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Artist......: Afro Yaqui Music Collective
Album.......: Maroon Futures
Label.......: Neuma Records
Genre.......: Fusion
Catnr.......: Neuma 137
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2021-05-14
Str.date....: 2021-03-25
Quality.....: 914 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://afroyaquimusiccollective.com/
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1. Nonantzin 7:00
2. Sister Soul 8:23
3. La Cigarra 5:36
4. Ya Habibi 5:39
5. We Refuse to be Used and Abused 10:04
6. Insurrealista 8:01
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\ / ________ Runtime 44:43
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,: Afro Yaqui Music Collective came together in response to the :,
: rapidly changing political climate, in which working immigrant :
:' communities have become under attack, and climate change has ':
,: threatened peoples across the world. As part of the bandÆs :,
: mission, their work develops dialogue with activists across the :
:' world. They have performed and worked with social movement ':
,: leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan, Mayan and Yaqui communities in :,
: Mexico, and Tanzania. They also performed at ASCAPÆs 2018 Jazz :
:' Awards, at the Kennedy Center, and universities across the ':
,: country. They constantly volunteer at fundraisers for immigrant :,
: rights and have also performed at the US-Mexican border in :
:' protest of human rights abuses in 2017. They put ôtheir music ':
,: with their mouth is,ö and believe in the power of the arts to :,
: unite communities to build a movement that moves. :
:' ':
,: ôThe Afro Yaqui Music Collective is nothing short of pure, uncut :,
: sonic radical love. These extraordinary artists have returned :
:' this thing called æjazzÆ back to its real rootsùto the earth, ':
,: to the sky, to the women who produced and protected a peopleÆs :,
: culture. Ben Barson, Gizelxanath Rodriguez, and the crew have :
:' committed to making liberation musicùwhich is to say, music ':
,: without borders or boundaries; future music from the well of the :,
: past thatÆs always on time; joyful music that swings and sings :
:' and sometimes stings but always keeps us dancing toward ':
,: freedom. Follow them. DonÆt miss them. An encounter with the :,
: Afro Yaqui Music Collective may be the most inspiring musical :
:' experience of your life.ö ':
,: -Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk :,
: :
:' Maroon Futures is a six-track album that celebrates the ':
,: struggle and lessons of maroons ù enslaved peoples who the :,
: escape the evils of the built world being erected on genocide :
:' and slavery, to the protective bosom of the natural world. The ':
,: tracks lift up love, camaraderie, womenÆs empowerment (aka, :,
: revolutionary matriarchy), and the indomitability of the Maroon :
:' fighting spirit. ôWe reject all forms of social exclusion, and ':
,: we unite the sounds of Afro-Cuban culture, Chinese Opera, :,
: Indigenous languages, jazz, and hip-hop to say: our struggle is :
:' one.ö ':
,: :,
: This album is dedicated to Russell Maroon Shoatz, known to his :
:' friends and family as ôMaroon,ö a political prisoner who has ':
,: been incarcerated in the state of Pennsylvania for fifty years, :,
: with thirty years in solitary confinement. He was released into :
:' general population in 2014 and bandmembers contribute to the ':
,: campaign to free Maroon through compassionate release. Each of :,
: the tracks relate to causes that Maroon cares deeply about and :
:' writes on often: social justice, antiracism, womenÆs ':
,: empowerment, and the struggle for a livable planet. :,
: :
:' Afro Yaqui Music Collective is a multilingual jazz band. Since ':
,: 2016, they have been creating music ranging from soothing, :,
: introspective, cello-infused tango, to grooving, hard-hitting, :
:' virtuosic jazz-funk. Influenced by frontwoman Gizelxanath ':
,: RodriguezÆs experience growing up in two cultures (Mexican and :,
: American) and her ancestry as an Indigenous Yaqui woman, Afro :
:' Yaqui creates music in which culture and language fuse with ':
,: catchy melodies and mind-bending harmony to create a space where :,
: social movements, activists, and different cultures can unite :
:' within a shared commitment to liberation. Their band is global ':
,: and includes musicians from all over the world. Some of their :,
: core members include co-leader Ben Barson (winner of ASCAPÆs top :
:' award in jazz composers under 30, the Johnny Mandel prize), ':
,: Charlotte Hill OÆNeal (a former Black Panther and community :,
: organizer now living in Tanzania), Nejma Nefertiti (a New :
:' York-based revolutionary hip-hop artist), Hugo Cruz (one of ':
,: HavanaÆs leading drummers and percussionists), Julian Powell :,
: (PittsburghÆs renowned hip-hop drummer), Yang Jin (a pipa player :
:' who has toured with Yo-Yo Ma and countless others), Beni ':
,: Rossman, Roger Romero, Randraiz Wharton, Samuel Okoh-Boateng, :,
: Alec Redd, and Mimi Jong. :
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