• Source: Circuit City (album)

      • Circuit City is a studio album by American musician and poet Camae Ayewa, released under her alias Moor Mother. It was released on September 25, 2020 through Don Giovanni Records. Composed as a recorded soundtrack for the 2019 stage production of the same name by Ayewa, the album features contributions from the free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements and the Circuit City Band. Lyrically, the album deals with housing inequality, private ownership and institutional racism.
      The album was accompanied by a short film for the track "Act 1 - Working Machine", as well as by an essay by writer Rasheedah Phillips.


      Critical reception



      AllMusic critic Fred Thomas praised the record, stating: "Unflinching and raw in both its sociopolitical content and musical counterpart, Circuit City is bluntly powerful." Thomas further added: "Historically, some of the most inspired moments of free jazz were righteous responses to various forms of oppression faced by black communities, and Circuit City cements Moor Mother's voice in that lineage." Alec Holt of Clash thought that the record "carries its narrative intensity consummately from the stage to album format and represents the most conceptually accomplished project of 2020 from one of our era’s most urgent voices." Writing for Pitchfork, Andy Beta stated: "Putting avant-garde tactics to humanist ends, [Ayewa's] album is a powerful indictment of a vicious, racist cycle that needs to be broken."


      Track listing


      "Act 1 - Working Machine" — 11:02
      "Act 2 - Circuit Break" — 8:40
      "Act 3 - "Time of No Time" (feat. Elon Battle)" — 9:00
      "Act 4 - No More Wires" — 12:41


      Personnel


      Album personnel as adapted from Bandcamp liner notes.

      Camae Ayewa — lead performer, sound designer
      Taryn Jones — scenic designer
      Kae Greenberg — lighting designer, production manager
      Ada Adhiyatma — sound designer, electronics, mixing
      Elon Battle — vocals
      Steve Montenegro — electronics
      Luke Stewart — upright bass
      Keir Neuringer — saxophone, percussion
      Tcheser Holmes — drums, percussion
      Aquiles Navarro — trumpet, percussion
      Alex Nagle — mastering
      Bob Sweeney — photography
      Rasheedah Phillips — cover


      References




      External links


      Circuit City on Bandcamp

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