A tribute to everyone involved in the Black Lives Matter struggle around the world, and everyone fighting for indigenous people’s rights. This was prompted by Philonise Floyd’s tribute to his brother George. The music reflects a desire for us all to get uncomfortable. No matter who you are, you’re likely to be uncomfortable talking about issues of race and your role within it, and it’s only when we get comfortable being uncomfortable that we’ll be able to change and move forward.

Society is out of balance. It is akilter. Structural racism holds the world back and exacerbates inequity. Enough is enough.

In the Mixcloud charts, this was 5th in the global instrumental hip hop chart, 11th in the global nu jazz chart, 26th in the global experimental chart and 99th in the global jazz chart.

Including some of the leading lights of the London, Chicago and Californian (nu) jazz scenes plus some wildcards, and some inspiring or challenging speeches. Tracklist is:

  1. Stranger Than Fiction – Moses Boyd
  2. Activate – Theon Cross
  3. Shake It – Steve Smyth
  4. Prepare Your Coffin – Tortoise
  5. Kelso Dunes – Floating Points
  6. Americans – Oneohtrix Point Never
  7. Above & Beyond – Makaya McCraven
  8. Relentlessness – Marcus Strickland Twi-Life
  9. Running – Gil-Scott Heron, Makaya McCraven
  10. Black Skins, Black Masks – Shabaka Hutchings
  11. Weight Off – KAYTRANADA, BADBADNOTGOOD
  12. Executive Life – Jeff Parker
  13. Pagina Dos – Prefuse 73, The Books
  14. To The Nth – GoGo Penguin
  15. My Queen Is Harriet Tubman – Sons Of Kemet
  16. Wrong Part Of Town – 79rs Gang
  17. Rain Dance – Emma-Jean Thackray
  18. Hooded Procession (read the names outloud) – Ambrose Akinmusire

With speech excerpts from James Baldwin, Angela Davis, Malcolm X and Philonise Floyd (George Floyd’s brother).

Illustration by Angelos Ntinos.