with TROPICAL DIASPORA (DJ GARRINCHA, DJ DR. SÓCRATES) 
moderated by MAX JORGE HINDERER CRUZ 

DJ and producer GArRinchA (São Paulo, but Berlin-based since the 1990s) and cultural researcher DJ Dr. Sócrates founded the event platform and record label Tropical Diaspora in 2008. Tropical Diaspora Records produces vinyl records and views production as a means of empowerment, as a way of supporting artists and raising awareness of past and present stories of the African and neocultural diaspora – imposed by enslavement, economic causes, and the flight from war and poverty. DJ GArRinchA and DJ Dr. Sócrates will present some of the label’s productions and talk about the founding of the label, which itself is in a state of diaspora. 

Learning to Listen is a podcast format that explores different forms of listening – both listening and not listening – and the knowledge that can be drawn from them. The focus is on learning and unlearning to listen and engaging with internalized mindsets. The main aim of Learning to Listen is to initiate didactic processes intended to help us understand why certain sounds, songs, and narratives are heard and others are not, and to interweave auditory events with anti/decolonial education. The individual episodes are conceived as heterogeneous audio essays; the invited guests have free rein over their concept and realization. 

Language: English
Available at Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud and Spotify 

With contributions by ABEOKUTA, BANDO, DOCTOR NATIVO, EL SANTO GOLPE, EL V AND THE GARDENHOUSE, FORRÓ DE CABEÇA, GEKAH, HÖRÖYÁ, LA DAME BLANCHE, LA FANFARIA DEL CAPITAN, LA RUEDA, LOS MADE IN BARCELONA, OGUNHÊ, RAPADURA, RENATO GAMA, REGIS MORENO, RIOSENTÍ, SKA MARIA PASTORA, SUPER SPANISH COMBO, TRANSILVANIANS 
Production and Audio Design Learning to Listen: KENO MESCHER

LEARNING TO LISTEN #4 | English

Nikki Solomon - Plaguing (audio preview) from the album "Off the Chain".

Off the Chain

Plaguing

Nikki Solomon - Plaguing ( Official Audio preview)album "Off the Chain"

Inspiration pulled from Eminem's Relapse album, horror franchises Saw, Purge, and Hostel.

Disclaimer: It's a song. No humans were harmed in the making of this song.

Songs that inspired this song: Insane, Underground, 3AM, Framed, Music Box, and Stay Wide Awake.

Wicked

Cancion: Fire
Album: Maquinas de media noche

Maquinas de media noche

Fire

My Love

Fiji in the Can (FITC)

Breaking Down

I was inspired to write 'Shadows' on a sunny day walking in the park.   It made me think about how the shadows get darker when the sunlight gets brighter.   The shadows are a metaphor for that place you go to when the rest of the world gets too much.  That can be a physical place or somewhere inside your mind.  The song plays with the juxtaposition of how shadows get darker in the sun and how in the darkness the shadows just take over.  This song has a chilled pop rock vibe and can be relatable to any age group as it can have multiple meanings depending on how you perceive things.  I started recording it with voice memos on my phone and when I was back at home I wrote the rest of the song on the piano.  Hope you like it x

In The Dark

Mark Simpson

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