{"id":41720,"date":"2019-05-23T12:12:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T10:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/black-monument-ensemble-gospel-political-activism-and-drum-machines\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:35:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:35:24","slug":"black-monument-ensemble-gospel-political-activism-and-drum-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/black-monument-ensemble-gospel-political-activism-and-drum-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Monument Ensemble : gospel, political activism and drum machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25373 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-759x542.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-661x472.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Pluridisciplinar ensemble\u00a0led by Damon Locks\u00a0releases\u00a0<em>Where Future Unfolds<\/em>, live recording of their Chicago performance.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Header Picture\u00a0: \u00a9Daris Jasper\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Black Monument Ensemble as a solo project for\u00a0Damon Locks, in which he blent samples from Civil Rights speeches and his TR-808 in a politically committed sonic patchwork. Inspired by Phil Cohran&#8217;s Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Eddie Gale&#8217;s mythical\u00a0<em>Black Rhythm Happening<\/em>, Archie Shepp\u00a0as well as\u00a0<em>It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Bac<\/em>k\u00a0by Public Enemy,\u00a0Black Monument Ensemble channels\u00a0diverse elements of Great Black Music, from jazz to gospel, hip hop to spoken word, afro rhythms to electronic music.<\/p>\n<p>In four years, the project progressively transformed into the ensemble it is today, formed by fifteen artists, featuring musicians as well as dancers, turning their performances into multi-sensorial happenings. Among these artists, the collective features Angel Bat Dawid, drummer Dana Hall,\u00a0former members of the Chicago Children\u2019s Choir\u00a0and dancers from the Move Me Soul troupe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E10KtWekgkE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Where Future Unfolds\u00a0<\/em>is a live recording of the band&#8217;s performance in\u00a0Garfield Park&#8217;s Botanical Conservatory. &#8220;From A Spark To Fire&#8221; taken from the forthcoming album, gives a foretaste of the band&#8217;s innovative, genre-bending sound palette and visuals.<\/p>\n<p><em>Where Future Unfolds\u00a0<\/em>will be out on May 31th on International Anthem. Pre-order it on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/where-future-unfolds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read Next\u00a0:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/kokoroko-the-many-moods-of-afro-jazz\/\">KOKOROKO, the many moods of afro-jazz<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25376\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Black-Monument-Ensemble-Where-Future-Unfolds-Cover-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pluridisciplinar ensemble\u00a0led by Damon Locks\u00a0releases\u00a0Where Future Unfolds, live recording of their Chicago performance. Header Picture\u00a0: \u00a9Daris Jasper\u00a0 Black Monument Ensemble as a solo project for\u00a0Damon Locks, in which he blent samples from Civil Rights speeches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[5439,5504],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41720"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=41720"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}