Rommi Smith is the Inaugural Writer-in-Residence at TopFoto - one of the world’s leading photographic archives. With a passionate interest in the archive’s photos documenting Black British life across the last two centuries, in this poem, Rommi reflects on the life of Judy Johnson, the Caribbean blues singer. Johnson is described as “wowing audiences” at the A&A club in Soho - and yet her legacy is obscured by the loss of artefacts concerning her, which would evidence what happened to her, after her nineteen fifties heyday. 

The poem centres on the fact that, other than the image of Johnson held in the TopFoto collection, the only other known surviving image of Johnson is in Ida Kar’s portrait of the raconteur and sometime writer, Terry Taylor. In Kar’s photo Johnson, symbolically, features as a half-shadow figure – her back facing the camera. Rommi meditates on how misogynoir, in the West, all too often places Black women in shadow.

Written by Rommi Smith

Performed by Rommi Smith & Christella Litras.

Set to music by musician, composer, arranger and producer Christella Litras. 

Track recorded, mixed and produced by Christella Litras.

Inspired by image: 1465063

Rommi’s short residency and this project is made possible via the National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, awarded to TopFoto from the Cultural Recovery Fund.

The Ballad of Judy Johnson's Blues - Rommi Smith & Christella Litras

«Six Fables » : un concert participatif avec l'Orchestre National d'Auvergne et 6 groupes d'élèves Auvergnat

Musique - Omar Shahryar
Texte - par les élèves de six écoles et collèges de la région Auvergnat après les fables de La Fontaine

Mezzo-soprano - Alexia Macbeth
Chef d'orchestre - Samuel Jean
Orchestre National d'Auvergne et six écoles et collèges de la région Auvergnat

Six Fables

We are very happy to introduce our guests for April - Roughion.
This is a 20 min teaser of what to expect on the 24th from this duo.
See you all on the dancefloor and do not forget to follow Roughion over at https://soundcloud.com/roughion

Tracklist:
this love - julien mier remix
fresh orange - blazo 
Caravan - Flechette
Michaels a gold digger - DJOZYBOY 
Bird Machine - Dj Snake
Coming Down - Barla
Taking me Higher - XXXY
Bedroom Bass - Ballast
Heartbreaker - Gashmore remix
No Use - Jazzanova
Made To Stray - Mount Kimbie
Mahakala VIP - ASA 808
IronSide - Cause & Effect
Bassline - Got Some (Amtrack Remix)
Flat Beat - Mr Ozio
September - Earth Wind and Fire DJOZYBOY refix

Animaux presents: Roughion

Olaf Stuut - Graph - Traum V187

Release Date: 06th April 2015

Available at Beatport & iTunes
https://pro.beatport.com/release/graph/1489260
https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/graph/id976099791

See Video at YouTube - https://youtu.be/CEZsWrKX-8w?list=PLf4vXE-5-YtH0-Zu_Pwlmedb9OrtiAI8Z

See more at
http://www.traumschallplatten.de/traum/traumv187/traumv187.html

Olaf Stuut & SQL - Lithograph (Traum V187)

Oldskool UK Garage > Grime Vinyl Mix 150914

Swiss composer Dieter Ammann (*1962) started out as an experimental jazz musician and became a composer only at 30. 

He was tutored by luminaries including the late Witold Lutosławski. His reputation has risen swiftly in recent years: accolades include a Siemens Prize, a residency at the Lucerne Festival and enthusiastic praise from figures such as Pierre Boulez. Ammann's music is open-minded, sophisticated, energetic, communicative, sensitive, surprising, inventive – and long overdue a regular place in the contemporary repertory. 

Le réseau des reprises was performed on Thursday 19 May 2016, conducted by Roland Kluttig.

Le Réseau Des Reprises - Dieter Ammann

18 Again

A mix before the birthday bash!

Tracklist:

01. Parris - 2 Vultures (feat.O$VMV$M)
02. ODDNIPP - Smoke Signals in The Dark
03. Uffe - When the Sun Rose
04. Richard Sen - Songs of Pressure (The Asphodelis remix)
05. Peggy Gou - Six O Six
06. Luv*Jam - Forest of Nip
07. Nina Kraviz - Ghetto Kraviz (Shacklo remix)
08. Coni - Luz in Pool
09. Quarion - Monolith
10. Paleman - Animus
11. Daniel Avery - Need Electric (Audion remix)
12. Endeser - Lactic Acid
13. Scuba - Flash Addict
14. Expansives - Life With You

You can find the birthday bash here: https://www.facebook.com/events/144591876158381/

Animaux 5th birthday nipper

Free-o

Free - O

In this introductory episode of You've Got Male, Leo & Ed sit down to discuss their relationships with masculinity and maleness.

Episode One - Introduction

My first band, Full Monty (before the film came out) circa 1997.

Six Fables

Omar Shahryar

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