DESCRIPTION Gentrified Underground presents an interdisciplinary project tackling the sonic fiction and Afrofuturism of Drexciya . Thought as an extension to the Bubble Chamber exhibition happening at Mikro & UP STATE Zürich, Gentrified Underground releases a 2x12" vinyl compilation and a booklet with contributions by Abdul Qadim Haqq , Charlie Mills , chukwumaa , Dominiqueh White , Gentrified Underground , Maïté Chéniere , and tracks by Xor Gate (Gerald Donald ), Shawescape Renegade, DJ Dijital , Plant43 , The Exaltics , Kuldaboli , Iko , Tom Ware , Luz1e , and Sansibar . The goal of this compilation is to showcase the reach and influence which Drexciya had on generations of electronic music producers while linking them together with compositional predecessors from the early '80s. The musical timeline of the compilation starts from 1982 and reaches its contemporary end in 2019. The 56- page booklet contains unseen and unreleased Drexciyan drafts by Abdul Qadim Haqq, an interview between him and GU, contemporary art contributions by chukwumaa, Dominiqueh White, and Maïté Chéniere, and an academic essay by Charlie Mills. 56-page fanzine booklet; cover by Abdul Qadim Haqq.

VA "More than twenty years after their first release, the sonic fictions produced by Drexciya, the Detroit based electronic duo founded by James Stinson and Bubble Chamber Gerald Donald at the start of the 1990s, continues to enthrall contemporary cultural practitioners. By reimagining the Transatlantic Slave Trade as a fiction of Label enforced mutation, the Drexciya mythos opened, and continues to open, a GENTRIFIED UNDERGROUND speculative space for the reimagining of the posthuman condition, and for questions of becoming, origin and mutation in relation to capitalism, finance and

futurity. " -- Kodwo Eshun Format TRACKLISTING 2LP/BOOK A1. Xor Gate - Hyperbola Catalog Number A2. Shawescape Renegade - Soldiers Of Electro GU 002LP A3. DJ Dijital - I Am Morpheus EAN B1. Plant43 - Evapotranspiration B2. The Exaltics - Don´t Ask Me Why 4251648416197 B3. Kuldaboli - Draumur inní heilann þinn C1. Iko - Approach On Tokyo Y(2F16EI*OLQLTR( C2. Tom Ware - Take Time To Hurry Store Price C3. Kuldaboli - Beygluð sál D1. Luz1e - Transvision $24.39 D2. Sansibar - Cyberdine Systems HIGHLIGHTS Release Date • Gentrified Underground presents an interdisciplinary project tackling the sonic 01/10/20 fiction and Afrofuturism of Drexciya . Territory • An extension to the Bubble Chamber exhibition happening at Mikro & UP STATE U.S. EXCLUSIVE (No Exports) Zürich, Gentrified Underground releases a 2x12" vinyl compilation and a booklet Genre • 56-page booklet contains unseen and unreleased Drexciyan drafts by Abdul FILE UNDER - V/A - ELECTRONIC Qadim Haqq , an interview between him and GU, contemporary art contributions by chukwumaa , Dominiqueh White , and Maïté Chéniere , and an academic essay by Charlie Mills . • Features tracks by Xor Gate (Gerald Donald ), The Exaltics , Kuldaboli , Tom Ware , and more.

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