#Afrofuturism

How Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Inspired Lisa E. Harris and Nicole Mitchell to Compose EarthSeed

Using a mixture of performance art, experimental opera, free improvisation, and literary composition, artists Lisa E. Harris and Nicole Mitchell have created EarthSeed, a ten-song album recorded during a live performance and inspired by the groundbreaking works of Octavia Butler—one of the only...

Alexa Peters

PLAYING DETROITMother Cyborg Teases Debut LP

Mother Cyborg by Ara Howrani For Diana Nucera, a.k.a Mother Cyborg, it's been a long time coming. Her long-awaited debut album Pressure Systems drops this week, and based on the two teaser singles "Earth Dreams" and "3souled Women" we are all wildly ill prepared (but so ready) for the journey....

Jerilyn Jordan