Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble
Curated by Matana Roberts
The past and the future wage a perpetual dialogue with one another and Damon Locks’ Black Monument Ensemble could be considered a testament to that very notion. What started as Damon Locks processing racial injustice in the U.S. using archival Civil Rights recordings and a sampler, mushroomed into a 15-part musical ensemble featuring luminaries such as Angel Bat Dawid, Dana Hall and Arif Smith. The Black Monument Ensemble reinvigorates and repurposes Black narratives throughout history and enchants them with harmonic, gospel-like urgency.
Photography by Daris Jasper
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News
Friday Apr 22nd 2022
Watch Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble perform 'The Body Is Electric' live at LGW21
Curated by Matana Roberts
Sunday Nov 7th 2021
Read via The Quietus: which records would Angel Bat Dawid seek out at the Mega Record & CD Fair?
Wednesday Sep 22nd 2021
Damon Locks discusses Black Monument Ensemble's 'NOW' with Nombuso Mathibela for PAM
Curated by Matana Roberts
Thursday Apr 8th 2021
Letters from musicians: Bant Mag. talk to Damon Locks
Curated by Matana Roberts
Friday Apr 2nd 2021
Listen: Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble release new song 'Keep Your Mind Free'
Curated by Matana Roberts
Monday Feb 22nd 2021
Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble announce new album 'NOW'; watch the video for the title track
Curated by Matana Roberts
