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The solo outlet for Philadelphia-based artist Camae Ayewa, Moor Mother’s music combines social issues with a visceral blend of hardcore electronics and her intense poetry, taking influence from punk, hip-hop, jazz, soul, and numerous other genres. Also an educator, coach, and social activist, Ayewa is a co-founder of theBlack Quantum Futurismartistic and literary collective, a member of the avant-jazz groupIrreversible Entanglements, and one-half of the experimental club duo700 Bliss. First making an impact with 2016’sFetish Bones, her work grew more experimental and politically outspoken with each new chapter, using charged spoken word lyrics and furious free jazz instrumentation on her 2020 albumCircuit City. 2021’sBlack Encyclopedia of the Airwas more atmospheric than her previous work but just as confrontational and thought-provoking. On 2024’sThe Great Bailout, she concentrated on the history and lasting effects of British colonialism.
How do you engage the stunning, evocative, haunting gift that is Moor Mothers latest album The Great Bailout? Only by following the trail of verbal and sonic poetry delivered. Only by letting Moor Mother and her co-conspiring collaborators Lonnie Holley, Mary Lattimore, Alya Al Sultani, Kyle Kidd and more – people who have their own path of positivity and connectedness, be the tour guide. The Great Bailout is Moor Mother aka Camae Ayewas ninth studio album and third with ANTI- Records. Called the poet laureate of the apocalypse, by Pitchfork, Ayewas music contains multitudes of instruments, voices and cacophony that take on themes of Afrofuturism and collective memory with the forebearers of jazz, hip hop and beat poetry in mind.Camae Ayewa’s lyrics are visceral reactions to points such as these and the displacement of several generations of Black citizens. A lengthy and stellar list of collaborators help realizeAyewa’s vision. via Label
Label:Anti-
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Silver Vinyl
Released:2024
Genre:Electronic, Hip Hop, Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:Experimental
File under: Modern / Future Jazz
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