: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: LAL : Album.......: Dark Beings : : Label.......: Coax Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: OAX042 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2019-07-19 Str.date....: 2019-05-17 Quality.....: 255kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://lalforest.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Dark Beings 3:52 2. Stay Right 2:40 3. Wildflowers 3:20 4. It Was to be You 3:12 5. Losing Myself 3:10 6. I am Goddess 2:54 7. I Am Not Your Victim 3:04 8. Momentary Feelings 5:36 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 27:48 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 53.16 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: DARK BEINGS, the 6th album from the electronic duo LAL, :, : TorontoÆs mix of : :' immigrant Barbadian, West-Indian, Straight cis Blackman nerd ': ,: meets Brampton/ :, : Bangladeshi Queer weirdo, aka Nic and Rose. This album is : :' continuation of their ': ,: 2016 album FIND SAFETY. :, : : :' The concept for this album was initially rooted in notions ': ,: borrowed from new :, : thinking in diasporic futurities, anticipating a new horizon for : :' LALÆs community of ': ,: racialized, Queer, Trans, mad, crip and marginalized peoples in :, : a planet beyond ours. : :' Time is cyclical in the world of the album, and multiple ': ,: generations exist in parallel :, : timelines, which converge at the moment of the albumÆs creation. : :' But then they ': ,: realized that through their DO IT TOGETHER home and space, UNIT :, : 2, that they were : :' already creating that world with amazing musicians, dancers, ': ,: visual artists, actors, :, : playwrights, poets, community organizers and audiences who : :' became friends. ': ,: æIn our madness, our sorrow, our joy, our resilience, we escape :, : into timeliness : :' and multiple dimensions that allow us to transcend, beyond our ': ,: words, our :, : thoughts, our bodies. Transcending, thatÆs what weÆve been : :' doingÆ Dark Beings, ': ,: is about this experience. :, : : :' ': ,: :, : This album was heavily influenced by electronic music (hiphop, : :' house and ': ,: techno) and LALÆs history which is about inclusitivioty and :, : freedom. LAL : :' continues to create electronic musicÆs initial vision of ': ,: creating spaces where :, : people come together to feel safer, dance, explore sexuality, : :' take care ': ,: of each other, and collectively heal. æDark BeingsÆ reflects the :, : continued : :' resilience of our communities. LAL is also drawing from more ': ,: experimental :, : sonic influences from a broad range of sources- such as ambient : :' space noise ': ,: recorded by satellites. In bringing all these influences :, : together, LAL wants to : :' create an ethereal soundscape reverberating with cosmic ': ,: harmonies. :, : The cover work was created by friends and artists Syrus Marcus : :' Ware, inspired ': ,: by the photo taken by Calvin Hudson Hwang, and designed by :, : typotherapy. Dark : :' Beings was mixed by Jim Anderson (Cold Specks), and mastered by ': ,: Jedi Mastering. :, : NicÆs brother, Phen Ray, produced the songs Momentary Feelings : :' and Stay Right, ': ,: featuring ôAjah UKÆs Yorkshire born Muslim Lesbianö Jaheda :, : Choudhury-Potter. : :' These 8 songs are magic in the number, magic in the people who ': ,: dreamt it, :, : magic in the community who show up, magic in the way we try. We : :' are Magic. ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 9 \/