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SAUL WILLIAMS
NOT IN MY NAME

Stop the war. It was a simple statement, one that was expressed by more and more people both in the UK and in the US (a growing majority, in fact). But it seems a message that's easy for the politicians to ignore. Nobody is suggesting that a record can make any difference to that, but if you are a musician and poet then how else can you choose to express your anger, your defiance? And if you are Saul Williams, you can at least be sure that your message hits with power. Since his recorded debut, "Twice The First Time," the poet, MC, actor and director has always impressed both with his skill with words and the moral and political weight of his views.

So when Saul was asked to become involved in the American "Not In Our Name" campaign he was keen to oblige. The results are now here - a strong, resonant voice in the growing cacophony of protest.

"I am releasing these songs," states Williams, "because music is perhaps our greatest means of political amassment, because the airwaves are imbalanced and have conditioned us either into a state of apathy or to a state of condoning unjust violence and militarism carried out in our name".

The EP opens with Williams reading the campaign's "Pledge Of Resistance" in front of a live audience at the ArtSpeaks Concert Against The War at the Palace in Los Angeles on May 12, 2002. This is followed up by two new Williams compositions: "September 12th" and "Bloodletting" and heavyweight remixes from DJ Spooky, Coldcut and France's DJ Goo.

We could waffle on about the music but everything we say would be besides the point. Check out a message put with real power and moral outrage and decide for yourself whether it makes any difference…

"If we only see what they want us to see,
We'll only be what they want us to be -
Fighting in their army"
- September 12th

STATUS >> RELEASED
FORMAT>> CD / LP
PURCHASE>> DOWNLOAD
PURCHASE>> CD (coming soon)

Track Listing
1: The Pledge (Live @ Central Park)
2. September 12th
3. Bloodletting
4. The Pledge Remix - DJ Goo
5. Not in Our Name Remix - DJ Spooky
6. The Pledge Ill Bootleg MP3 Remix - DJ Spooky
7. The Pledge Remix - Coldcut
8. Give Blood (Phantom Dancehall Mix) - DJ Spooky

STEPHAN SMITH
NEW WORLD WORDER

Stephan Smith's second full-length recording. Accompanying himself on guitar, Smith displays musical influences that run from rap to rock to country. A musical manifesto for the global justice movement, New World Worder includes the bonus track, "The Bell", featuring Pete Seeger, Dean Ween and Mary Harris.

STATUS >> RELEASED
FORMAT>> CD

Track Listing
1. New World Worder
2. Merchants Of Lies
3. Proclaiming Jubilee
4. Business
5. Darling Sun
6. Sally Goodin
7. All We Need Is Love
8. I'm On My Way
9. Universal Hobo
10. Oak Tree
11. Bring It On
12. Song Of Healing
13. Bonus Track! The Bell (with Pete Seeger, Dean Ween, and Mary Harris)

COLORFORM
SEND FORTH YOUR SOUL

Colorform is NYC electronic producer and dj, James Allen. In early 2003, Allen released his debut EP, Send Forth Your Soul on DJ Spooky’s Synchronic Records.

Later that year he was featured on DJ Spooky's 'Dubtometry' album and now Allen is set to release his new CD / EP, Eleven Angles, on his own Liberation Systems imprint. While the first Colorform EP was more of an ambient piece, Eleven Angles finds Allen mixing in elements of hip-hop, jazz, and jungle into his swirling stream-of-consciousness flow.

Colorform is currently working on a DVD mix album to be released the summer of 2004, which will be supported by tour dates in the US, Europe and Japan.

"Deceptively smooth, Colorform’s music slips by quietly on first listen, but returns to you like fragments from a forgotten dream…a promising debut for artist and label alike."
~XLR8R Magazine

STATUS >> RELEASED
FORMAT>> CD

Track Listing
1. The Morning Cries
2. Vatican Beats
3. Echo Chamber Sanitation Specialist
4. The Night Cries
5. Low Post Theme
6. Numbing the Nation
7. Liquid Reality
8. Last Drop
10. Send Forth Your Soul