Take a deep dive into the ecology and lingusitics that make up this double album release in the form of 2 books fused together. With original artworks, lyrics and poetry by Ruby Singh and
Dr. Michael Datura aka professah exile.
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Lands and Skies:
Klahoose, Tla’amin, & Homalco Nations
Origins:
Northern Leopard Frog
Pacific Chorus Frog
Dried Red Rock Crab Shells
Northern Spotted Owl
Thunder
Biosonifications:
Salal: Mallets
Salal: Strings
lyrics
Verse:
yo—straight outta the bog & rep the downtrodden/
weapons is set to lick shots at they squadron
they God is goblin/they got a problem/
frogstomp a cop with headshots to the noggin’
(thunder clap) shiiiit—my comrades is Dar-win /
We the Amphibians, won’t be forgotten
Seasons mad change so we breathe in the autumn /
thunder & rain & the heat of the cauldron
(siren sounds?)—(exhale) just calm the fuck down
put pond in your crown & ponder this sound
just stay true & living / just do what you gotta do brother—stay hidden
the future’s unwritten / these sutras we spittin’ /
is double plus ill ‘til we kill the transmission
a villainous vision / the wilderness risen /
my syllabus filled with this pilgrimage wisdom
Spiral into oblivion solar clustered obsidian arrow idioms
Irish and Indian symbionts seen declining amphibians
so we put them in musical mediums feel ‘em deep in meridians
like they mycelium boons
from the womb| feelin the bloom |
follow the hue | smokin’ in plumes
checkin’ the clues | searching for true |
when it breakthrough | like deja|vu
Look at the view | time’ll break through|
out of the blue | into the que of destinies loom
Weaving a tune with the phase of the moon—true
Chorus:
Set it off, set it off, this way, yeah we
Had enough, we marchin’ on their parade
Set it off, set it off, this way
Red in tooth & claw, we bring the howl & flames
Verse:
surrender the math/ enter the vast/
centre with prey that the predator cast
vendors of trash / render the crash /
vector the way of a nebular craft
Embers to ash / temper the slash /
render the thunder n lightning that pass
Better outlast / remember the wrath/
the future is starting to slip us by fast
Ashin lips / ready to spit /
ready to counter the punch as it hits
fateful tricks / open the crypt /
the past is ready to welcome the script by the
time it flips / lunar eclipse / f
ound in the faith of the storm as it shifts
Apocalypse /an apostle trips /
blood in the moon and it’s starting to drip
Chorus:
Set it off, set it off, this way, yeah we
Had enough, we marchin’ on their parade so we
Set it off, set it off, this way,
Red in tooth & claw, we bring the howl & flames
Verse 3
we for the children / mad as Madvillian /
Wu whole platoon is racoon by the millions
we the rebellion / more-than-mycelium /
we more-than-human: we luminous filaments
shiiiit—you slept on the elements /
now you get stunned by this natural intelligence
actually relevant / rap as accelerant /
blowin’ your mind as a lapse in development
(thunder clap) yo—these creatures be stuntin’ /
blow up your speakers, lay siege to your pumpkin
feel the beat drummin’ / feel the feet thumpin’ /
you thunderstuck by the fucking street crumblin’
(big thunder) yo—this ain’t Man versus Nature /
this is your kin bein’ like “you a wack neighbor”
you shook like glaciers / you catch the vapors /
you ‘bout to learn who the realest creators.
Chorus:
Set it off, set it off, this way, yeah we
Had enough, we marchin’ on their parade so we
Set it off, set it off, this way,
Red in tooth & claw, we bring the howl & flames
Ruby Singh's creativity crosses the boundaries of music, poetry, visual art, photography and film. His expressions engage
with mythos, memory, identity, justice and fantasy; where the surreal can shatter the boundaries of the real. Singh's personal and collaborative works have been presented across Turtle Island, India, Germany and the UK.
For more info check out www.rubysingh.ca...more
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