This was originally intended to be all contemporary black avant-garde music but I realized I went back to 1996. Oh well. Several of these are live performances, I’ve put links to the videos if you’d like to watch. The image used is a detail from Bequest by Ulysses Jenkins (full image is here).
Songs Played
- Pamela Z with Ethel “Ethel Dreams of Temporal Disturbances (for ETHEL)” [Light] 2006
- Matana Roberts “Kersaia” [Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres] 2011
- DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid “Hologrammic Dub” [Songs Of A Dead Dreamer] 1996
- Heroes Are Gang Leaders “Hurt Cult” [Hurt Cult] 2016
- Fay Victor’s Mutations for Justice “Propaganda” [Performed Live at Freedom Square in Troy, New York for the Spirit of the Suffragettes concert series] 2019
- You can see a video of this performance here.
- Moor Mother “By the Light” [Fetish Bones] 2016
- Daniel Bernard Roumain “The Need to Be” [Etudes4Violin&Electronix] 2007
- Tyondai Braxton “The Violent Light Through Falling Shards” [History That Has No Effect] 2002
- Elizabeth A. Baker “Temporal Landscapes – Improvisation II” [Performed live] 2013
- You can see a video of this performance here.
- Jessica Mays “BEAR” [Performed Live at Roxbury Community College] 2019
- You can see a video of this performance here.
If you’re interested in reading more about black avant-garde, here are a few options:
- Where is Our Black Avant Garde?
- Black artists and the Avant-Garde
- Delusions of Whiteness in the Avant-Garde