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day pulls down the sky: follow me

March 30, 2020

Portrait of Okwui Okpokwasili by Ralph Lemon.

day pulls down the sky full album is now streaming on Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Tidal.

follow me
words, song and music by Okwui Okpokwasili

I ask you to follow me
Follow me, follow me, follow me
Through the bush you will wonder wonder you will wonder
Wander
Wonder wander wonder

I tell you what you will see
Restless Spirit who lost its feet
No one be feeding you
You lost your feet
A mouth talking through its teeth
You are toes looking for the feet
Who’s hand is forcing your defeat
Who’s hand is ripping you piece by piece
All manner of abomination

Restless Spirit who lost its feet
Restless Spirit coming over me
I beg who are you who am I
I beg who are you who am I
I beg I beg I beg.

day pulls down the sky was initiated by Danspace Project’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Judy Hussie-Taylor, who brought the idea of a recording to Okwui Okpokwasili during one of their meetings about Danspace’s upcoming Platform 2020: Utterances From The Chorus and new research institute. The 7 songs featured on the album were written by Okwui between 2012-2018 with some specifically for her performance pieces. They were recorded on January 8, 2019 at the studio of recording engineer, John Kilgore.

This album was produced by Okwui’s longtime artistic collaborator, Peter Born, and four of the songs were first performed by Okwui at Danspace Project.

Cover art by Ralph Lemon.

This (purple) vinyl album is on sale now! Click here for more information

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