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excited to announce that i will be dj’ing (spinning wax) tomorrow night at Bar Sundown in support of this really dope journal release that’s happenin’! i’m scheduled to go on pretty late (around 11 or 12 midnight. i kno it’s dumb last minute notice (i’m filling in for another dj who can no longer come because of health concerns.. big s/o to @mattpetersonnyc for tapping my shoulder!) but yeah, def peep the deets below.. there’s no cover, but if you donate $10 or more, you’ll also get a copy of the journal! via @woodbine.nyc “Woodbine is releasing a printed journal, The Reservoir, this December, published by Autonomedia. The Reservoir features new and previously unavailable texts by Silvia Federici, Fred Moten, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Ben Morea, and P.M., as well as fiction, poetry, interviews, photography, essays, illustrations, and archival material from more than 20 contributors, with design by Kevin McCaughey. We're throwing a launch party on Thursday December 8th at Sundown in Ridgewood (68-38 Forest Avenue), featuring the bands CS Cleaners and Thee Reps, alongside DJ’s dominique, Elzee, and leon grey. The Reservoir will also be on sale at Woodbine’s 3rd annual Holiday Market on Saturday December 10th… **caption cont. in comments** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl40XswNSRj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

proud to announce that i will be showing my first VR 360 film “Record Warped in.tha Daily (Short)” at the Cucalorus Film Festival this Saturday in Wilmington North Carolina! soo much gratitude to @theschoolofmakingthinking for creating and inviting me to participate in the IMMERSION 4.0 VR summer residency program; this is the space where i gained knowledge on how to create using 360 cameras as a medium. many thanks to @cucalorus for providing space and being intentional in us learning about the space and place we were creating in. and the surf lessons juss took me! omg 👌🏾🥹🤯✨ also too, big thank you to UNCW’s Film Studies Department for providing access to their VR headsets and for overall being open with their tools, knowledge, facilities as well as for being super supportive! but yeah, if you catch yourself in Wilmington NC this Saturday, definitely try to make time and peep.. the IMMERSION 4.0 VR Salon will be from 2pm to 6pm at the Thalian Ballroom (@thalianhall) i’ll be there with family and will be able to share my intentions, answer questions and just connect. for those who aren’t able to make it, if you’d like to see what i made, reach out to me, i’ll share the unlisted link excited to be in this stage of development and in the company of a really talented and supportive community 🙏🏾🖤✨ more details about saturday are in my bio soo much love and gratitude to all involved! 📸 1. salon info 💅🏾✨ 📸 2. sugarloaf 🪞🤙🏾 📸 3. new slaves ⛓🤍** 📸 4. alexander manly 🖤💯** // note: slides with ** are archival references for the film from New Hanover County Library // (at Wilmington, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEtULFOVLc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

soo this past summer, i had the opportunity to participate in @theschoolofmakingthing ‘s IMMERSION 4.0 VR 360° video creation lab, Summer Residency Program, in partnership with @cucalorus film foundation. i played an awful lot lol. w/ sound, w/ vr cameras, with adobe premier 😅, in the atlantic ocean, along the boardwalk, at a state park in brackish water, with butterflies, w/ horses, in compost, on a skateboard, with fire, in a place that felt really familiar to me growing up in va along the coast only a couple hours away. we got to spend 3 weeks in wilmington nc, researching and absorbing the history of place, engaging with nature, living, creating, cooking, doing skillshares w/ and for each other. truly immersive! lol i also gathered madd footage for this short VR film i directed called “Record Warped on.tha Daily” that will be showing in Wilmington NC at the Cucalorus Film Festival in Mid-November (11/16 - 11/20). also too, i’m not sure if you’re aware, the school of making thinking has an active crowd sourcing campaign to launch their Artist Leadership Training Program. it’d be a good look to support if you can. this immersion definitely put a battery in my back and got connected with a community that’s madd encouraging and supportive. it’d be dope if they’d be able to expand their capacity to reach more artists (especially artists who are from disproportionately marginalized communities*). def peep the link in their bio for more info and if you’d like to support super grateful to have been able to be in community with such an amazing group of ppl. s/o to everyone involved, including @kissingtherain, @kesswa, @beautifulsoapbox, @mariabarbist, @mcfahnestock, @ks.brewer, fenton, @lizclaytonscofield, dan @stefanibyrdstudio .. slide 1: 🪞 @cucalorus slide 2 & 3 📸 by @beautifulsoapbox :scenes from a sound design skillshare i led 🎛🎚🎛🔉🔊 slide 4 📸 by @texasisaiah : 🌊 🧜🏽‍♂️ slide 5: @kissingtherain & @kesswa_ 🌊☀️ slide 6 & 7 📸 by @mcfahnestock : bts on site at the Daily Record vacant lot slide 8: New Hanover County Library archival reference slide 9: spanish moss @ sugarloaf.. carolina beach national park 🏞 slide 10: subt.le message by the 🔥 https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci2774NOkpM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

