Fhloston Paradigm Datastream

an afro futurist journey

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Honored to have 2 Fhloston Paradigm songs in the new Khalil Joseph film BlkNws : Terms & Conditions. A must viewing!

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Comet Nishimura

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King Britt's space Odyssey

  The set up for King Britt’s show (a long table with a single mic, a number of laptops and other gear), at Diana Wortham Theatre, looked more like the producer/DJ was going to lead a panel discussion about music and less like he was going to perform music. But his program, “Fhloston Paradigm featuring Pia Ercole” (a U.S. premiere) proved to be bass-y, at times dancey and often transcendent.

Against a backdrop of rocket ships, sound wave charts and other visuals, the musicians produced a sonic tapestry of some very personal Odyssey of both inner and outer space. Britt managed top compose a sound that was at once huge and thoughtfully dynamic with chest-rattling bass paired with moments so subtle you could hear camera shutters clicking.

Two questions: How much of Ercole’s haunting, angelic non-verbal vocal was pre-written and how much was improved during the set? She used loops to expand the effect to both its chilling and awe-inspiring end.

And, the guy on the end with the lap top: What was he doing? How cool would it be if his role was to intuitively VJ the set by listening to each song and then quick-like Google “space ships” or “Saturn’s rings” or whatever came to mind?

Because, even as Britt’s “Fhloston Paradigm” was a complete artistic expression, it also felt like a presentation of the creative process, in how creativity is not necessarily a means to an end but a process (like outer space itself) continuing to unfold into infinity. 

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"BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions @blknws ," the dazzling debut feature film from artist / director #KahlilJoseph is a MUST SEE, especially now during Black History Month! Check the website for information about screenings in select cities: https://blknws.richspirit.com

BLKNWS

Official BLKNWS website – stay updated with the latest.

(Shout out to DJ/Producer/Professor @kingbritt, who has two songs in the film!)

🎥 ✍️🏾Reposted from @richspiritstudio "Adapted from Kahlil Joseph's renowned video art installation, 'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions' is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an immersive journey where the fictionalized figures of W. E. B Du Bois and Marcus Garvey join artists, musicians, Joseph's family, and even Twitter chats, in a vision for black consciousness...

BLKNWS was initially born out of the Underground Museum, first imagined by Joseph and [Academy award-winning filmmaker] Ryan Coogler as an antidote to cable news during President Trump’s 2015 campaign. It was conceived as a continuous, curated broadcast, weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artifacts into a dynamic stream intended to reflect the richness of Black life. After success as an art installation, the project now takes the form of Kahlil’s debut feature 'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.'"

#BLKNWS #BlackGirlMovieGeeks

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(King Britt is honouring the Black origins of dance music - The Face)

"As a professor at University of California San Diego, Britt teaches and curates the course Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music, which is based at all University of California campuses and engages over 500 students who are all eager to learn about club music’s Black and Brown roots".

More info: https://www.kingbritt.com/blacktronika-afrofuturism-in-electronic-music

“My dream is to teach in a club”: King Britt talks Blacktronika and new pedagogies - The Wire

John Morrison speaks with the US producer, DJ and teacher about the ideas and structure behind his new UCSD course Blacktronika: Afrofuturi

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Looking forward to seeing Kahlil Joseph's "BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions"

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Two Fhloston Paradigm songs are featured in this new film. Out this weekend.

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The Sopranos, Star Trek The Next Generation

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Cocteau Twins, Wax & Wane, 1982

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4 Hero - "Loveless" 1997 Drum n Bass / Spoken Word / Slam Poetry

Some kind of atom was definitely split when legendary UK breakbeat enthusiasts 4 Hero teamed up with American spoken word poetess Ursula Rucker to unleash this biting bit of simmering drum n bass fury in the late 90s. I don't think this video ever aired anywhere nationally in the US, but it definitely should have, given how popular the whole slam poetry fad ended up getting by the mid-2000s. Here, the song's captured off a broadcast from German music channel Viva, or maybe Viva Zwei, probably sometime in the early 2000s.

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Giant Robot, 1968

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@_spaceavailable_ murdering this punk noise Afrofuture hip hop soul blues set @ #QUANTUMORCHESTRA right now omgggggg #kingbritt (at Neighborhood Time Exchange Studios)

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Sun Ra, Enlightenment, 1969

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Fhloston Paradigm – The Phoenix LP

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One reason why #Shibuya crossing is better than Times Square … #hyperdub #tokyo #kode9 #coolyg #djspinn #fhlostonparadigm (at Shibuya Station)