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The PASS Blog is a timeline, a history and an archive of all activity on the Pan African Space Station. Here you can scroll back in time to see information on past events, collaborators biographies, PASS features and more.

The Otolith Collective with Ayesha Hameed

Black Atlantis waves, maps, slave throwing, Detroit techno, soundsystems…

ayesha in action

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sorryyoufeeluncomfortable: Oscillations Over Oceans

Oscillations Over Oceans’ with Rabz Lansiquot and Nyasha Mangera-Lakew alongside special guest Esa Williams, DJ, producer and integral part of the Auntie Flo set up. Through music and discussion, this show will explore ‘African’ electronic music, its production and consumption on the continent and in Europe. It will look into what its increasing popularity on dancefloors in the ‘West’ does for Africa in terms of representation, appreciation and success and whether it might be a portal to other aesthetic strategies …  ( continue reading

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Friday 9th October programme

Day-eve 3’s runnings: sorryyoufeeluncomfortable set us off with Nyasha Lake Wangara and Ewuraba (Radz) Hama Lansiquot looking at Oscillations Over Oceans effect electronic music made in and out of Africa. The Otolith Collective introduce Ayesha Hamed to travel at the speed of thought with Kodwo Eshun and chart Black Atlantis crossings, with Drexiya was a starting point for this technotheory. Kemang Wa Lehulere takes time out of his London stay (and exhibition at Gasworks) to perhaps pick up on a story of …  ( continue reading

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Arkology

Diggin’ the PASS archive… Merci all who tuned into the Paris happenings. (London next Pop-Up)  More soon.  ( continue reading

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Numbi Arts: Kinsi Abdulleh and honourable guests

What is the role of Mogadishu in African cinema? One of the many questions and Somali-centred stories on air. Kinsi Abdulleh, Imru Bakari and more.  ( continue reading

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Christian Nyampeta on Francis Bebey

…with Kodwo Eshun sat beside him.  ( continue reading

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PASS Me the Microphone w/ Phoebe Boswell

Stories and sounds from the Swahili coast… sampling Binyavanga Wainaina’s How to Write about Africa.  ( continue reading

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dego (2000Black) with Kodwo Eshun

Mr Goodgood selecting records (vinyl only, come on now) that demonstrate the philosophies of the label and rotating assembly of music-makers 2000Black. Kodwo Eshun sat beside him. Lessons lessons lessons… (and still we don’t learn)  ( continue reading

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The Otolith Collective & Guests

Kodwo Eshun in the chair… with Sun Ra…  ( continue reading

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Tony Nwachukwu audio response

The Wach brings a 15-min response to themes of sorryyoufeeluncomfortable’s session.  ( continue reading

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