KMRU, Aho Ssan, Jessica Ekomane, Lamin Fofana, Nyokabi Kariũki, Bhavisha Panchia ‎– Temporary Stored II

Description

Label: OFNOT – OF03
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 11 Oct 2024
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient, Experimental

Tracklist:
1 KMRU– MR0 3:01
2 KMRU– MR1 4:15
3 KMRU– MR2 4:57
4 KMRU– MR3 3:59
5 KMRU– MR4 4:01
6 KMRU– MR5 4:05
7 Lamin Fofana– Intimacies of Affliction 5:00
8 KMRU– Entangled 4:34
9 Nyokabi Kariũki– Item no. ______ 4:43
10 Jessica Ekomane– MR.2023.9.5-A3 3:11
11 Aho Ssan– They Heard Us 5:50

Notes:
When KMRU accessed the sound archive of the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, it catalysed an auditory response in the form of the album Temporary Stored. The album listened back to listen forward – to reckon with the collective inheritance of colonial (sound) archives. Temporary Stored II serves as an artistic and curatorial extension of the original album, inviting other artists to lend their critical ear to museum archives holding recordings of African songs, traditions and practices. With KMRU, Aho Ssan, Lamin Fofana, Nyokabi Kariũki and Jessica Ekomane draw upon their listening experiences as global contemporaries navigating a world in flux – ecologically, economically, and politically. Each artist brings a selection of sonic fragments out of dormancy, channelling (in)audible traces into a contemporary cultural and political paradigm.

Temporary Stored II sensitively responds to historical archives whose sounds have been restored and made more accessible through digitalisation, despite still being the copyrighted property of European institutions. It develops an emergent language to engage with the vocal, rhythmic and syllabic intelligence rooted in these sonic repertoires, grounded in reimagination of sonic records as seeds for a sounding future. Listening back to these recordings is... more
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released October 11, 2024

Mastered at SPS by Simon Scott
Layout & Design: Joe Gilmore
Text: Bhavisha Panchia
NR 71