DAY/NIGHT, by Morgan Greenstreet

DAY/NIGHT

by Morgan Greenstreet

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1.	The Best Summer (feat. Lollise) 05:58	info	buy track
2.	Nefutorgbor (feat. Delasi) 03:52	info	buy track
3.	Fear (feat. Lollise, Delasi, Noah Dreiblatt) 04:30	info	buy track
4.	Skin (feat. Lollise, Noah Dreiblatt) 04:26	info	buy track
5.	Wake Up Whistling (feat. Noah Dreiblatt) 05:17	info	buy track
6.	Day One 05:34		buy track
7.	Nyefia Nyornu (feat. Delasi) 04:54	info	buy track
8.	Inner Space 11:08		buy track

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This album is the result of countless days and nights creating through the extremes of 2020: isolation and collective action, grief and joy, despair and radical optimism, solitude and collaboration. During the lockdown I devoted myself to my studio, making music daily, creating first with Lollise in our apartment in Queens, then with Noah (remotely) in Brooklyn and finally reconnecting with Delasi in Ghana, sending sound fragments across the Atlantic with feverish intensity. Music kept me motivated, focused and hopeful, even as ambulances screamed outside the window and the reality began to penetrate our isolation, that, once again, the police were murdering Black people and once again it seemed that there would be no justice. And suddenly we exploded into the hot NYC streets, screaming, drumming, crying, marching, demanding an end to the racist, capitalist system, demanding justice for stolen lives, for stolen land. We also experienced a taste of the collaboration that is needed to undo this system, the mutual aid, the community action, the spontaneous celebrations of our humanity.
“We were supporting each other, strangers were supporting each other. We were making music with anything…We saw so many things! We went from protest to the beach, to home, to the protest, to the beach…It was the best summer.” Lollise says. “We saw the city! We had parties in the street, impromptu, in the rain; the rain didn’t bother us anymore.
That summer cannot be replicated ever. We don’t want any more killings of Black people, we don’t want another pandemic, but we want to create. Those moments of joy continue going forward, and togetherness and camaraderie and support. It was the best summer ever and it’s reverberating in a lot of ways, too.”
This music is just a small part of that reverberation, a part of the story of how we, collectively, lived and died in 2020. My solitary musical explorations and ongoing collaborations with Lollise, Noah and Delasi fed me and kept me going this year. There is so much more to do, so much to share going forward.

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released June 21, 2021

Produced, recorded and mixed by Morgan Greenstreet at home in Ridgewood.
Mastering by Josh Derry/Alter Echo.
Lollise co-wrote, sang and spoke truth on "The Best Summer," "Fear" and "Skin."
Delasi co-wrote, sang and spoke truth on "Nefutorgbor," "Fear" and "Nyefia Nyornu."
Noah Dreiblatt co-wrote and added additional production and lots of saxophone on"Skin" and "Fear" and flutes on "Wake up Whistling."
Matt Kursmark recorded guitars on The Best Summer at his excellent studio Shag City.
Ryan Acquaotta co-wrote some music and lyrics for "Fear" many years ago.
"Fear" is indebted to Rahsaan Roland Kirk's composition "The Inflated Tear."
"Wake Up Whistling" is indebted to Haitian rara music.
Original artwork by Kim Schneider and design and layout by Lollise Mbi. Artist photo by Attis Clopton
Thank you to Mark Yoshizumi, Daniel Gutiérrez and Dan Berg for your generosity.

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Morgan Greenstreet New York, New York

Morgan is a producer, drummer, percussionist, journalist and DJ (modrums). His music is deeply indebted to and in conversation with the many musical traditions and creative cultures of Africa and the African diaspora, from dub to Afrobeat, rara, hip-hop and house. He is currently focused on deepening creative collaborations with Lollise (Botswana/NYC) and Delasi (Ghana) and Noah Dreiblatt (NYC). ... more

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