{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-oppression-part-1","title":"The Architecture Of Oppression Part 1 – Vinyl LP\/CD","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Assimilation (Ft. Dylema) 2. His Mother’s Eyes (Ft. Jermain Jackman) 3. Brother Andrew – The Investigator (Ft. Brother Andrew Muhammad) 4. Break The Chains 5. A Police Service, not a Police Force (Ft. Lee Jasper) 6. Hackney Ain’t Innocent (Ft. Yolanda Lear) 7. On the Daily (Ft Ugochi Nwaogwugwu) 8. Say Black (Ft. Dylema) 9. The Babylon Encounter (Ft. Janette Collins \u0026amp; Leroy Logan) 10. Witness The Whiteness (Ft. Adam Elliot Cooper) 11. Lifeline (Ft. Zara McFarlane) 12. Reparations (Ft. Great Okuson \u0026amp; Sarah Solomon) *CD Only\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvailable on black vinyl, limited edition clear vinyl with red splatter and CD. Product mockup shown for illustrative purposes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Brkn Record is a new project led and produced by \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJake Ferguson\u003c\/strong\u003e, the co-founder and bass player for the UK’s foundational deep jazz outfit the \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeliocentrics\u003c\/strong\u003e. With fellow Heliocentrics co-founder and legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has been a regular collaborator with globally recognised artists including \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArchie Shepp\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMulatu Astatke\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMelvin Van Peebles\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOrlando Julius\u003c\/strong\u003e and many others. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Architecture of Oppression Part 1 represents Ferguson’s debut as a bandleader and orchestrator, and manifests as a committed and soulful response to ongoing and systemic anti-black racism, social oppression and state violence both at home in London and across the globe. Combining poetry, testimony and song with rich and cinematic backdrops, Ferguson has produced a sui generis sound that conjures flavours of \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArthur Verocai\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnnio Morricone\u003c\/strong\u003e, classic library productions, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMadlib\u003c\/strong\u003e-style deep-jazz beat science, and psychedelic soul. With bandmate Malcolm Catto on drums, Ferguson draws on their long years of collaborative experience in the Heliocentrics to build an album of striking texture and depth.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut the album does not only reflect Ferguson’s full-spectrum musical prowess, experience and vision. It is equally a manifestation of his longstanding and high-profile work as a frontline activist for racial justice and social equity in London and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlongside Malcom Catto, contributors to the album are drawn from the intersecting worlds of community activism, cultural education, politics and music, and include singer and political activist \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJermain Jackman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZara MacFarlane\u003c\/strong\u003e; Chicagoan activist, poet and singer \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUgochi Nwaogwugwu\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLee Jasper\u003c\/strong\u003e, longstanding worker for racial justice and former advisor on equalities to the Mayor of London; acclaimed performance poet \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDylema\u003c\/strong\u003e; Hackney community leader \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJanette Collins MBE \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeroy Logan MBE\u003c\/strong\u003e, founder and former chair of the Black Police Association, and the subject of \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteve McQueen’s Small Axe episode ‘Red, White and Blue’\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Architecture of Oppression Part 1 is a singular and urgent chronicle of \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe black British experience\u003c\/strong\u003e, an upful expression of Pan-African creative unity and community solidarity, and a militant and unbending missive from the frontline in the great tradition of \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Impressions’\u003c\/strong\u003e This Is My Country, Irreversible Entanglements Who Sent You?, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMax Roach’s\u003c\/strong\u003e We Insist - Freedom Now Suite, or \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLinton Kwesi Johnson’s\u003c\/strong\u003e Bass Culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA broken record repeats itself, and never plays through – the music is interrupted or trapped in a cycle by damage to the grooves. 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