Los Migrantes

“Shapes of Reunion, Shapes of Flux” pays homage to survivors of state and imperial violence from our ancestral and people’s current experiences in El Salvador, India, and the Philippines as well as contemporary struggles in Palestine to the ongoing historical violence on these lands against Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, queer and trans, disabled and other marginalized kin. Conscious political music and how it connects us to struggle is more needed now than ever.After a long hiatus, we bring together our different cultural experiences in relation to how music was one of our only experiences of feeling welcome and worthy of being heard. We will share how our relationships to the solidarity of protest and work of transformation helped form and remains integral to our work as artists. Re-intertwining our identities as poet-emcee & DJ-turntablist-beatmaker, "Shapes of Reunion, Shapes of Flux" showcases movement moments in the past, the present, and for the future. The performance will include remixed and updated versions of a few of our “classic cuts” from the days of the Under the Volcano festival, alongside our contemporary work, individually and in collaboration bringing together sound and language and drawing attention to layers of intricate relationships. Revolutionary party music mix / part of why we’re doing this is joy, reinvigoration when we need it most / may it translate, even broken, into those who experience this.