SCARAB
A nine-track remix album curated by the outstanding Khalil Anthony, remixed by ten effervescent musicians and producers; traversing New York, Amsterdam, Manchester, Paris, Chicago, Johannesburg, Oakland, Accra and Sheffield, presented by Urban Folk Music & Black Beacon Sound.
As a small independent electronic label, we rest firmly on the shoulders of giants. Those giants are geniuses. And those geniuses are black. Without them, there'd be no hip-hop, no house, no funk, no techno. In fact, the music we love would be nothing without the genius of black people, so we owe them more than we could ever hope to repay.
Our latest release is a prime example of this. 'SCARAB' features a core of amazing black artists remixing the songs of an incredible black polymath, Khalil Anthony. And yet it is these people who will be discriminated against purely because of their skin colour. They will be passed over for opportunities just because they're black. They will be treated with fear and suspicion just because they're black. They will be arrested, tasered and, in the case of America, shot and even choked to death just because they're black. This is a global crisis as deadly as any pandemic and if this doesn't make you sad and angry, then it should.
We realise there's not much we can do, but we want to be better allies, so we're starting with this latest release. 100% of all sales from Bandcamp will be split and donated to two different charitable organisations, Black Lives Matter and the Minnesota Freedom Fund. We know it's not much, but remaining inactive on this isn't an option. Silence is compliance. It's time to radicalise, resist and revolt.
blacklivesmatter.com
minnesotafreedomfund.org
In solidarity, Black Beacon Sound.