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day pulls down the sky: get a hold

April 13, 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.

get a hold
song by Okwui Okpokwasili

gotta get a hold of me
thought I had a hold of me
gotta get a hold of me
no one got a hold of me
who’s gonna get
who wants a hold of me

hold

I was wondering where you are
is someone coming for me
someone’s gonna come for me
someone’s gotta hold of me

hold me

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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