCE that template. 



As Sankara FDR say: “this is no photocopy dub.” Aside from spoken testimonies, the session was comprised of field recordings, acoustic rhythms and melodies and uncompromising programmed sequences. It was assembled using a variety of techniques: post-punk cut & paste, dub mixology and live electronic improvisation. This was in fact an ‘alternative news broadcast,’ unashamedly betraying a robust anti-colonial perspective. It was on THAT level. 



For all the Sisters & Brothers out there with open hearts and minds and ready to engage: 

WE SEE YOU NOW. 



For all those out there who would hinder our ability to breathe - you have revealed yourselves: 

WE SEE 



Sankara Future Dub Resurgence is a group of musicians from Uganda living in  the city of Kampala and in the area near Lake Nalubaale  ,Uganda. They collaborated with  IR ::Indigenous Resistance and Dhangsha to produce the four track EP 
" IR 55 Sankara Future Dub Resurgence"  which has been released to critical acclaim and which is available on Bandcamp here https://dubreality.bandcamp.com/album/ir-55-sankara-future-dub-resurgence
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They also contributed tracks to the IR album " If Thomas Sankara & Fela Kuti Were Here They Would Say FREE WEST PAPUA" a free album in support of the liberation movement for a Free West Papua available on the Dubdem website www.dubdem.com.br 
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Sankara Future Dub Resurgence with Dhangsha, Mapu & Apachita : IR Sonic interventions

I.R website www.dubreality.com
I.R blogwww.dubreality.wordpress.com
I.R. is a new music label launched in 2003that explores the twin themes of Indigenous Resistance/Indigenous Reality. Issues and examples of indigenous resistance and Indigenous reality that normally dont receive attention will be highlighted through our releases.
I.R also refers to homegrown insurrection and the fight against injustice everywhere.
An autonomous venture, I.R releases comes together with a minimum of resources but with a maximum of cooperation and care from those involved in the project; a family of loosely affilated folks who believe in the spirit and deed of resistance. Some of our conspirators include Underground Resistance , Dr Das ,Ramjac,Asian Dub Foundation,Deeder Zaman,D. WattsRiot Adrian Sherwood,Delroy "Fatta" Pottinger, MichaelFranti ,Mapu,Assatta Shakur,John Trudell,Dubdem Soundsytem,
Sos Soy,Christiane D, Saevo,Sawandi,Tapedave,Prasonik Augustus Pablo..to name a few.
I.R is intimately connected to the TFTT freedub project. Hence there will be opportunities to recive vinyl, books, posters free of charge.
We all have the capacity to fight the beast. We all have a part we can play.


IR : Indigenous Resistance/Ethiopia Gambella Land Grab ( Soy Sos Amharic Mix)

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