SELECTED WORKS #016

A couple of mixes + various other things.

I’ve been operating in a bit of a liminal zone over the last week, but who hasn’t right? Not much to report back with right now, but I’ve got a few bits and pieces to share today.

WHAT' I’VE BEEN DOING:

Radio Alhara: Over the last few months, I’ve been periodically putting together mixshows for Palestine’s Radio Alhara. On Saturday night, they aired my latest mix ‘After The Rain’. It features bits and pieces from Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Benedek, The Person, Mokotron, Garrett, Chants, STR4TA, Liquid Son, Gratien Midonet & more. You can listen to the archive on Mixcloud (here).

Soundcloud: Not sure why I did this, but on a whim, I decided to upload ‘Seasons’, my last Dublab mix on Soundcloud yesterday. I figure some of you use Soundcloud more than mixcloud, and hell, I really feel ‘Seasons’ deserves a bit more life than it’s already had (click here).

WHAT I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO:

Chee Shimizu + miku-mari, Reconstructions (ESP Institute)

When it comes to releases, Lovefingers’ ESP Institute rarely misses, and at least once a year, they completely knock it out the ballpark. Over the last week, I’ve been floored over by one of their latest releases, Reconstructions by Chee Shimizu + miku-mari. Best known for his work digging obscure Japanese records, DJing, and running the Organic Music record store, Reconstructions sees Shimizu using four CD-Js and percussion instruments to improvise with Tokyo guitarist miku-mari a.k.a. Takahiro Matsumura. Over the course of two longform pieces, Shimizu and miku-mari use field recordings, percussion samples, live windchimes, Andean chajchas, Tibetan bells, pyramid crystals and a guitar controlled synthesizer to summon up dreamscape after dreamscape. Really special stuff. (Listen/Purchase here)

WHAT I’VE BEEN READING:

Melani Anae, The Platform: The Radical Legacy of the Polynesian Panthers (BWB)

Equal parts personal history and political analysis, The Platform: The Radical Legacy of the Polynesian Panthers is author Melani Anae’s account of the years she spent as part of Auckland’s Polynesian Panthers activist group and the impact they had on New Zealand society. Founded in 1971, the Polynesian Panther saw themselves as in solidarity with the US Black Panther party, but their concerns were locally focused. In 2002 pages, Anae takes us back to the days of New Zealand’s 1970s Dawn Raids, while looking at what the group accomplished, and where we’ve landed in their wake. (Purchase here)

Ani Mikaere, Colonising Myths: Māori Realities (Huia Publishers)

Over the course of 12 separate but connected papers, Māori barrister, solicitor and Māori law and philosophy lecturer Ani Mikaere reflects on the impact of Pākehā law, legal processes and teaching on Māori legal thought and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Writing with a clarity of thought some of us can only wish for, Mikaere’s writing illuminates the racism that underscores the legal thinking, processes and structures that run through our country, while making a perceptive set of suggestions as to how we might begin to redress the impact generations of colonial harm. (Purchase here)

Special thanks to Alexis for purchasing both of these books for me over the holidays.

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!!