soft luck.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Riot Fest Chicago 2023 9/16/2023

https://www.discogs.com/master/889285-فرقة-الأرض-Ferkat-Al-Ard-أغنية

The actual song seems to have been removed from Youtube but here's a Reddit post that links to the deleted Youtube video:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialistmusic/comments/udcbur/ghfyara_ghaza_غيفارا_غزة_by_ferkat_al_ard_فرقة/?rdt=56774

The reason I focused on electronic music specifically is because no one ever talks about it. The theft of rock n' roll is softened by celebrated legends such as Jimi Hendrix and Slash and Little Richard, and the visibility of the story in general. Hip-hop's story of capitalist exploitation of poor black men and enforcement of toxic standards of masculinity and white appropriation is softened by hip-hop made by black people being a culturally dominating force for the last 30+ years, and a concentrated effort by black artists to use the genre to platform black artists and issues first. Ska getting gentrified into ska punk is softened by ska punk sucking ass in comparison. Electronic music does not get the same redemption story.

Quick, without using Google, can you name a black electronic music artist? Do you know who Juan Atkins is? Phuture? Mr Fingers? When you think of acid, do you think of black people in the clubs of Chicago or white english people at raves in London? When you think of jungle, do you think about the African and Carribean diaspora in the United Kingdom drawing on dub and dancehall tradition to make some of the most futuristic sounding music in history, or do you think of white people recycling the same beats over and over again set to PS1-style cover art?

House music, the closest living relative to disco, which was a black genre of music MURDERED by reactionary white rock music fans, is more associated with two fucking white dudes from France than ANY black person in the minds of most people.

Do you know the name of the man who played the Amen break?