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Lived a deviL

by Allen Moore

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Black Radio 02:41
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Dysonic 119 01:06
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Melanoid A 03:56
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Scratch 89 01:43
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Venture 03:06
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Allen Moore is a visual and sound artist from Robbins, Illinois, near Chicago’s South Side, whose work converses with the signifiers of African-American culture. At the heart of his practice is graphite, which he often uses in his drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Working with this material in his visual work led him to hand casting records with graphite, creating warped mirrors of old soul records. These graphite records served as the foundation for sound art pieces and live performances with Moore using up to four turntables to create collages of hypnotic textures and rhythms that resonate like hymns of fractured nostalgia.

Monastral presents Lived a deviL, his second album following 2019’s self-released Solar Church. The recent studio sessions proved to be a catharsis from the isolation of quarantine, the collective anger that led to last year’s protests, and the shade of hope that followed. For these recordings, produced and arranged by P.M. Tummala, Moore expanded his palette to include records cast from graphite and okra leaves, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, and samples that narrate tragedies of famous and lesser-known Black historical figures. The resulting body of fully formed songs, hazy interludes, and improvised loops and drones capture an artist navigating the distance between joy and heartbreak, structure and formlessness, and finding an inner peace in the tumult of history.

Lived a deviL is social sound art that plays like a dubbed-out, Afrofuturist beat-tape of half-remembered dreams. It is available now as a digital download and limited edition cassette.

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released June 18, 2021

Allen Moore - Turntables, Hand Casted Records, Synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, Voice, Computer

Written and performed by Allen Moore
Produced and arranged by P.M. Tummala
Mastered by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio
Design by Common Name

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Allen Moore Chicago, Illinois

Allen Moore is a Black American interdisciplinary artist, Experimental sound artist, educator and curator born and raised in Village of Robbins IL. His sound work is a social allegory, conversing with symbols and institutions conducive to the constructs of race, social class and personal introspection. ... more

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