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New - DePlume, Alabaster - Dear Children Of Our Children, I Knew/Cremisan - LP
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For the Epilogue of 'A Blade...' series, we created this EP in answer to the way the US audiences responded last year when we addessed the genocide. I am quoted in the press release as saying:
“Meeting with you all at the shows I sensed that you felt voiceless, on this ethical issue that also spelled out what we’re seeing today, in the form of ICE. That experience with you is etched into me, like graffiti or a poster on the wall. It’s my job to deliver your voice, and that’s what this record is. And to take action. That urgency compelled me to record then. And now here we are. As we said, this world is awakening to the reality it was already living.”
I can't wait for you to have the vinyl, and read the text messages between myself and Hassan in Gaza.
Here is some more useful factual info:
DePlume recorded Dear Children during the middle of his March 2025 US tour, after weeks of playing shows with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Tcheser Holmes, performing music from his critically acclaimed album A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole (released March 2025). The trio’s onstage rapport was so immediate and strong that, on an off day in Brooklyn, DePlume chose to capture that connection, recording this collection of instrumental pieces shaped by the experience of performing, sharing, and improvising off the music of A Blade for audiences across the US.