[The Free birds] strive to overcome the immobilizing locality of continental and national ontologies and the modern/colonial predicament, the bleakness of the looming world of total surveillance but also inevitable self-limitations instead of thoughtless consumption and growth.
Madina Tlostanova, Of birds and trees: Rethinking decoloniality through unsettlement as a pluriversal human condition. Echo 2, 2020
Episode 8: A Black Gaze.
A Black Gaze is, it’s a framework. Well, I talk about it as a looking practice, and it is a looking practice that is not about how black people see. It is not a black perspective or black vantage point. It is not subjected in that particular way, and it is not collective in that particular way. Instead, it is a, a, practice of looking practice that positions you in relationship to blackness regardless of whether or not you are black or not.
Related: … simple besideness
[…] just for their beauty, and to say: we were here, at this moment in time, and this is what we made
ZS
‘Tis heard in spring
When light and sunbeams, warm and kind,
On angels’ wing
Bring love and music to the wind.
Love Lives Beyond the Tomb, John Clare
Slow, careful, focused. Avoiding damage.
James S. A. Corey, Tiamat’s Wrath (The Expanse Book 8)
Paris DJs Soundsystem – West Indies Vintage Funk Vol.2 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2013-07-15
Tracklist:
01. Wganda Kenya – El Lobo
(from ‘El Lobo’, 1981 / Disco Fuentes) COLOMBIA
(reissued on ‘Quantic presents Tropical Funk Experience’ compilation, 2009 / Nascente)
02. Les Vikings – Ti Tong Ti Tong
(from ‘Les Vikings’ LP, 1974 / La Voix du Glove) GUADELOUPE
(reissued on ‘Creole Love Calls – Rythmes Latins Des Antilles’ compilation, 2001 / Isma’a)
03. Wild Fire – Check It Out
(from ‘Check It’ LP, 1975 / Charlie’s) TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
(reissued on ‘Hugo Mendez presents Tropical Funk Experience’ compilation, 2009 / Nascente)
04. Biosis Now – Independent Bahamas
(from ‘A Nation Is Born’ compilation, 1974 / Bahamas Nationhood Ltd) BAHAMAS
(reissued on ‘Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul and Calypso Crossover 1969-1979’ compilation, 2008 / Strut)
05. Boo and The Tru-Tones – Don’t Blow The Joint
(from ‘Show The World’ album, 197? / SRM-LABS) SAINT LUCIA
(reissued on ‘West Indies Funk 2’ compilation, 2011 / Trans Air)
06. The Revolution Of St. Vincent – The Little You Say
(from ‘The Little You Say’ 7 inch, 1970s / WIRL) SAINT VINCENT
(reissued on ‘The Little You Say’ 7 inch, 2013 / Record Kicks)
07. The Draytons Two – Hush Baby
(from ‘Raw Spouge’ album, 1973 / WIRL) BARBADOS
08. De Briano and The Alonso Wilson Quinteto – Concolon (Calypso Windsor)
(from ‘Concolon (Calypso Windsor) 7 inch, / Windsor Panama Corp.) PANAMA
09. Marius Cultier – Eso Guede
(from ‘The Way’ album, 1976 / Magidisco) MARTINIQUE – Buy on Juno
10. Joe Trouillot – Le Coq Chante
(from ‘Les Hits Des Années 50’ compilation, 2000 / Géronimo Records) HAITI
(reissued on ‘Beginner’s Guide To The Caribbean’ compilation, 2011 / Nascente)
11. Les Aiglons – Ce Rat’ La
(from ‘Ce Rat La’ 7 inch, 1973 / Duli Disc) GUADELOUPE
(reissued on ‘Creole Love Calls – Rythmes Latins Des Antilles’ compilation, 2001 / Isma’a)
12. The Duke Of Iron – Loving Woman Is A Waste Of Time
(from ‘Calypso Carnival’ 10 inch, 1950s / Monogram) TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
13. Tabou Combo De Petion-Ville – Respect
(from ‘Respect…’ album, 1973 / Mini) HAITI
(reissued on Secret Stash Records, 2011)
14. Duke – Freedom In Africa
(from ‘Harps Of Gold’ album, 1980 / Sharc international) TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
(reissued on ‘Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul and Calypso Crossover 1969-1979’ compilation, 2008 / Strut)
15. Barel Coppet Et Mister Lof – Jeunesse Vauclin
(from ‘Jeunesse Vauclin’ album, 1972 / Hit Parade) MARTINIQUE
(reissued on ‘Tumbele’ compilation, 2009 / Soundway)
Total time : 51mn 36s
Credits :
Selection by Djouls and Loik from the Paris DJs Soundsystem (parisdjs.com)
Mix and audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Trio Select (Jean Gesner Henri), “Ratt La” on their 1971 album “Haiti – Plein Caille”.