Àṣẹ – a Yaruba philosophy signifying the power that makes things happen and produce change; given to Gods, ancestors, spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers, songs and prayers.
BOM Nation is a new multi cultural collaboration celebrating the meeting of two continents, taking influence from all the corners of Africa and its diaspora, blending with 25 years of Western electronic music into a melange of forward facing, leftfield afro futurism.
Lines and influences increasingly blur as roots, club culture and afro futurism are shaken up into a world of psychedelic breaks, beats and electronics that looks both forward and back.
Featuring Paper’s own Ben Davis (Flash Atkins) and Tom Lonsborough (2 Billion Beats) London poet Sirius Rush, Mali’s Luka Productions and DRC / Liverpool based percussion and vocalist Felix Ngindu from the Democratic Republic of Congo in wide-screen production, BOM Nation is the sound of now.