Sep 2, 2019
You convinced yourself the higher your test scores got, the lighter your skin would turn.
Rob Mitchell, "To the Black Kid in the Mirror"
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You convinced yourself the higher your test scores got, the lighter your skin would turn.
Rob Mitchell, "To the Black Kid in the Mirror"
Abstract Orchestra - Dilla
Led by Saxophonist Rob Mitchell, Abstract Orchestra seeks to reflect the diversity of music sampled by Hip-Hop producers by presenting music that has the complexity of jazz, framed within the simpler structures of Hip-Hop. Complex harmonies are framed within simple loops and complex bar structures and time signatures can pass by unnoticed. "I selected the tracks on the album with very much the live performance in mind" says band-leader and arranger Rob Mitchell "So the album is a reflection of the tour and the music we performed". Inspired by the legendary live performances of The Roots with Jay-Z and the 40 piece orchestral arrangements by Miguel-Atwood Ferguson of the work of J Dilla, classic arranging techniques underpin modern loop-based structures. The band itself is based on the classic jazz big band instrumentation of saxes, trumpets and trombones and features the cream of the north of England's jazz scene who collectively have played with Jamiroquai, Corinne Bailey Rae, Mark Ronson, Martha Reeves, John Legend & the Roots, Roots Manuva and Amy Winehouse.
“And ain’t it supposed to be like this? Black bodies swallowed by another powerful man’s greed.” - Rob Mitchell
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The dollar was the difference between darkness and a deadlier thing.
Rob Mitchell - “Cash Rules Everything Around Me”
The dollar was the difference between darkness and a deadlier thing.
Rob Mitchell - "Cash Rules Everything Around Me"
Performing at Rustbelt 2017 in Minneapolis, MN. Help us make Button Poetry more accessible!
"The music drops when you move from weed to crack rocks." - Rob Mitchell
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There is no altar holier than the chair.
FROM THE VAULT! Rob Mitchell - "The Art of Fading" (Button Live)
Rob Mitchell, performing at Button Poetry Live. Want Button Poetry to come to your city? You can help make it possible!
He speaks in a language of an uptown that has yet to be gentrified.
Rob Mitchell - “The Art of Fading” (Button Live)