Azica Records
Ban - Stories of Censorship
$15.99
Details
- Composer
- Jasmine Barnes, Mark Buller, Erberk Eryilmaz, Allison Loggins-Hull, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Marty R
- Artist
- Apollo Chamber Players, George Takei, Allison Loggins-Hull, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Homayoun Sakhi
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Azica Records
- Released
- Sep 05, 2025
- Catalog #
- ACD-71385
- UPC
- 787867138526
About
BAN: Stories of Censorship is Apollo Chamber Players' bold musical response to rising global threats against freedom of expression. Featuring new commissions by composers from politically embattled regions-including Afghanistan, Turkey, and the U.S.-the album amplifies voices often silenced. Narrated by cultural icon George Takei, The Book of Names recalls the Japanese-American internment through music and memory. DJ Spooky's Quantopia / The Thought Police confronts disinformation and the erosion of truth in the digital age. In Revise? composer Jasmine Barnes and Houston Poet Laureate Emeritus Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton explore the distortion of Black identity in American culture. Arman (Hope) by Afghan composer Homayoun Sakhi is a lyrical reflection on artistic survival under Taliban rule, with the idea of hope at the forefront, while Turkish composer Erberk Eryilmaz's Fog Bell becomes a powerful metaphor for the role of artists as warning beacons-standing like a fog bell boldy cutting through the mist against authoritarianism and censorship. Together, these works form a musical call to conscience, reminding us that in dark times, art is both resistance and refuge.
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 The Book of Names (version for narrator and string quartet) 10:56
- Track
- 1
- Title
- The Book of Names (version for narrator and string quartet)
- Duration
- 10:56
- Composer
- Marty Regan
- Performer
- George Takei
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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2 Ban 08:38
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Ban
- Duration
- 08:38
- Composer
- Allison Loggins-Hull
- Performer
- Allison Loggins-Hull
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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3 I. Prelude 02:26
- Track
- 3
- Title
- I. Prelude
- Duration
- 02:26
- Composer
- Mark Buller
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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4 II. Through the Rye 02:23
- Track
- 4
- Title
- II. Through the Rye
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Mark Buller
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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5 III. Unstuck in Time 02:25
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. Unstuck in Time
- Duration
- 02:25
- Composer
- Mark Buller
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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6 IV. Night and Day on the River 04:42
- Track
- 6
- Title
- IV. Night and Day on the River
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Mark Buller
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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7 V. Daisy and Jay 02:20
- Track
- 7
- Title
- V. Daisy and Jay
- Duration
- 02:20
- Composer
- Mark Buller
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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8 Revise? 10:15
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Revise?
- Duration
- 10:15
- Composer
- Jasmine Barnes
- Performer
- Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Errin Hatter, Jolie Rocke, LeAnn Broadous-Bowers, Kaci Timmons, Wayne Ashley, Kenneth Gayle, Antoine Griggs, Gabriel Walker
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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9 Arman (Hope) 10:35
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Arman (Hope)
- Duration
- 10:35
- Composer
- Homayun Sakhi
- Performer
- Homayun Sakhi, Rakhvinder Singh
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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10 Quantopia / The Thought Police 07:10
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Quantopia / The Thought Police
- Duration
- 07:10
- Composer
- DJ Spooky
- Performer
- DJ Spooky
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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11 Sis Cani / Fog Bell 04:54
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Sis Cani / Fog Bell
- Duration
- 04:54
- Composer
- Erberk Eryılmaz
- Performer
- Melih Cevdet Anday, Gökberk Eryılmaz, Erberk Eryılmaz, Jesús Pacheco
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players
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12 The Book of Names (version for string quartet) 10:05
- Track
- 12
- Title
- The Book of Names (version for string quartet)
- Duration
- 10:05
- Composer
- Marty Regan
- Ensemble
- Apollo Chamber Players