notes (8 pieces) source a new world music: creative music (songs without music #2)
The Ark of Oto (Otoroku)
Saint Oto
Flowers In The Dark (Free-Jazz in the 80’s)
New York Mixtape (1+2)

Social Media

View thehum1’s profile on Facebook
View the_hum_vinyl’s profile on Twitter
View the_hum_vinyl’s profile on Instagram

Hum Blog: The Hum Blog

A Power Stronger Than Itself: Sounds For Communal Isolation. Vol. Three

live video documents of bitter funeral beer band, with don cherry and krishnamurti sridhar, from 1982

A Power Stronger Than Itself: Sounds For Communal Isolation. Vol. Two.

A Power Stronger Than Itself: Sounds For Communal Isolation. Vol. One.

five video documents from the archives of rip hayman, and on recital’s dreams of india & china

Follow The Hum

Enter your email address to follow The Hum and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 141 other followers

Social

Facebook
Instagram

The Hum on FB

The Hum on FB

Recent Articles

notes (8 pieces) source a new world music: creative music (songs without music #2)
The Ark of Oto (Otoroku)
Saint Oto
Flowers In The Dark (Free-Jazz in the 80’s)
New York Mixtape (1+2)

Social

View thehum1’s profile on Facebook
View the_hum_vinyl’s profile on Instagram

The Hum on Instagram

Toward the end of her autobiography, which I regard as mandatory reading, Assata Shakur - having suffered shocking injustice and persecution during her committed fight for social and racial equity - arrives in Cuba, where she faces an existential reckoning. The country, across the years following the revolution, had systematically and collectively eradicated the presence of racism. Not only was this something that she never imagined possible, but it renders profoundly important proof. Racism is not inevitable and can be actively destroyed. It is a sinister, unnatural, divisive construct that imposed upon us - often lingering unobserved in our midst - serving a psychopathic system that demands that for one person to have more, another must conversely have less. For one person to feel safe and secure, another must not. As an inheritor of the privileges of this system - offered simply because of the color of my skin - I reject them. I refuse the notion that I deserve anything that is not offered to all people as an unchallenged and fundamental human right, and believe that our passive acceptance of these privileges is paramount to complicity and support for that system and its most abhorrent evils. While racism is not my experience, I refuse to regard it as someone else’s responsibility or problem. It is bound to my cultural legacy as much as those it oppresses. We all have our place in this fight, not the least of which is from within. It will take inclusive collective action, in the pursuit of universal equality and the end of all forms consolidated power - whomever the beneficiary- to destroy. If the bodies of a people are at risk, we must all place our own at risk. If we receive privileges that others do not, we must be conscious of them and reject them. The time for sitting on the sidelines has come to an end. The revolution is now. It begins with how we regard others in relation to ourselves.

A hugely important text for me, and essential reading for anyone who hasn’t. In a moment that has seen the economy that sustains artists, labels, and venues evaporate, it gets more relevant by the day

“ I believe there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equity for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. “ - Malcolm X #ontheturntable #nowplaying #philipcohran #philipcohranandtheartisticheritageensemble

Trying to find some beauty and hope in the face of the unavoidable ugliness of the country where I was born. It’s time for these racist shit bags to feel the pressure of our collective knee. #ontheturntable #nowplaying #cliffordthorton #thejazzcomposersorchestra #freejazz #fuckracism #endracism

Starting the day with some serious fire the Algerian singer Boussouar El Maghnaoui. It’s not easy to find / still lacks a discogs entry, but it’s in the general zone of @sublime_frequencies ‘ Proto-Rai Underground comp for those who want to fall down a rabbit hole. #ontheturntable #nowplaying #protorai #algerianmusic #boussouarelmaghnaoui

A pretty strong contender for the best English folk rock album ever made.. still sends fucking chills up my spine after 20 years of constant listening. This the expanded, double LP edition on Sunbeam that came out about a decade ago. #ontheturntable #nowplaying #englishfolk #britishfolkrock #trees

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy