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Larry Achiampong - Phoenix Rising

Larry Achiampong

Somerset House

Somerset House
London, United Kingdom

Commissioned by basic.fm ‘PH03NIX RISING’ represents an antithesis to Larry's audible heritage projects 'MEH MOGYA' and 'MORE MOGYA'. ‘PH03NIX RISING’ depicts a chronicle that harnesses the varied sounds that Larry's parents jammed to in their youth. By moving their lives from Ghana to a working-class, Western society in east London, Larry's parents were bound to uncover a variance of music that they experienced minimally back home.

This audio work proceeds to explore the alternate universes of sound that Larry was exposed to as a youngster including the 8-bit/16-bit era of videogame sounds and obscure film soundtracks, while re-presenting them as beats to weave a story that compliments ‘MEH MOGYA’ albeit via the mysterious pseudonym he assumes – ‘BLACK PH03NIX’…

The story of the Ph03nix aired live, every Sunday morning on basic.fm for the month of April in 2013, from 10am GMT.

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  • Title: Larry Achiampong - Phoenix Rising
  • Creator: Larry Achiampong
  • Physical Dimensions: Sculpture
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