✨🌼🧡🤩🧡🌼✨ we’re back at it! see @wildflower_whisphers and i this Sunday at @_soulgood757 for a Poetry Pop Up / Open Mic that’ll also include some words shared from loved ones behind the walls (my brother Alex King (@kingboyz44) and my childhood best friend and blood brother Kionne Reeves (@amaysun30) $10 at the door, we also have a couple slots left open for vendors ($40 a table). def feel free to tap in with me! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf6yZW7uvBL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

✌🏾 to NYC 💛🌃🗽💫✨ time be expanding def expanded this last time in the city, fr fr.. felt like what happened a couple of weeks ago was a pre-cursor to what i’m about to experience when i move to here next month. felt soo much love from old friends and there was a sense of cross pollination happening w/ new friends. i find it completely dope when friends of friends become friends.. 💫✨ got to see and kick it w/ old comrades, my former roommate(s) (from NYC and Jackson MS oddly lol), connect w/ the homie, thought partner, creative collaborator whose been helping me orchestrate my move back and helped me get into grad school, connect w/ my o.g. afro-punk n nyc hxc familia, tight wild 🤯 also ended up going to a noise show that was the most cathartic experience i’ve had in years! ngl. the thing that was so special about it was that i got to link in persyn w/ people who’ve literally helped get me through the pandemic. their music, art, creativity, vulnerability, and love shown and shared literally has help keep me alive in these trying time(s). i’ve had rough patches. peace to ptp 🙏🏾🖤✨ another dope thing that happened was that i was gracefully inducted into the blonde redhead fan club. super appreciative for that night, the show, meeting kazu?! omg ..excited for the mischief that I’m sure’ll ensue w/ BRFC! 😈😏🤫 lol. & this isn’t everything! lol ..i’ll be back up that way in less than two weeks to connect w/ ppl and try to lock in a place to stay starting august. any leads on spots are greatly appreciated. ty to the peeps who’ve supported and have given suggestions thus far. 🙏🏾💗 but yah, soo much gratitude fr fr.. see y’all soon! (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfegn6olhkS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

💫🌹♾️💗✨ soo much gratitude.. last friday was soo much love.. i had the opportunity to see @moormother! was our first time re-connecting since we last saw each other in london during the summer right before the pandemic. was madd love to see her w/ @justmadnice @ohbliv (rva) @vitcheboulra and @elijahhall create, conjure, listen, give witness to the black experience in richmond, va, the capital of the confederacy.. i rode up from the 757 with the homie @djfairway757 and did a v brandon thing by leaving my wallet at the crib lol 😓🤦🏽‍♂️ it was cool tho b/c i was never once asked for id 😅🤷🏽‍♂️ we didn’t make there in time to be in space for the performance, but luckily was able to catch it streamed in the lobby (see 2/3) but uh yeah, after the performance, the performers had a talk with artist @the_underboobcommons that was super powerful, where they debriefed and gave reflections on the magic that had just transpired. moor mother’s comments felt specific n persynally encouraging, like little nuggets/gems, pulling from the brief convo we i had at the beginning of intermission.. seeing lots of things coming full circle ➰super appreciative i’m truly grateful to witness such a dope configuration of artists come together, sharing space engaging in rememory, sharing truths, and future dreaming, and riffing, with love and intention, in the state where i was born! left with a feeling and a new sense of temporality where i see soo many openings and possibilities in this geography, a geography which h(is)torically has overwhelmingly expressed constriction and enclosure.. hella encouraged n filled w/ love rn 🙏🏾🖤✨ (at Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeoFn-vu88l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

