Ban - Stories of Censorship

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Label
Azica Records
Release Date
September 5, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jasmine Barnes, Mark Buller, Erberk Eryilmaz, Allison Loggins-Hull, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Marty R
    • PERFORMER
      Apollo Chamber Players, George Takei, Allison Loggins-Hull, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Homayoun Sakhi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 05, 2025
    • UPC
      787867138526
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ACD-71385
    • LABEL
      Azica Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. The Book of Names (version for narrator and string quartet)

      Composer: Marty Regan

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

      Performer: George Takei

    2. Ban

      Composer: Allison Loggins-Hull

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

      Performer: Allison Loggins-Hull

    3. I. Prelude

      Composer: Mark Buller

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

    4. II. Through the Rye

      Composer: Mark Buller

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

    5. III. Unstuck in Time

      Composer: Mark Buller

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

    6. IV. Night and Day on the River

      Composer: Mark Buller

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

    7. V. Daisy and Jay

      Composer: Mark Buller

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

    8. Revise?

      Composer: Jasmine Barnes

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

      Performer: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, Errin Hatter, Jolie Rocke, LeAnn Broadous-Bowers, Kaci Timmons, Wayne Ashley, Kenneth Gayle, Antoine Griggs, Gabriel Walker

    9. Arman (Hope)

      Composer: Homayun Sakhi

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

      Performer: Homayun Sakhi, Rakhvinder Singh

    10. Quantopia / The Thought Police

      Composer: DJ Spooky

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

      Performer: DJ Spooky

    11. Sis Cani / Fog Bell

      Composer: Erberk Eryılmaz

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players

      Performer: Melih Cevdet Anday, Gökberk Eryılmaz, Erberk Eryılmaz, Jesús Pacheco

    12. The Book of Names (version for string quartet)

      Composer: Marty Regan

      Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players


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.