canadian/south african afropolitanzaki ibrahim has released a new single from her forthcoming album every opposite. something in the water is a soulful house track and is the first release from her first full-length album, which was conceived and recorded entirely in south africa. i don't know about y'all, but this is the perfect track to lose myself in after a loooooong week.
so we had this idea one day. and it grew into 'illume sessions', a mini-documentary series featuring artists and change-makers. after many misadventures in the editing lab, illume creative studio's first 'illume sessions' episode is up, and it features the brilliant shad k. it was filmed while shad was back in rwanda performing at the kigali up! festival. check it:
i learned so much working on this. and i'm so excited to be working with by brilliant partners in crime. and also: shad is awesome.
a nomadic afropolitan...a recovering procrastinator...a purveyor of awesome...a work in progress. creative director at @eeloom.
love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place
--zora neale hurston
while falling may be inevitable, it does not have to be crippling; so when I get up, it is so I might master my balance. In balance there is might. --john forté
i am deliberate and afraid of nothing
--audre lorde
[artwork credit: adapted 'wrapped in pride' by raul guerra]
