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Taken from 'Seek For Maktoop' released 14th October 2016 via Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour.

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Seek For Maktoop

Peggy Gou - 'Gou Talk'

For Edna
by Leila Adu-Gilmore
Cello & Voice: Amanda Gookin
Cell structured piece, maximum duration 10 mins.

Program Note

When Amanda Gookin said that she’d like to participate in her women’s social justice Forward Music Project, I wanted to write a piece that encapsulated the strength of women. At first, I was going to write something physically and aurally demanding — hard. Then I realized that our strength is perseverance and endurance, adaptability and openness, and connection to others. I wrote this thinking about women loving their man who has come home from war; women who have lost their children; women who have been beaten by men, the system, or both, and who still have the strength to love. 
I dedicate this piece to my friend, activist and scholar Edna Bonhomme, because in the struggle of being a black woman from a working-class family, she perseveres to be one of the most loyal, hard-working, inspirational and devoted people I have ever met. With her Haitian background and American upbringing, she has continued to keep her heart open and share her intellect with me, including around issues of colonialism, black struggle, police brutality, the prison justice system and her tangible fears for her own family. A few years ago on my 12/12/12 birthday, Edna gave me a copy of Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth, and she wrote this dedication in the front page:
Continue to recover the voices of “other” and the marginalized and show that their music is important too.
Thank you Edna and Amanda for being part of the creative inspiration of this piece.

For Edna

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He Is The Voice I Hear’ is my first all new work since “Lady Of Sorrows.” It’s been a long journey from there to here. I’m so thrilled to continue the story and finally realize my dream of bringing together an ensemble of live musicians.

This record was a joy to create with my engineering and production partner, Rupert Murray, Davide Rossi on strings and Christoforo LaBarbera on keys. The vinyl was mastered and cut by Tim Xavier for Manmade Mastering.  We’ve also put some special touches into the design of the record itself. 

Incredible thanks to Adam Rowe, Andrew Gordon, Jake Nelson and everyone that helped make this record possible at all.

Out Now

The Black Madonna - He Is The Voice I Hear

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Thoughts of an Introvert

Mycetozoa

It's here.

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Get ready, for Gou-Mania.

For Edna

LEILA ADU

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