➕➕➕🔊🎨👾 i’ve been dumb lowkey about stuff going on with me for a min. thought it make sense to peak my head back out a sec to share some of what’s been cookin’ i’ve been working with @resonate_coop, an international music streaming platform cooperative that’s co-owned and democratically managed by the artists, listeners, developers and members for a little over a year as their community lead, and more recently (beginning March) i assumed the role as interim executive. feel blessed to be working with resonate in this new capacity and grateful to be in a position to incorporate cultural technology or relational tech that enables the cultural shifts to take place/making space for resonate to become more welcoming to communities that have traditionally been excluded from these spaces and platforms due to lack of access/resources. i believe in resonate having a compass guided by communities from below, communities from where culture originates, helping us keep an informed human-centric framework for our community of developers to center their work and build upon. there’s definitely space for this, and the homies and i are figuring it out. be dope to connect if you’re on a similar wave. ——- also too, i’m moving back the NYC late this summer! this fall i’m beginning an graduate school Masters in Fine Art Program focusing on Art Installation and Social-Practice Art at CUNY Queens College. feel super blessed to have this opportunity b/c i feel like i’ve been engaging in some form of social practice art in movement spaces for more than 20 years! not sure what that means in academia, but i guess i’mmabout find out lol. uh yeah, that being said, do you any of you kno of apartment spaces opening for a longterm (6month/1yr) lease starting august? if u do, def don’t hesitate to lmk! i kno the city’s prolly changed a lot since my last time living there, so def would appreciate some guidance n approach. anybody kno of spots??! 🤔🙏🏾 but yeah, big tings soon come! super excited yo omg 😩🙈🙃✨ —— 1st slide 📸 by my cuzzo @geodapro21 2nd slide 📸 @resonate_coop logo 3rd slide 📸 nyc 3 train 🚂 redline https://www.instagram.com/p/CeE9JesuLPO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🌻🌸🌞🌸🌻 soo, my mother and i have something real cool planned for next sunday.. we’re holding this poetry pop up/sunday brunch in collaboration with Soul Good Restaurant and Bar (@_soulgood757) literally right up the street from where i grew up (airline blvd)!, the same street my elementary school is on, same street where a cemetery where some of my family’s buried, the same street i used to run up and down in high school (i was a distance runner lol). feeling really grateful that @wildflower_whisphers and i will be able to share some of our creative selves in this location which holds soo much memory/rememory for me. it’s tight wild and kind of magical how the universe works sometimes.🔮💫🥹 https://www.instagram.com/p/CeE2ZhzOp_Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

excited to be connecting with @vorspiel.berlin / transmediale & @ctmfestival representing @resonate_coop , the world’s first co-operative music streaming service, in a session tomorrow called "Thrive, not Survive - From Individualism to Cooperatism" discussing creating a paradigm shift within the music industry by restructuring working models of labels and collectives. should be a really lively discussion.. def try to make time to tap in if you can! 1st 📸 "Thrive, not Survive - From Individualism to Cooperatism" session graphic 2nd 📸 pic of me squinting in the photo b/c the sun ☀️💗🤷🏽‍♂️ link in bio == via @fieldconspiracy // Music streaming, distribution, publishing and production does not have to be at a detriment to creators and communities. Collective envisioning and action have the potential to create a paradigm shift within the music industry, so let's take matters in our own hands. Join us in for an interactive afternoon of discussion with @catalyst_music_berlin @resonate_coop; @brndnkng @kult_epigenetic; and @careofeditions as part of @vorspiel.berlin 2022. We will be discovering alternative business models for music industry that serve the interest of creative communities. This is a FREE event! RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/603574717377569 Join us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BnMPeEB_wM www.resonate.is www.fieldconspiracy.com www.catalyst-berlin.com/stories/ctm-vorspiel-2022 #musician #musicproducer #musicproduction #recordlabel #streaming #musicindustry #cooperative #cooperativeeconomics #cooperation #musicpublishing #alternative #artist #community #communityfirst https://www.instagram.com/p/CZSLvgclDb2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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i kno i be madd late w/ posting and whatnot, but i wanted to express immense gratitude to @alvarobarrington and @tuh_nesta for having me come to dj for their last art show of the summer at the beach in far rockaway towards the end of last month. it was an anniversary of sorts seeing people i haven’t seen in years! (@ydrihmi) the warmth, the vibes were extremely welcoming i truly want to thank my brothers alvaro and @kaosblac for taking care of my moms the ways you did. the love they showed her was an affirmation that i truly have/had family in the city! it was her first time meeting them after hearing soo much about them over the years and they made her feel at home and the rockaway community def embraced her, as well as me tbh. felt it was completely worth it lugging all those records from my crib va, on a bus to nyc, to chinatown, all the way to far rockaway to experience that night, a night that’s embedded in my memory. they keep me inspired fr fr. and yeah, wanted to tell them that i love them and am totally looking forward to the next we cross paths. 🙏🏾🖤✨ 1st 📸 of me spinning early on w/ alvaro about to move a wip painting of his 2nd 📸 alvaro moving said wip painting inside his studio space from behind the dj booth 3rd 📸 mf time warp re-connection with youseff and alvaro.. we haven’t been in the same physical space in over 10 years it seems! 🌀 4th 📸 me and b blurred groovin’ (as we tend to be lol) to one of the bands that performed that night @cumgirl8 @paintfumesnc @wild_yaks 🤘🏾🙏🏾✨ 5th 📸 me and my mom taking a break at the show.. me finishing a cigg 🚬 and her throwing up duces✌🏾✌🏾✨ (at Rockaway Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDlET7FPOm/?utm_medium=tumblr

