Jan. 28th at AK Press - A Night of Anarchist Hip Hop

ANNOUNCING AK PRESS' JANUARY EVENTS!

Friday, January 28th
WHAT KIND OF STATE ARE YOU LIVIN' IN ?
A Night of Anarchist Hip Hop Propaganda with SF's ENTARTETE KUNST COLLECTIVE
7 PM
FREE!
at the AK Press Warehouse

Entartete Kunst collective members, Drowning Dog, 187/Raw Knowledge, and Malatesta (aka DJ Slo-Mo) will be celebrating the release of their new album, States of Abuse, with a short live set. EK will also be celebrating the release of Spreading Propaganda, a new documentary on the collective produced by Nadine Laule and David Moisl, with it's first East Bay screening.

The Entartete Kunst Collective:
are a class-conscious worker-owned collective that produce and distribute hip hop, various electronic stylings and radical literature that promotes positive social change. They have performed in the following countries over the past 18 months; England, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Scotland and the U.S.A. With "potent anti status quo hip hop mixes" and spoken word, they spread ideas that promote the self emancipation of the working class.

MC/producer Drowning Dog produced the "Bread and Roses" compilation (2002) the crimson 7" (2002) and like 187 and Malatesta is featured in the E.K. documentary "Spreading Propaganda" (recorded 2002-3) Look out for her self-produced debut album 'Last Gasp' in early 2005.

187, has performed over 70 shows using the name Raw Knowledge. She is a published writer, poet, music producer and word performer. 187 uses her firebrand flo to bring anarchist ideas to the world of hip hop. She is currently in the studio working on her upcoming album "Dead Money" another 2005 release.

Malatesta aka DJ Slo-Mo has produced beats for over six Entartete Kunst releases including his own Critical Beats 12 inch (2003) the "1984 v 451" 7 inch (2000) and the "Free Mumia" benefit 10 inch (1999). Upcoming releases for 2005 include the "Critical Beats" cd and the Red and Black L.P. featuring various international mcs. Malatesta has taken his anarchist hip hop propaganda through Europe and the U.S. on tour in recent years and was an original founder of this Entartete Kunst organization.

WHAT DOES THE NAME MEAN?
"Entartete Kunst" in German means "degenerate art", it was the name given to art that wasn't down with the Nazis philosophies. What happened was, in 1937 the nazis tried to ridicule avant guard and radical artists by stealing their art and putting it in a huge exhibition called "Entartete Kunst". It was a ridiculous effort to discredit and undermine the ideas of the artists. The artists either fled to neighboring countries or were persecuted if they stayed, Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckman, Franz Marc, Kathe Kollwitz and Paul Klee were just some of the artists under attack.

http://www.entartetekunst.info/
http://www.akpress.org/

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Events are at the AK Press Warehouse
AK Press 674-A 23rd. St Oakland, CA
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
For more info contact:
AK Press at 510.208.1700, josh [at] akpress.org or visit http://www.akpress.org
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.
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