{"id":205613,"date":"2021-03-18T22:48:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/torontos-obuxum-creates-her-own-sonic-past-and-future\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T22:48:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:48:48","slug":"torontos-obuxum-creates-her-own-sonic-past-and-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/torontos-obuxum-creates-her-own-sonic-past-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"#Toronto\u2019s Obuxum creates her own sonic past and future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34d5c92c3df\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/torontos-obuxum-creates-her-own-sonic-past-and-future\/#The_producer_shares_her_earliest_influences_and_how_Afro-futurism_informs_her_work\" >The producer shares her earliest influences and how Afro-futurism informs her work.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Toronto\u2019s Obuxum creates her own sonic past and future<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_producer_shares_her_earliest_influences_and_how_Afro-futurism_informs_her_work\"><\/span>The producer shares her earliest influences and how Afro-futurism informs her work.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-220885\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OBUXUM-Photo1_zdurus\/yung-yemi.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Toronto\u2019s Obuxum creates her own sonic past and future\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Yung Yemi.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-220884\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            If you\u2019ve never heard the work of Toronto-based OBUXUM before, the Somali-Canadian producer herself would describe it as a narrative journey that requires active listening. Part industrial synths and part smoothed-out electro R&amp;B, her genre-defying music is as diverse as it is richly political. Her mostly-instrumental projects use vocal samples like Viola Davis\u2019 acceptance speech at the 2015 Golden Globes and a woman reporting on gender-based violence in Somalia as its lyrical backbone atop fluttering production, giving her music its pulsing, ugent core. \u201cThere\u2019s so much that I pack within a song: there\u2019s a lot of details, texture, space, and colors,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n<p>            Before releasing her first two projects, H.E.R. and the 2020 Polaris Prize long-listed Re-Birth, OBUXUM knew she wanted to make music once she learned about the notion of sampling. \u201cI really loved that idea &#8211; and ultimately I wanted to explore it,\u201d she said, counting J Dilla, Fela Kuti, Tokimonsta, and her mother among her earliest influences. \u201c[My mother] told me: \u2018If God gave you a gift, use it\u2019&#8230;I wasn\u2019t raised in a musical household where I saw folks making music &#8211; I later learned that the gift was a privilege that I have, which is access to a laptop, and musical gear, and I try to make the best of it.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-220891\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-220890\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            With airplay on shows like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/trackclk\/N7492.2371700CUEDIGITALMEDIA_CAN\/B25253371.294615899;dc_trk_aid=487938948;dc_trk_cid=145271255;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;gdpr=%24%7BGDPR%7D;gdpr_consent=%24%7BGDPR_CONSENT_755%7D\">CBC\u2019s The Block<\/a>, the producer spent much of 2020 sharing Re-Birth with a virtual audience, playing a set for the live streamed version of MUTEK electronic music festival last fall. Most recently, the producer\u2019s original music and sound design landed in a new video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, Bravery Network Online, after the game\u2019s creators reached out to her to take the lead. \u201cI was very shocked and nervous, but I said yes because they placed heavy emphasis on the music being lead by me and that my voice is crucial. It was a beautiful challenge that I am proud of,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>            The FADER spoke to the producer about Afro-futurism, connecting with her audience and telling her own stories.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>The FADER: When you released Re-Birth in 2019, you shared a caption on Instagram about the album and said you were creating \u201cdeliberate little worlds that tell numerous stories\u201d as opposed to a regular beat tape. With that in mind, how do you think your <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to production is different?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>            <b>OBUXUM: <\/b> I don\u2019t box my work within a particular genre and I make sure that whenever I release a body of work, it shows my own experimentation but also how music is limitless. Each track on that particular album tells its own stories, and they have their own feel and their own pace.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Why has it been so important for you to incorporate parts of your identity into your work?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>OBUXUM:<\/b> It allows me to unpack experiences and investigate myself more. It\u2019s a form of documentation in a way, where I\u2019m really able to sit with and express myself honestly. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>I feel like you explore a lot of Afro-futurist themes in your work. How has that had an impact on how you create?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>OBUXUM:<\/b> It gave me the freedom to imagine limitlessly while using music as a medium. I also thought about how I want to exist as OBUXUM &#8211; and having Afro-futurism in mind, I use it as a tool to place emphasis on my existence as a black woman telling my ancestral stories, and how I exist within the universe.  I never imagined seeing someone like me, who is Somali, in music. Afro-futurism gave me that lens that I can imagine and ultimately exist unapologetically.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>There\u2019s also a heavy political element to your music. How closely connected do you see your own art to revolutionary ideas, figures, and moments?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>OBUXUM:<\/b> One of the reasons why I feel that my art is connected is because I am breaking boundaries and norms just by existing as a music producer who is Somali and a woman. You do not see many women that are producers and engineers because there\u2019s a constant erasure of that within the music industry. I make it known through the intention of the output of my work that you cannot erase me and you will see me, whether or not you like it. by the boldness of my covers, how I resist being categorized as making one kind of music. I really do give thanks to the Black and Brown women for giving me this inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Obviously, we\u2019re all missing shows and festivals, and you\u2019ve played at places like MUTEK Montreal, Wavelength Festival, Toronto PRIDE, and Venus Fest. What does that audience connection feel like?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>OBUXUM:<\/b> It fuels me. Just being able to be on a stage, where I am actually sharing with folks in real life, outside of the internet is an incredible feeling. There\u2019s nothing like it, to be honest, I am able to translate everything that I felt while creating those songs with people. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Last question! What\u2019s your dream collaboration?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>OBUXUM:<\/b> Whew! One of my dream collaborations is to have a song with FKA Twigs and Kelela.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-220886\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>Be sure to tune into The Block, Monday to Friday nights at 7 p.m. across Canada \/ 7:30 p.m. in Newfoundland on  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio?radio_one=toronto&amp;cbc_music=toronto\">CBC Music<\/a>. Episodes can also be streamed anytime on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/trackclk\/N7492.2371700CUEDIGITALMEDIA_CAN\/B25253371.294615899;dc_trk_aid=487938948;dc_trk_cid=145271255;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;gdpr=%24%7BGDPR%7D;gdpr_consent=%24%7BGDPR_CONSENT_755%7D\">CBC Listen <\/a>.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Sajae Elder<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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