#april larson

Black Mass Extinction Event, a new assemblage of apocalyptic sources from Darren Bauler, with an original score by April Larson!

SWING LOW by April Larson / Coldsore

Black 'vinyl style' CDr & Green C40 tape made from recycled plastique with rubber stamped sticker in laser-printed cardboard cover, rubber stamped and hand numbered in plastique foil envelope. Limited edition of 15 CDRs & 15 tapes.  totes-format.tk

The longing for liberation of all oppressed runs deep in my (grm's) mind/life and often reflects in the releases of my projects. The idea to work with the traditional SWING LOW tune and it's symbolic(?) connection to the abolitionist UNDERGROUND RAILROAD in the so called USA, was originally a concept for THE BIG SLEEP (a long night of drones) event in 2020 in Helsinki. For a release of a reworked and much shorter version, i invited April Larson from Louisiana to contribute a topical track for a long due split-tape with COLDSORE. And here we finally have it, after quite a delay - before a global pandemic has hit us all and another hurricane has caused havoc, not only on April's home, but all the while the horrors of white supremacy have been a hegemonic principle of opression of all BIPOC people. In memory of Harriet Tubman and the countless organizers and supporters of the abolitionist struggle, back then and now. The struggle continues! 200€ of the possible income will be donated to SOUTHERN SOLIDARITY:  southernsolidarity.org "Southern Solidarity is a grassroots, community-based group of volunteers in solidarity with the unhoused in their quest toward liberation. We organize the delivery of food, medical resources and basic needs directly to the unhoused in the downtown area of New Orleans because the government has not filled this need. We are influenced by anti-imperialist principles and mobilized by a black queer woman. As a group of 30, we organize the daily delivery of food, medical resources, and other basic needs directly to hundreds of unhoused people in the downtown area of New Orleans because the government has failed to meet needs. Southern Solidarity is involved in both direct relief and consciousness raising efforts of members and recipients in our collective struggle for liberation. Some among us are undocumented, formerly incarcerated, unhoused, trans, activists but more importantly, all among us are anti-imperialist." --- Disclaimer: TOTES FORMAT is an anarchist project, it does not fully align with marxist and absolutely not with most mao-leninist (or worse mutations of so called communism) ideologies, but that does not mean there shall be no solidartity with the crucial material work SOUTHERN SOLIDARITY has been and is doing. I write this, because i find points like this important to be transparent. Onwards!

April Larson:   aprillarson.bandcamp.com Coldsore:   coldsore.tk Artwork & physical production by GRM.    

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Team Europe wins ACC with impressive performance

The European Junior’s Team once more won the Atlantic Challenge Cup against the US junior team. This year, the final result was 11:0 for team Europe.

The European contestants were having an away match this year. Due to the alternating rhythm of hosting the ACC, this year Las Vegas, NV, USA was the host city for the junior team challenge between Europe and USA. Europe was represented by Weronika Karwik (POL), Valeria Trushevskaya (RUS), Patrick Hofmann (GER), Fedor Gorst (RUS), Jan van Lierop (NED) and Wiktor Zielinski (POL). the team captain was the European Youth Sports Director Tomas Brikmanis (LIT). The US team consisted of Michelle Jang, April Larson, Justin Martin, Joey Tate, Shane Wolford and Kaiden Hunkins. The team captain was Alison Fisher.

The event was over after two days only with the best possible result for Europe. Not a single match was lost against the US kids. After day one, Europe had a score of 6:0 with only two matches that were close. The team match between Europe and the US was won 6:4 and the boys double between van Lierop/Hofmann vs Wolford/Hunkins even went hill/hill before team Europe was able to also put that point into their account.

Day two started with another frustrating result for the US selection. Zielinski smashed Kaiden 6:0 in the boys singles match. Then, Larson was up against Trushevskaya. That match also went hill/hill with the better end for Trushevskaya. When team Europe was up 10:0, the final match was played between van Lierop and Tate. Another hill/hill heartbreaker took place with van Lierop potting the final 9-ball of the event, sealing the whitewash for the US team this year.

The MVP trophies were awarded to April Larson and Valeria Trushevskaya.

Tomas Brikmanis stated after the event: „The US team had several chances in some matches but the tension and their nerves prevented them from winning. They missed several balls in an open position and allowed the European team to get ahead.“

Results Day 1

Europe v USA 6:4

Triples – Trushevskaya/van Lierop/Hofmann v Larson/Wolford/Hunkins 6:1

Triples – Karwik/Gorst/Zielinski v Jiang/Martin/Tate 6:3

Boys Doubles – van Lierop/Hofmann v Wolford/Hunkins 6:5

Girls Doubles – Karwik/Trushevskaya v Jiang/Larson 6:3

Boys Singles – Gorst v Wolford 6:2

Results Day 2

Boys Singles – Zielinski v Hunkins 6:0

Girls Singles – Trushevskaya v Larson 6:5

Mixed Doubles – Karwik/Hofmann v Jiang/Martin 6:3

Mixed Doubles – Trushevskaya/van Lierop v Larson/Hunkins 6:2