In the face of devastating violence， how are you responding. I think deeply about the moment we’re in and am searching for a response that’s not blatant or overt， but more-so inviting the listener to contemplate their own mindset. The music here is an expression， my response to surviving these traumatic， unpredictable times. Most of the new sounds came out of the experience of living in Berlin and traveling around Europe.. Brâncuși sculpting Beyoncé in gold lamé is a line from Mike Ladd’s song “Blonde Negress” from the album Negrophilia. The album was inspired by Petrine Archer-Straw’s book of the same name (with the subtitle “Avant-Garde Paris and Black Culture in the 1920s”). The book explores the Paris art world’s embrace of black American and African culture — and its co-option of black art and culture， which played heavily into Art Deco， Cubism， jazz， etc. I read the book some years back， but I love how Mike Ladd warps it， drawing a long line between Beyonce and Brancusi， whose Sleeping Muse was inspired by African masks Lamin Fofana is an electronic producer and artist. His instrumental electronic music contrasts the reality of our world with what’s beyond and explores questions of movement， migration， alienation， and belonging. He is from Sierra Leone， lived in Guinea， United States， and currently located in Berlin.

1. Searching For Memory
2. Confrontation
3. Brancusi Sculpting Beyonce
4. Raffia Arms
5. Unknown Riddim
6. The Black God Cries Sometimes Too