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Nkisi Invites Joshua Woolford
Nkisi a.k.a Melika Ngombe Kolongo heads up a monthly late slot to rattle through dozens of tracks at breakneck speed, her mixes punctuated by African club beats and tinged by the jagged edges of gabber.
On 27th August I was invited to share my sonic world. With encouragement I shared tracks, field- and performance recordings for the full hour. Including my first ever sound pieces made for my MA graduation project with the support of Dis Fig, some of the sound pieces from my 2023-24 artist residency at Tate curated by Hannah Geddes including pieces from Tawiah, Tereza Delzz, Lie Ning and Sippin’ T.Field recordings from Dominica and especially Tevay Vaval, the ritual closing of Carnival in the Kalinago Territory on Wednesday 5th March 2025, and recordings from my recent live performance dancing with the devil / a symphony of organs scattered over the floor with Lie Ning & Sippin’ T also featured.
Throughout the set I read from Alaa Abd-El Fattah’s You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, and Angela Davis’ Freedom Is A Constant Struggle.
Photo by Ronan McKenzie