{"product_id":"obeka-a-world-no-more-vinyl-lp","title":"Obeka - A World No More (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe rhythmic dynamics and emotive attitudes of \u003cem\u003eA World No More\u003c\/em\u003e captures the density of soundsystem culture in \u003cstrong\u003eObeka’s\u003c\/strong\u003e ancestral roots. YUKU presents the Bermudians debut album capturing a Neo-Colonial dystopia, protest and Afro-Futurism hyperextended through decaying sonic structures of a dark past and its grievances which very much exist today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing into adulthood within the walls of British and European Colonial systems meant the disconnection and lostness in a new country hid me from the world at a young age. Unlike London’s vast and culturally engaging migrant communities, the industrial milling town of Stockport introduced a coldness towards people from other countries I experienced in my first year after relocating from Bermuda. I couldn’t understand why. Whether cold words thrown towards me or actions upon other people who look like me, it has shown to be a dooming societal virus with no cure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most comfort was found through what was familiar - drums and rhythmic spirituality of my homeland. It was a safe-haven, a place to empty the anger and confusion. It’s been 15 years since relocating and as my sound evolved, it seems classism, racism, oppression and civil control of ethnic peoples has become worse - even now more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elegalised and normalised. Ogun (a powerful Yoruba deity associated with anger, justice and war) acts as the opening sequence of the record and its symbolism. Using distorted bass frequencies and dissected Regga-Dub immersed in live-sampled ghostly voices of the lost ones. This sonic exercising is also applied in Drillaman - a stampede of industrial framework and metallic instruments wielded over moody Dancehall MC’ing, magnifying two parallel worlds in cocooned evolution. The resurrection of Transatlantic African cultures and identity have never been silenced, rather carried elsewhere through trade routes of enslavement, which was pivotal when composing and completing the album upon returning home to the Caribbean for the first time ever. After reconnecting with my heritage my blurred vision of what's wrong in the world became so clear. Guidance in empty plains seek truth throughout the pain - A statement of finding oneself expressed on the poetic closing track \u003cem\u003eA World No More\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Purity in sound manifests when you least expect it. The smallest memory or feeling grows from a seed into a sonic language that you, and only you can interpret and release back into the world.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Ogun 04:07\u003cbr\u003e2. Drillaman 02:11\u003cbr\u003e3. Tundra 02:58\u003cbr\u003e4. Pon Ya Head ft. WOST 03:45\u003cbr\u003e5. Ghost Rhythm 03:48\u003cbr\u003e6. Fawohodie ft. Frederic 06:42\u003cbr\u003e7. Pressure ft. Entrañas 03:12\u003cbr\u003e8. Ready for the Soundman ft. BIG DRECO 02:39\u003cbr\u003e9. Kuduro! ft. Yemi Bolatiwa 03:25 video\u003cbr\u003e10. Ubuntu 03:21\u003cbr\u003e11. A World No More 02:59\u003cbr\u003e12. Ready for the Soundman ft. BIG DRECO (Metrodome Remix) 04:38\u003cbr\u003e13. Ready for the Soundman ft. BIG DRECO (Frederic Remix) 02:06\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obeka","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":48528318595316,"sku":"YUKU048","price":77.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/files\/Obeka_A_World_-_No_More_Vinyl_LP.jpg?v=1781137353","url":"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/obeka-a-world-no-more-vinyl-lp","provider":"Flying Nun ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}