My version of the Yoruba traditional song Iwe Kiko, all about remembering to be respectful of tradition in your learning. The original lyric focuses on the importance of agriculture in an increasingly urban world, but I've shifted that a bit to look into my approach to songwriting, and how having a deep appreciation and understanding of your influences is important, and in this case worn quite overtly on my sleeve.

Put together for the Old Tunes Fresh Takes podcast, as always, a total blast to do.

This features a sample from Tosinger's version of the song, sun by her sons.

Eyeless Chalonstone - How Young Eyeless Got His Groove (Iwe Kiko)

We are all police now: Resisting Everyday Bordering and the Hostile Environment - Arianne Shahvisi

Original article: https://level.medium.com/so-youre-thinking-about-becoming-an-abolitionist-a436f8e31894

Session 1 of the Abolitionist Futures Reading list. For the full readings see here: https://abolitionistfutures.com/intro-to-abolition-2022

So You’re Thinking about Becoming an Abolitionist - Mariame Kaba

In this bumper edition of the Verso podcast we talk to authors Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke De Noronha about their new book Against Borders: The Case for Abolition. In it we explore what a world without borders might look like and the intricacies of imagining or advocating for that world. We then talk to Zehrah Hasan of JCWI about practical ways we can get involved in building a borderless world for today and tomorrow.

Against Borders: The Case for Abolition is out now: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3983-against-borders?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=author-videos

What comes after we abolish borders? Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke De Noronha

Berlingo

Drunken Gypsies
Words and Translation by Arash Sobhani 

One man says it's too late
One man is tired
The distances are too great
The roads are all blocked 
One man says it's too early
One man says, not now!
The light hearted gypsies 
Are drunk from the smell of the road

Behind the seas, behind every mountain
Behind these borders of sorrow and separation
Every stranger, is a new friend
And with friends, life is so simple

One man stayed and he didn't go
Closed his eyes so he couldn't see
Shut his ears so
He wouldn't hear the song of hope

Another man made a bridge
Like a rainbow
Colored the sky
And reached for tomorrow

Behind the seas, behind every mountain
Behind these arbitrary man made borders of sorrow 
Every stranger, is a new friend
And with friends, life is so simple

The world is full of "Parts Unknown" to fly to
Unheard stories, unsung melodies
The light hearted gypsies, are drunk in the road
They are dancing and singing and blocking the sorrow


Drunken Gypsies (Ruffino/Sobhani)

DJ Bill Odyssey takes over with a genre-bending mix of music that's equal parts strange, psychedelic, and soulful. Dig into a sonic journey that spans past, present, and future, all emanating from the heart of Haggerston. 

Follow Bill Odyssey on Instagram at https://instagram.com/bill_odyssey and Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/fredpritchard for more off-kilter grooves. 

Additionally, be sure to check out the show's collaborators, Circle Dancer Records @circledancerecs and Muck Huxley @muckhuxley

Listen live: www.threadsradio.com
For more shows: @threadsradio

Cosmic Relief w/ Bill Odyssey & Muckers (circle dance) (*Haggerston) - 06-Jun-24

NTS Live - Shanti Celeste w/ Daisy Moon - 14/07/17

thanks to kit records for a night of tru meanderingz
recorded live in darkness

live at the cube microplex – 14 june 2019

SOME OMNICORE I NEVER RELEASED OHHHH YEAHHH

probably still gonna change it later but can't sit on things forever eh

7th Elemental

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Berlingo

JJarv

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