☀️🏖🎨🎧🖤🎛🎚🎛💜🥁🎸🔉🔊🎶 Tt X AB Open studios is happening out in Rockaway Beach mañana.. doors open @ 6pm.. come tru tah see v ill artwork, to catch me spinnin’ along with seeing a v dope line up of bands perform.. it’s madd deep, i kno lol. but u def don’t wanna miss this! . for one, it’s free two, it’s BYOB n three, i heard word that they’ll have vegan hotdogs on deck! 🙏🏾🌭💚✨ . ask a beach bum for the addy 🗣 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTFHC6LLbkW/?utm_medium=tumblr

..uhh, soo what had happened was… @alvarobarrington & @tuh_nesta tapped my shoulder to DJ this Saturday the 28th TtXAB Rocakway Beach Art Show at the Lot for this last party of the summer! they’ve been having these free BYOB music events all summer. haven’t been in the city all summer so didn’t get to peep @iceballoons when they performed, but that’s madd ill and i’m kinda dumbfounded actually, b/c i’m like kyp malone?!.. really?! 😱😍🤯 wild yo, & the homies madd casual about it lol. and yeah, so this Saturday is real special b/c TtXAB are having an Open Studio and will be sharing the art they’ve been making this summer with the public for the first time! come around 6 or 7 to check out their artwork and you may catch me shortly thereafter with an early set before and also in btwn the bands which start around 8ish i believe. you def don’t wanna miss @cumgirl8, @paintfumesnc, and the @wild_yaks do their thing fr fr. should be fun times! p.s. there also may be free hot dogs by @twodudesny on deck as well btw. (hoping they also bring vegan dogs too! 🙏🏾🌱✨) ___ 1st slide 📸 by my cousin @geodapro21 2nd slide 📸 of TtXAB by @nickbendick (at Rockaway Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTA54hOFbhf/?utm_medium=tumblr

soo the mix i did for @montezpressradio which aired exactly one month ago to this date 🚨“BLK AFFECT: shadow gratitude”🚨is now up on my mixcloud and soundcloud pages.. def peep my bio for the link(s) if u wish to tap in & much appreciation to montez press radio for sharing my curated sounds 🙏🏾🖤✨ (at Babylon Central Fire Alarm and Rescue Alarm Corp) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM4y-MPjVqAJB-Tiq4X-qNQ2PX1v3m0aQHCppQ0/?igshid=711tk7m5ajl9

