BLACK TECHNO MATTERS w/ Outputmessage, Kundalini, Jamel Zuñiga
Saturday, October 19 2019
Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club
Washington, DC
“I started Black Techno Matters in October 2019 after doing a google search for ‘Black Techno Artists’ and being disappointed with the search results. There were some sites mentioning The Belleville Three and pioneers like Jeff Mills, but I didn’t see a list of black artists making techno, particularly in more modern times. This shocked me especially since techno IS black! After about an hour of searching on the internet, I was able to fill a piece of notepad paper with the names of black artists.”
“The phrase ‘Black Techno Matters’ came to me, and I threw a party in DC where there were only black artists on the line up. Several people who came out to the show thanked me for creating that space and that’s when I realized there was a real need to highlight black artists and also to physically bring them together in the same space. Since then, Black Techno Matters has grown into a collective, organizing events, playlists, mixes, music releases, and other resources highlighting and celebrating hundreds of black artists from around the world.””
Credits:
--> DJ sets by Outputmessage, Kundalini & Jamel Zuñiga
--> Flyer and logo design by Bernard Farley
Additional Notes:
--> First BLACK TECHNO MATTERS event
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