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The vocals by Ugandan Ras Kilomo for this track were recorded at the Dub Museum in Uganda .

The Dub Museum is best described as an Afreekan DiY performance space. There are no studio microphones or technician-designed soundproof walls. It is an open-air space built on bare earth.

Because the same space is used during daytime hours as a garage for mechanics and welders, the only time available for recording is at night. In this case, the session was at 4 AM,.Ras Kilomo’s vocals were recorded on a cellphone, picking up on the musicians as well as the sound of the cold Ugandan night air and the ambience of everyday life outside the Dub Museum that continues on while most of the neighbourhood is asleep.

Physically and virtually, the forces of IR::Sankara Future Dub Resurgence, Dhangsha, the Professor Of Dub and others in the Shadows teamed up to collaboratively create the track.

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It was 4 am

with a cool Ugandan night wind

in our open air recording space

i was watching kabaka recording a verse.

he stood directly between the microphone stand and a big Free West Papua poster designed by Dubdem.

he kept repeating this line:
" a sonic intervention almost like a blur".

Each time he did a take
he put extra emphasis on that last word:
“Blur”

At first, i was very puzzled.

Some months later, i was having a conversation with a Masaai sistren nkina,
and she said to me,

“You told me of your Haitian filmmaker friend Michelangelo Quay who attended a gathering of ancient spiritual practitioners in the forest of Gabon.

He learnt that when someone in the gathering had a dream or vision, they wouldnt use the words “Dream” or “vision.”

they would simply say , " I see this..."

Because such experiences were just a part of the natural flow of life.

The sistren said, “I know you and I have been joking about how you learnt about Masaai traditional values. Did I tell you this before through a dream ? because I dont remember telling you in a day to day conversation.

are we in a dream now?”

At that very instant, my mind returned to the recording session and the word that Kabaka repeated like a chant.

“Blur”

and suddenly i realized, why that word was so important to a recording session that produced so many lyrics that touched on the future in a prophetic way. Because in that moment, the line between past, present and future had dissolved, and time became one.

When Visions Fall From Sky

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