Kode9 & The Spaceape - Black Smoke (feat. Cha Cha)

Premiered at our monthly listening event 'Conclave' at Peste, Manchester on 25th May 2023.

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The first instalment of a brand new audio-essay of Kodwo Eshun’s 1998 book ‘More Brilliant Than The Sun: Adventures In Sonic Fiction’. Much sought after since it’s initial publication, ‘More Brilliant’ was a concerted attempt to change the relationship between writing and music. 

Throughout the work, which is situated between electronic music history, media theory, science fiction and Afrodiasporic studies, Eshun constructs an alternative (non-linear) timeline of 20th century music, traversing jazz, dub, techno, funk, hip-hop and jungle. 

The text mobilises what Eshun sees as the theoretical tendencies inherent to the output of artists such as Sun Ra, Lee Perry, Ramellzee, Funkadelic, 4hero and The Jungle Brothers, and open the possibilities of sonic fiction: the hitherto unexplored intersections between science fiction and organised sound.

Peste_Y7_010_A — Kodwo Eshun — More Brilliant Than The Sun

An artist statment about my latest exhibition at Kaross Konstgalleri in Sweden, Småland, Växjö.
"Berättelser från Tjärön" - "Stories from Tjaron" march 2024

Mikael Blomqvist Full Artist Statement

THE SPACEAPE - XORCISM
Seven tracks. Seven stories.  The Spaceape delves deep to release a set of tracks influenced by the spirit of Haitian music. The vibe is raw, chaotic, percussive and hypnotic. The Spaceape’s flow is fluid and lucid as he guides us through these short chapters.

Sample taken from
Title: Contredance
Artist: Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin 
Album: Voodoo Drums, Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin (Universal Sound, 2001)


Spaceape - Your Angel Has Come

THE SPACEAPE - XORCISM
Seven tracks. Seven stories.  The Spaceape delves deep to release a set of tracks influenced by the spirit of Haitian music. The vibe is raw, chaotic, percussive and hypnotic. The Spaceape’s flow is fluid and lucid as he guides us through these short chapters.

Sample taken from
Title: Rara\Bizango (1)
Artist: Artibonite\Archaie
Album: Rhythms of Rapture, Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou (Smithsonian Folkway Recordings, 1995)


Spaceape - On the Run

THE SPACEAPE - XORCISM
Seven tracks. Seven stories.  The Spaceape delves deep to release a set of tracks influenced by the spirit of Haitian music. The vibe is raw, chaotic, percussive and hypnotic. The Spaceape’s flow is fluid and lucid as he guides us through these short chapters.

Sample taken from:
Title: Chant et Tambour sur Cadre Jajar (4)
Artist: Anastasija Vasilevna Gitorovka
Album: Kamtchatka: Tambours de Danse de L'extrême-Orient Sibérien (Buda Musique, 1999)			


Spaceape - Palaces

THE SPACEAPE - XORCISM

Seven tracks. Seven stories.  The Spaceape delves deep to release a set of tracks influenced by the spirit of Haitian music. The vibe is raw, chaotic, percussive and hypnotic. The Spaceape’s flow is fluid and lucid as he guides us through these short chapters.

Sample taken from:
Title: Afranchi
Artist: Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin
Album: Voodoo Drums, Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin (Universal Sound, 2001)



Spaceape - He Gave His Body Over To Science

THE SPACEAPE - XORCISM

Seven tracks. Seven stories.  The Spaceape delves deep to release a set of tracks influenced by the spirit of Haitian music. The vibe is raw, chaotic, percussive and hypnotic. The Spaceape’s flow is fluid and lucid as he guides us through these short chapters.

Sample taken from:
Title: Vaksin Mix / Madolfe / Neg Yo Rele / Pa Blie / Map Navigue
Artist: Street Music of Haiti
Album: Rara in Haiti (Soul Jazz Records, 2010)



Spaceape - The Sound

THE SPACEAPE - XORCISM

Seven tracks. Seven stories.  The Spaceape delves deep to release a set of tracks influenced by the spirit of Haitian music. The vibe is raw, chaotic, percussive and hypnotic. The Spaceape’s flow is fluid and lucid as he guides us through these short chapters.

Sample taken from:
Title: Accapella
Artist: Irina Khristoforovna Kolegova
Album: Kamtchatka: Tambours de Danse de L'extrême-Orient Sibérien (Buda Musique, 1999)


Spaceape - Spirit of Change

THE SPACEAPE - XORCISM
Seven tracks. Seven stories.  The Spaceape delves deep to release a set of tracks influenced by the spirit of Haitian music. The vibe is raw, chaotic, percussive and hypnotic. The Spaceape’s flow is fluid and lucid as he guides us through these short chapters.

Sample taken from:
Title: Laserenal
Artist: Premye Nimewo Group
Album: Rhythms of Rapture, Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou (Smithsonian Folkway Recordings, 1995)


Mikael Blomqvist Full Artist Statement

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