Aho Ssan - Simulacrum
Debut LP from Paris-based Aho Ssan, or Désiré Niamké. Informed by his experiences growing up while black in the French suburbs, Niamké turns a critical gaze..(read more)
Label: Subtext / SUB034
Artist: Aho Ssan
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Electronic, France, Vinyl.
Moor Mother - Fetish Bones
“… forget all your academic noise pieces, this is a truly, really “brutal” record to mutter “brutal” to. Brilliant, affecting, and exhausting.&#..(read more)
Label: Don Giovanni / LPDG121
Artist: Moor Mother
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Black Culture, Hip-Hop & Rap, Noise, Poetry, Vinyl.
Mutamassik - Symbols Follow
She is one of my favourite producers because of her relentless mix of deep heavy beats with African and Arabian-infused sound collages. This wonderful album fro..(read more)
Label: Discrepant / CREP014
Artist: Mutamassik
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Drum & Bass, Jungle, Vinyl.
Simon Rittmeier - Drexciya
According to a myth spread by the Detroit electronic act of the same name, Drexciya was an underwater country populated by the unborn children of pregnant Afric..(read more)
Label: Own
Artist: Simon Rittmeier
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Science Fiction.
Petrine Archer-Straw - Negrophilia: Avant-Garde Paris and Black Culture in the 1920s
Black culture was very much in vogue in avant-garde Paris in the 1920s as white artists celebrated it as a means of escaping bourgeois values. At the same time,..(read more)
Publisher: Thames and Hudson / ISBN: 978-0500281352
Author: Petrine Archer-Straw
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Black Culture.
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
'Not so much the future of hip hop as a giant leap sideways', said Mojo Magazine when this album came out in 2014.
Label: Sub Pop / SP1044
Artist: Shabazz Palaces
Medium: 2LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Experimental, Hip-Hop & Rap.
THEESatisfaction - Earthee
Seattle neo-soul/avant-rap duo Catherine Harris-White and Stasia Irons initially gained recognition singing with Shabazz Palaces. EarthEE, the second album afte..(read more)
Label: Sub Pop / SP1084
Artist: THEESatisfaction
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Hip-Hop & Rap.
Ytasha L. Womack - Post Black
– How a new generation is redefining African American Identity –
As a young journalist covering black life at large, author Ytasha L. Womack was cau..(read more)
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books / ISBN: 9781556528057
Author: Ytasha L. Womack
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Black Culture.
Ytasha L. Womack - Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture
This accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism introduces readers to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works, ..(read more)
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books / ISBN: 978-1613747964
Author: Ytasha L. Womack
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Afrofuturism, Black Culture, Science Fiction.