*tonight* friday 02.26.2021 // 8:00pm EST | 20:00 GMT BLK affect’s first show “shadow gratitude. affect" - an analog production w/ cassettes & wax- will debut on montez press radio (nyc) https://radio.montezpress.com (link in bio) i will also be live-streaming broadcast and will be open for questions/reflections immediately following** — montez press radio was founded in 2018 with the goal of fostering greater experimentation and conversation between artists, writers, and thinkers through the medium of radio. the platform is an experiment in broadcasting and community building which allows different corners of the art world to interact with each other in person and on air—a place where media finally meets flesh." — BLK affect sonically encapsulates afterlives of feeling and emotion from the lens of a descendant of enslaved africans colonized in the so-called united states. the music connects to this h(is)tory and provokes a cacophony of sounds, some translatable, others still yet to be decoded. the purpose of this radio show is to conduct and share in an experience of Black excellence and experimentation with analogue means (records and cassettes), and sound/field recordings for texture and context to emotions experienced while listening. the first mix in this series of mixes is called “shadow gratitude. affect”, a call to embracing our shadow-self. with intention and attention to grief and crisis in our dark (shadow) selves, this mix intends to lean into those feelings with gratitude transmuted through a pulse of joy and despair. genres: experimental, free jazz, hip-hop, psychedelic, punk, noise, modal, no wave, black, rock and roll, blues — my creative content page - growsinspirals.tumblr.com — 1st slide 📸 BLK affect // shadow gratitude. affect cover art 2nd slide 📸 BLK affect track listing 3rd slide 📸 leon grey bio https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxmlM-gBd1/?igshid=15nbi0pb10ssz

this friday 02.26.2021 // 8:00pm EST | 20:00 GMT BLK affect’s first show “shadow gratitude. affect" - an analog production w/ cassettes & wax- will debut on montez press radio (nyc) ..be sure to mark your calendars n tap in! BLK affect sonically encapsulates afterlives of feeling and emotion from the lens of a descendant of enslaved africans colonized in the so-called united states. the music connects to this h(is)tory and provokes a cacophony of sounds, some translatable, others still yet to be decoded. the purpose of this radio show is to conduct and share in an experience of Black excellence and experimentation with analogue means (records and cassettes), and sound/field recordings for texture and context to emotions experienced while listening. the first mix in this series of mixes is called “shadow gratitude.affect”, a call to embracing our shadow-self. with intention and attention to grief and crisis in our dark (shadow) selves, this mix intends to lean into those feelings with gratitude transmuted through a pulse of joy and despair. genres: experimental, free jazz, hip-hop, psychedelic, punk, noise, modal, no wave, black, rock and roll, blues 1st slide 📸 montez press radio graphic 2nd slide 📸 BLK affect // shadow gratitude description https://www.instagram.com/p/CLrmjnUAHk5IHWw6Ctc0oOf7Ya82Fq-JDS0yCo0/?igshid=krh5xrkpr7tu

v excited to announce a series of mixes i created called 'BLK affect'. the first show "shadow gratitude. affect" - an analog production w/ cassettes & wax- will debut on montez press radio (nyc) *friday* 02.26.2021 // 8:00pm EST | 1:00am GMT https://www.instagram.com/p/CLfPD-6gVRq-Bh8PYql3tUmSZ-0aB7Pu52616c0/?igshid=1ge14asbhh86a

brandon king (b.1984) “creation call decoded” acrylic & ink on canvas 69cm x 69cm commissioned painting for Mother Mercy’s 2020 Call To Create Cohort. currently housed in Boston Massachusetts in Mother Mercy’s persynal collection infinite gratitude🙏🏾💫 to @jme.iii and @seemothermercy for the opportunity to not only be accountable to myself, but also to other creatives who believe in me! completely appreciate being able to lean on, share and encourage one another during these turbulent times —— via @seemothermercy @brndnkng said: it’s black gold of the sun: a mother mercy musings study. what i am willing to do ___ creation call decoded is a commissioned piece for the 2020 Call To Create Cohort. inspired by the act of awarding & achieving—instead of a certificate, original art was made specifically with the cohort in mind. 9 faces + jme, and more figures in the background offering support. bk coded phrases key to this birthwork, and key to this year in particular. a birth day present for all the parts that have been reborn. this cohort did their work for themselves, but also for us all; all praises due to their commitment to the quest—the middle, end & beginning. ___ #calltocreate2020 #mothermercy https://www.instagram.com/p/CH89ADfA0nW/?igshid=1hvfy4soomeso

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