#lucumi

Las Mamás De Las Aguas

But I wanted to ask all of my ATR practitioners out there, hoodoo, voodoo, lucumi, isese, santeria, obeah, etc., have you ever watched a movie and felt as if your practice was portrayed in its authentic and complex form??

Beautiful space, wild chaos, fire lotus– we now embark on the future-ever present, the conjuring of the past in non-linear chronospace, we present narratives in African/Afro-Cuban dreamtime! This is The Omniverse Oriki, legendary Sun Ra bandleader Marshall Allen Trio’s collaboration with the Ade Ilu Ensemble, an explosive macrocosmic reach into the residual ethers of the past to birth a new future, right here the now! Pulled together on Halloween night, 2023, Marshall Allen’s trio and Philly’s Ade Ilu Ensemble channelled and churned indelible musical spirits in extended “oriki”, Yoruba narratives set to explore omniversal wavelengths, to unmoor the patterns of universal control through Afro-Cuban-Futurist diagrams. Their first confluence was at Marshall’s monthly residency in Philadelphia, then captured here at Rittenhouse Soundworks Studios. The result is a righteous din, a mythological cacophony, a joyful noise. Swirling notes of Afro-cuban entrancing Lucumi, shocked and fragmented Afro rhythms, and vibrant flourishes of rhapsodic free jazz– we are here at the sonic temple! We are the beautiful space! -Alex Smith All music composed by Marshall Allen Published by Arkestral Music (BMI), traditional Lucumi cultural sources and co-created by the musicians listed above.  MARSHALL ALLEN TRIO: Marshall Allen - Leader, EWI, Casio keyboard, alto saxophone, vibrations DM Hotep - Guitar with effects & synths, live vocal effects Kash Killion - Cello with effects, sarangi, vocal ADE ILU ENSEMBLE: Kevin Diehl - Leader, Itotele bata, Lucumi chorus, producer Joseph Toledo - Lead Lucumi vocals Olufemi Mitchel - Lucumi chorus, achere Tongo Hernandez - Iya bata, Lucumi chorus John Wilkie - Okonkolo bata, Lucumi chorus

Is there anything you need prayer for? are you just going through a hard time? Please share your prayer requests and you will be prayed for.

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