Revolution
On Thursday I was introduced to Saf, the raw food restaurant in Shoreditch, by friend and music-lover Mialy Rama. We were talking about forthcoming music events in the capital, and she showed me the line up for this year’s Kings Place Festival, an impressive event that features one hundred performances in just four days.
I noticed that Robert Mitchell was performing three concerts, and as soon as I got home, I bought tickets for two of his shows, the first with Cuban violinist Omar Puente, and the second with his band Panacea featuring guest saxophonist, Iain Ballamy.
A few months ago, I programmed some drums over loops of Robert Mitchell’s ‘A Map Of The Sky’ (performed live here), and thought now would be a fitting time to share this short rework.
The spoken word vocal comes from a live show by Sarah Jones, the American playwright, actress, and poet. The performance I sampled, titled ‘Your Revolution’, led to an NYCLU Calloway Award in recognition of Jones being the first artist in history to sue the Federal Communications Commission for censorship. The lawsuit resulted in reversal of the censorship ruling, which had targeted the recording of this poem, a powerful statement against the sexual exploitation of women in hip hop.
You can find out more about Sarah here; I highly recommend her TED talk, recorded in February 2009 on the theme of invention.
‘Revolution’ is available as a WAV via Soundcloud below, or you can download a high quality MP3 version here.
