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The One ℗ 2022 Maya Arulpragasam, under exclusive license to Island Records Released on: 2022-05-26

This week in music - so far

 

While overloaded with work, I've been blessed with these remarkable releases!

No time to write or review yet, but happy to share. 

Sun's Signature - 'Underwater'

The new music outlet by Elizabeth Fraser and Damon Reece, 

from here in Bristol

'Underwater' is taken from the new EP, Sun's Signature, out 18th June on Partisan Records. Stream here: https://sunssignature.lnk.to/underwater

The Smile - 'Speech Bubbles'

The new project by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood
 with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, produced by Nigel Godrich, Radiohead's longtime collaborator.

And of course... Everybody is talking about it this week: 

Kendrick Lamar - 'Mother I Sober'
 ft. Beth Gibbons of Portishead

Kendrick Lamar's latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, is available now: https://KendrickLamar.lnk.to/MrMorale

'Rebel Music'

 

On Saturday I was invited to speak at Bristol Transformed festival.

With the super talented and über nice Batu, e talked about 'rebel music' and Bristol, in a panel led by Bookhaus director Darran McLaughlin.

Our panel:

Rebel Music: Music and Politics in Bristol

A panel of three talking about the history of political music in Bristol, stretching from the Late 70's with the Pop Group, via the Wild Bunch and Massive Attack, to the present.

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I insisted to show music videos, my favourite medium of all time.

To represent The Pop Group, I chose:

'She's beyond Good and Evil'

Here is the choice of Batu from his recent releases, a video directed by himself:

'Solace'

My choice was the best promo video for Bristol ever made - not intending to be of course - but I love it:

Massive Attack - 'Just a Matter Of Time'

A recoding should be available soon; I'll come back and share the link.

For more on music and politics, go to my facebook page.

Thanks.

'Oussekine' premiered on Disney+ on 11 May

 

France - L'histoire d'un jeune homme tué par la police en 1986 et du combat de sa famille pour obtenir justice. 

C'est celle de Malik Oussekine, racontée dans une série diffusée dans le monde entier, "Oussekine". 

Au scénario : Faïza Guène et Lina Soualem.

'Oussekine' | Offical Trailer (in English):

The case raised serious questions about the country's treatment of immigrants, especially from its former colonies.

The issue is "still extremely resonant today," the BBC wrote yesterday, "at a time when the recent presidential campaign was contested by the far-right politician Marine Le Pen, who is known for her anti-immigrant policies, and coloured by questions around French identity, European citizenship and the treatment of the Muslim community."

Malik Oussekine was a young French man of Algerian origines. He died after being set upon by police and beaten up, as they tried to clamp down on student riots that he was walking nearby.

STORIES - The Markaz Review's call for submission of short fiction