5432fun

sent $$$ this week to Mixed Reality Festival & Holosuites with Ratskin Records.
gofundme.com/f/mixedrealityfestival

"Ratskin Records Holosuites is an immersive VR venue for de-colonial artists that is a refuge from the daily oppression of our lives. This project, by Oakland-based label Ratskin Records, will feature current and upcoming artists that push the boundaries of music, experimentation, healing, and self-expression in 2021 and beyond. Through years of arts-based organizing, we have found that our communities are in crisis around physical, emotional, and financial access to physical art spaces and COVID-19 has only exacerbated this crisis. As queer and trans disabled artists of color, we are often overlooked as leaders that have, in many ways, defined the cultural output of the Bay Area. We archive underrepresented experiences and create social relevance through our own narratives. We share a value of collective liberation that gives us the integrity, passion, and inside knowledge needed to develop a platform that responds to the needs of our communities.

Our goal is to pay and provide material resources for artists whose work lies on the margins of mainstream consumption. Our creative communities are made up of many marginalized identities who are attempting to navigate a myriad of obstacles centered around access. Some of those obstacles include: spread of COVID-19 for immunocompromised folks, inaccessible venue entrances for wheelchair users, gender-based harassment for Trans and non-binary folks, race-based violence specifically targeted towards Black and Indigenous people, and other forms of identity-based oppression that not only affect participants lives but their ability to enjoy music events. Ratskin is curation centered in this practice and provides resources for artists to create self-determined spaces.

Our work is multifaceted as we utilize multiple avenues to address issues and focalize accountability around racism, transphobia, classism, ableism and other systems that affect access. Ratskin Records Holosuites addresses the problem of inaccessible venues by offering an interactive, digital alternative to gathering in physical spaces. The need for access solutions is even more pressing as we collectively navigate a global pandemic. We aim to increase accessibility to art and music through creating a digital realm that helps our community stay connected despite the confines of shelter-in-place. By allowing participants to engage on their own terms, Ratskin Records Holosuites lowers the barriers to arts participation by creating a curated, immersive space where both the audience and the artist are able to control their participation from their chosen locations."

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(intro by omar)
Child's Pose "Caroline" S/T
The Saxophones "Alone Again" Songs of The Saxophones
The Spires "To Complicate Matters" To Complicate Matters
Wives "Eclipse" Doomsday
Kississippi "Cut Yr Teeth" Sunset Blush
SILVER DAPPLE "Intuables" Moody Boots
Climax Landers "Freedom Property Contradiction Man" Early Autumn
Mia Friedman "Like the Moon" Little Devils
Qualcomm Stadium "Q&R" Tank EP
Laura Veirs "Everybody Needs You" The Lookout
Lunar Vacation "Blue Honey" Swell
Dear Nora "White Fur" Skulls Example
Pre Nup "The Grudge" Oh Well
Like a Villain "Coal" Mussel EP
Follies "Pride" Still Life
Trash Knife "Locked Out" Split w/ Dumb Vision
Wimps "Giant Brain" Garbage People
The Misty Mountain Pony Club "Hello Trouble" just me & the moon
Dominic Angelella "Emotional Businessman" Goodnight, Doggies.
Jenny Hval "The Dreamer Is Everyone in Her Dream" The Long Sleep EP