TUESDAY AUG 22, 2017
529 Presents:
529, Irrelevant Music & Speakeasy Promotions Present:
Sammus
Sad Fish | Inyo | NEWMONEY | + Free Dance Party After Bands w/ DJ Kale Svvick & DJ Chris Daresta!
Sammus
SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is an Ithaca-raised, Philadelphia-based rap artist, producer, and PhD student in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. Known as much for her rousing stage presence as she is for her prowess as a beatmaker and lyricist, Sammus has spent the past several years cultivating a strong following of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-proclaimed nerds and geeks, among others. As noted by the Los Angeles Times, Sammus “has a gift for getting a message across.” Having recently made her Don Giovanni debut (while remaining tied to NuBlack Music Group), she is poised to cement herself as an artist who consistently thinks outside boxes and dances across lines (and does other neat things with geometrical figures). In addition to managing a full-time music career, Enongo has spent the past eight years as a public-school and college level educator. After graduating from Cornell University in 2008 with a double BA in Sociology and Science & Technology Studies, she was accepted into the national teaching program Teach for America and placed in Houston Texas, where she taught elementary math and science between 2008 to 2010. In the fall semester of 2011 she returned to Cornell as a PhD candidate to pursue an interest a wide array of sound studies topics, including sound and gaming as well as the identity politics of community studios. As an academic in training and very-vocal feminist, Enongo has produced articles for publications such as Bitch, For Harriet, Sounding Out!, and The Mary Sue related to issues of race, hip-hop, gaming, and feminism.
SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is an Ithaca-raised, Philadelphia-based rap artist, producer, and PhD student in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. Known as much for her rousing stage presence as she is for her prowess as a beatmaker and lyricist, Sammus has spent the past several years cultivating a strong following of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-proclaimed nerds and geeks, among others. As noted by the Los Angeles Times, Sammus “has a gift for getting a message across.” Having recently made her Don Giovanni debut (while remaining tied to NuBlack Music Group), she is poised to cement herself as an artist who consistently thinks outside boxes and dances across lines (and does other neat things with geometrical figures). In addition to managing a full-time music career, Enongo has spent the past eight years as a public-school and college level educator. After graduating from Cornell University in 2008 with a double BA in Sociology and Science & Technology Studies, she was accepted into the national teaching program Teach for America and placed in Houston Texas, where she taught elementary math and science between 2008 to 2010. In the fall semester of 2011 she returned to Cornell as a PhD candidate to pursue an interest a wide array of sound studies topics, including sound and gaming as well as the identity politics of community studios. As an academic in training and very-vocal feminist, Enongo has produced articles for publications such as Bitch, For Harriet, Sounding Out!, and The Mary Sue related to issues of race, hip-hop, gaming, and feminism.
Sad Fish
NEWMONEY
On his last record, Greatest Hits, Jay Douglas, aka NEWMONEY, both confronted and celebrated his identity as a young, queer, black rapper over eight tracks that managed to sound catchy, grimy, and oddball — sometimes at the same time. And while there’s still much to be revealed about the rapper’s upcoming follow-up full length, Sequin Cowboy, lead single “Prom Queen” finds itself swimming in similar contextual waters. “Thematically, the song uses high school tropes to discuss issues of sexuality, gender, being ‘out,’ and the influence of these things within romantic relationships,” Douglas explains via email. But if there is anything NEWMONEY has shown listeners, it’s a willingness to slide and shift in different directions. So while issues of identity remain at the core of Douglas’ murky flow, the backdrop offers new curves and contours for those thoughts and words to lean against. Gone are the playful trap-pop beats that dominated much of Greatest Hits’ aesthetic landscape, replaced by an air, synth-heavy pop sound courtesy of producer Ezra of FLWR Boyz, who also lends a bit of melodic vocals to help close out the track. The result is a shimmering, hypnotic cut that’s primed for summer. According to Douglas, the video, directed by Blair LeBlanc, draws inspiration from a variety of sources, particularly the landmark 1928 silent French film, The Passion of Joan of Arc. Shot in stark yet crisp black and white, LeBlanc’s stoic vision combines Biblical overtones with a kind of surrealist flair, lending “Prom Queen” an unexpected gravitas that’s uniquely compelling. -Immersive Atlanta
On his last record, Greatest Hits, Jay Douglas, aka NEWMONEY, both confronted and celebrated his identity as a young, queer, black rapper over eight tracks that managed to sound catchy, grimy, and oddball — sometimes at the same time. And while there’s still much to be revealed about the rapper’s upcoming follow-up full length, Sequin Cowboy, lead single “Prom Queen” finds itself swimming in similar contextual waters. “Thematically, the song uses high school tropes to discuss issues of sexuality, gender, being ‘out,’ and the influence of these things within romantic relationships,” Douglas explains via email. But if there is anything NEWMONEY has shown listeners, it’s a willingness to slide and shift in different directions. So while issues of identity remain at the core of Douglas’ murky flow, the backdrop offers new curves and contours for those thoughts and words to lean against. Gone are the playful trap-pop beats that dominated much of Greatest Hits’ aesthetic landscape, replaced by an air, synth-heavy pop sound courtesy of producer Ezra of FLWR Boyz, who also lends a bit of melodic vocals to help close out the track. The result is a shimmering, hypnotic cut that’s primed for summer. According to Douglas, the video, directed by Blair LeBlanc, draws inspiration from a variety of sources, particularly the landmark 1928 silent French film, The Passion of Joan of Arc. Shot in stark yet crisp black and white, LeBlanc’s stoic vision combines Biblical overtones with a kind of surrealist flair, lending “Prom Queen” an unexpected gravitas that’s uniquely compelling. -Immersive Atlanta