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Greg Tate on Mizik Pou Dwa Moun

By Burnt Sugar | Published: March 18, 2010
“Like every­one else within reach of global media on the week Jan­u­ary 12, 2010, the mem­bers of the Burnt Sugar col­lec­tive were hor­ri­fied and sad­dened by news of the mas­sive earth­quake which cat­a­stroph­i­cally struck the island of Haiti. In its dis­as­trous wake came the loss of 250,000 lives and the ongo­ing ter­ror, dis­place­ment, hunger and [...]
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“Medicine Music” by Dowoti Désir

By Burnt Sugar | Published: March 18, 2010
“Every soci­ety has their med­i­cine men and women whose bag of juju is music. The uni­ver­sal­ity of music in part defines our human­ity. ‘Mizik Pou Dwa Moun’ (Music for Human Rights) cov­ers the gamut of alter­na­tive sounds pro­duced in the global North. The com­pi­la­tion of songs and instru­men­tals on this two CD set was designed to repair the spir­its of the liv­ing and re-member the 300,000 dead as a result of the great­est sin­gle calamity nature has bestowed on human­ity in mod­ern times, the first epic dis­as­ter of the 21st Cen­tury: the 7.6 rec­tor scale earth­quake that dev­as­tated Cen­tral Haiti.
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“Mizik Pou Dwa Moun” A Burnt Sugar Collective Compilation for the People of Ayiti

By Burnt Sugar | Published: March 12, 2010
Burnt Sugar is pleased to present: "Mizik Pou Dwa Moun" (Human Rights Music). 25 songs of lamentation, meditation and joy contributed by Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber and its Collective Members. Dedicated to the memory of the souls lost and to the survival and rebirth of Haiti and her people, the album is a free download offered in exchange for your donation to the Haitian aid organization Zanmi Las­ante (Partners in Health).Contributions by: Satch Hoyt, Micah Gaugh, The Perfect Man-Dave 'Smoota' Smith (feat. Secretary), Brazz Tree, Maya Azucena, Moist Paula Henderson, The Citizens, ISWHAT, Dayton Flic, Jeremiah, Will Martina, Bruce Mack, Meret Koehler, The Avram Fefer Trio, Ladell Mclin and Swiss Chris, Moisturizer, The Destruction of Black Civilization, BT3 and Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber.
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