Lost & Found is part mixtape, part time capsule and part community conversation developed by folks living in and around the Niagara Region and woven together by Suitcase in Point artists, Deanna Jones, Michelle Mohammed, Marcel Stewart and Kaylyn Valdez-Scott.

A concept album at its core, Lost & Found follows Sodienye Waboso Amajor as she responds, in real time, to recordings on a mysterious cassette tape that she stumbles across one day. 

From being lost in love and floating in space, to finding yourself and what it means to be home, listen to layers of tape in an intimate discovery that explores what it means to be lost and what it means to be found.

We are in an important moment in time where individual and collective healing is paramount. Lost & Found: A Community Mixtape connects us through the imaginations and voices of 15 contributing artists, stitched together to offer an exploratory narrative that offers stories, poems, anecdotes, spoken word pieces, original songs and everything in between. 

Produced by Suitcase in Point Multi-Arts Company
Creative Director: Marcel Stewart
Contributing Editors: Deanna Jones, Michelle Mohammed, Kaylyn Valdez-Scott
Sound Engineer: Andrew Johnson
 
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sodienye Waboso Amajor (featured throughout), JFM, Deanna Jones, Michelle Mohammed, Alex Ring, Rebekka Gondosch, Lydia Collins, M. Mark Clifford, Kristina Ojaperv, Tammy McCleod Casey, Kaylyn Valdez Scott, Sleepy Jean (Katey Gatta), Joanne Ring, Sammy Jackson, Aria Sharma, Eve Atoms, Derrick M. Nault, Phil Davis, Marcel Stewart. 

This project was funded by Niagara Community Foundation and Niagara Investment in Culture. Thank you!

Warning: Parental Advisory: Explicit language.

Lost & Found: A Community Mixtape

Metanoia: The Mixtape is an original audio experience produced by Suitcase in Point that explores the concept of profound change, radical transformation and the unending variables of life.  

Suitcase in Point invited community members to submit an audio recording – a song, poem, anecdote or story, piece of music, spoken word, or stream of consciousness thoughts inspired by their relationship to the concept of change. This mixtape stitches together several community voices and vibrations for your listening pleasure. 

Do you have a sea-change moment that has happened in your life?
Have you ever had a major change of mind or heart?
Do you feel like there are changes in your world that need to happen?
What does change mean to you, right now, at this moment?

Produced by Suitcase in Point Multi-Arts Company
Creative Director: Deanna Jones
Sound Engineer: Andrew Johnson
Album Art: Chance Mutuku
 
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sodienye Waboso Amajor, Deanna Jones, Del Stephen, The Northern Arm, Roselyn Kelada Sedra, Kai Kristoff, R.A. Dempsey, Alex Ring, Sahar Saeidi, Marshall Bureau, Ginger Quaint, Farai Tigere, Jesse Frank Matthews, Sarah Rowe, Lacie Williamson, Shannon Kitchings, Sodienye Waboso Amajor. 

This project was funded in part by the Province of Ontario. Thank you!

Please consider a charitable donation to support Suitcase in Point's original productions at the support link in our profile.

Warning: Explicit language.

Metanoia: The Mixtape

Freedom is an audio mixtape of original songs, stories, poems, anecdotes, and spoken word pieces from folks living in the Niagara Region. Originally conceived as a piece to celebrate Emancipation Day, the recent global response to the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Nina Pop, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade has awakened many people to the fact that Emancipation was just an early step in the fight toward true equality.

Artists:
Philip Davis & Penny J Bowers
Marcel Stewart
Kattawe Henry
Barry Stewart
Diana Myrie
Vicki-Lynn Smith
Tethered the Ghost
Howard J Davis
Alex Ring & Roselyn Keleda-Sedra
Iain Lidstone
Eve Atoms
Jermaine Marshall
Yung Dashiki

Album Art: Chance Mutuku

Freedom

Suitcase in Point is a courageous ensemble of artists and producers who engage and excite the Niagara community with original multi-arts performances and events, including In the Soil Arts Festival and Suitcase in Point’s comedy cabarets. Through original work and collaborative community projects, we provide audiences with unique perspectives on contemporary life and culture. Our approach and our work aim to challenge perspectives and encourage change, tolerance, and self-awareness with an aim to promote a healthier, more connected community.

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