Lamin Fofana:
Doubleworld 

Join us for an evening dedicated to the intense listening of Lamin Fofana’s new album Doubleworld. Inbetween selections from the album, author Binyavanga Wainaina and music journalist Lisa Blanning will talk with Fofana about the concepts, ideas, and inspirations behind the project.

Lamin’s debut album Doubleworld is out on 18.11.2016  via the SCI-FI & FANTASY imprint. Doubleworld addresses the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, questions of identity, the discomforting sci-fi realities of our present climate, and maintaining one’s sanity in these seismic times. More info on SCI-FI & FANTASY

“Fofana, who was born and raised in Sierra Leone and Guinea, runs the Sci-Fi & Fantasy label—home to, among other things, Lotic’s first releases. His own work is part of a dialogue between techno, as it’s broadly understood, and more abstracted forms. With the Another World EP, he attempts to link techno back to the real world, to bridge aesthetics with socio-economics, with ocean currents, with stale bread and dirty water. It’s right there in the subtitle of the third track: '(Realist Mix)'.” – Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork

“Fofana paired techno beats and nebulous pads to create instrumentals that seek to contrast the reality of our world with what’s beyond.” – Michelle Kim, The Fader

Lamin Fofana is an electronic producer and artist. His instrumental electronic music contrasts the reality of our world with what’s beyond and explores questions of movement, migration, alienation, and belonging.

Binyavanga Wainaina is a writer and journalist. He is the author of ‘How to write about Africa’ and ‘One Day I Will Write About This Place’. In 2003 he founded the literary magazine and organization Kwani? in Nairobi. Currently he is an artist in residence of the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm.

Lisa Blanning is an American writer and editor on music, art and culture. She is a former editor at The Wire Magazine, Electronic Beats and PLATOON MAGAZINE. She is especially engaged in movements in contemporary electronic music and digital art and culture. She has published cover stories for print publications and led panel discussions and artist talks for festivals and events such as Unsound, CTM, and Ableton's Loop, as well as presenting talks at institutions such as University of East London.