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4 years in the making…. @omarijazz and I are Black Decelerant, releasing our eponymous debut with @rvngintl June 21st. In addition to vinyl, @plancha_92104 will release a limited edition CD in Japan. Pre-order links are up now this record is many things for me: an exploration of being/nonbeing, a wondering on the concept of “rest” and how it’s defined, a collaboration with one of my most trusted friends, a flattening of geographic space. I hope it can be some of those and many other things for y’all “two” (which features @jawwaad999 on trumpet) is out today with a video created by @neilnorg and Omari i’ve also attached “Black” as “defined” by @blackquantumfuturism , which feels relevant here. more soon! photos by @killauren design by @willworkforgood

‘At All’ (Live) A few weeks left until these EU dates. Here’s a preview from @pitchforkfest —————- 11/2 - Paris - @lehasardludique 11/3 - Lisbon - @galeriazedosbois 11/4 - Guimares - @muchoflowfestival 11/6 - Brussels - @botanique_bxl 11/8 - Amsterdam - @paradisoadam 11/9 - Rotterdam - @rotownrotterdam 11/10 - Utrecht - @le_guess_who 11/11 - Berlin - @baketownbaketown Ticket links en bio courtesy of @swampbooking

“Onwards!” An offering and a document, arriving 10/7 via @touching_bass “Hearing Voices”, produced by @104rog and myself, is out today everywhere. (link in bioh) Vinyl, Digital, and Lyric Booklet pre-order are live on bandcamp. Lyric booklet design is by @bot_man_ All photography is by @gabemorivera Excited to be able to share these visions with you.

July : - Spending some time in London and true to artist form looking for a sublet. 3 weeks-1 month tops starting around the 19th. preferably in south, but open. grateful for leads please (and also open to creative exploits too although i’m not quite feeling like a workaholic) - before that playing @makcenter in LA on 7/13 for the next volume of @delugesound , a performance series i think is very special - after that, playing @nowadaysnyc 7/18 courtesy of @29speedway and @conditioner_nyc til then, keep listening to the Black Decelerant record please and thanks. Appreciate u ✌🏿

The first Black Decelerant album is officially out in the world today. Much love and gratitude to @rvngintl for the support and facilitation through the process. Hoping your listens bring you something needed, whatever that may be. We’ll see y’all tonight at @sctrpc We’ll be taking the show on the road and visiting y’all in Europe in the UK in November Dates: 11/24/24 - [UK] London @ The Carpet Shop 11/25/24 - [PT] Braga @ FENDA Festival 11/27/24 - [BE] Antwerp @ Het Bos 11/29/24 - [DE] Berlin @ Silent Green Kuppelhalle 12/03/24 - [NO] Oslo @ Himmel 12/04/24 - [ES] Barcelona @ Casa Montuijc 12/06/24 - [FR] Paris @ La Boule Noire with a couple more TBA poster design by @e.n.e.r.g.y.a.n.g.e.l all links where they go

“Three” is out today ahead of the release of the album friday. We’re streaming the album on bandcamp at 4 EST/1 PST if you want to hear it early/buy the record/etc Friday we’ll be playing at @sctrpc with @alexritaa and @dot.audioarts Saturday we’re at @tveyenyc DJing courtesy of @year0001online will have records available at both ! 📸 - @killauren Til then

Selected stills from John Akomfrah’s ‘Testament’ Screening along with “Memory Room 451” this Sunday evening at 7:30 at @2220arts Come for multidimensional blue/angelic time traveling children/memory and it’s complicated fragments/the sea as a site of it all Been trying to force people to watch this one for years and i’m glad I get another chance to do so 🤓

Excited to share that I’ll be doing a short programming residency at @2220arts this coming weekend in collaboration with the Mythscience Archive in addition to Friday’s Black Decelerant show. Details ————————- 6/7 • Black Decelerant performs in the theater with Nailah Hunter and Salenta+Topu • 8PM 6/8 • “Prayer for Saving” : A reading of new works by Harmony Holiday, myself, and the debut reading from @mercurialdirt ❕with music selections from @twisted_r00t • 4PM 6/9 • Screening two films by John Akomfrah in the theater (7:30PM): - ‘Testament’ , Akomfrah’s exploration of memory, history, and trauma in the backdrop of a contemporary post-colonial Ghana (and one of my favorite films ever) - ‘Memory Room 451’, a hybrid narrative-documentary which also explores memory, dreams, and desire through a series of interviews between a time traveler and a group of “old earth people” ———————— All RSVP/Ticket links are in my bio as well as on the 2220 Arts website Beautiful poster designed by @sam__leidig Hope to see some familiar faces in the mix somewhere 🤞🏿

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Excited to share the lineups for next months Black Decelerant shows + an added date: - June 7th//Los Angeles: @2220arts with @nailah.hunter and @salenta.topu (which will be the first of a few nights of programming here but more on that soon) - June 11th//Portland: @polarishallpdx with @bepresentartgroup - June 21st//NYC: @sctrpc with @dot.audioarts and Calm Roots in excellent company all around and greatly looking forward to sharing these offerings with y’all. all ticket links in bio Poster design by @e.n.e.r.g.y.a.n.g.e.l // photo by @killauren

Black Decelerant x @nts_radio x @rvngintl Tomorrow 10a PST / 1p EST / 6p GMT 🎵 Sensational - Waistline Unstraight 📡📡📡📡📡

Black Decelerant - “Five” Out everywhere today, Album out on @rvngintl 6/21 Video directed by @omarijazz / @neilnorg bio is linked , more live news 🔜