The Spectacular Empire Show w/ Gaika & Mensa 16th June 2023

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EDITS W/ KELMAN DURAN & Laenz

Laenz is a producer based in Brooklyn, NY, working within radiophonic textures and caliginous dance music. Her work explores the sonification of indeterminate spaces, saturating abstract musical forms with intensely tender and personal observations. She holds a Lot residency, and has released projects under Scorpio Red, Woozy, Early Reflex, Dance Data, and more

110 Years of Sun Ra: NTS Guide to We Travel The Space Ways

Sun Ra famously claimed he was born on Saturn, and much of his personal and artistic outlook was imbued with a deep fascination with space, and space exploration. This two-hour selection features Sun Ra recordings directly related to that fascination.

Synth Pop Soft Rock Boogie Jazz Fusion

The Spectacular Empire functions as infrastructure for forward-thinking Black Art and Creativity. Founded in 2017 by contemporary artists GAIKA and Akwasi Brenya-Mensa.

TSE is a decentralised Black-led music, arts and technology organisation. It primarily aims to empower, promote and develop genre defying creatively ambitious artists

By engaging in spectacular group projects, and maintaining a worldwide perspective, emerging talent is actively platformed whilst maintaining artistic integrity above all else.