Djevarian by The Anté Dote

"Djevarian" is an album by Djevara's Anté Bassey (aka The Anté Dote). The album started life as the roots for the next chapter in the Djevara story, album 4, picking up from where "Hear No Evil" ended. However it soon took on a life of its own and it became apparent that it would make more sense to produce this as an off-shoot work, while using the opportunity to invite musical guests drawn largely from among those Djevara consider their extended family from the DIY/underground scene and beyond. The result will (hopefully!) be an exciting spin on the Djevara world.

The record also harks back to Djevara's early campaigning origins; all funds raised from sales of this record will go towards projects which aim to help the most vulnerable victims of war and poverty in the developing world, with the emphasis on women and children who tend to suffer disproportionately; the former from violence, rape and systematic lack of representation and justice, the latter from having their childhoods stolen or being brutalized into becoming child soldiers. These are issues I feel very strongly about and I very much hope that apart from raising some money to help the victims, with this record and associated works I'll also be able to do my bit to bring about a bit more appreciation about the role our relentless consumerism in The West plays in fueling the conflicts which exacerbate these perennial problems eg the conflicts over the minerals in the Congo which are essential for our ever-expanding digital and mobile technologies.

Examples of organizations doing or highlighting the kind of work which this project shall support (though not necessarily the specifics ones funds will go to) include :
V-DAY http://www.vday.org (see http://www.vday.org/contents/drcongo)
WAR CHILD http://www.warchild.org

If you have suggestions as about projects that these funds could support, feel free to get in touch.

Check out the micro-site : http://djevara.net/Djevarian

PLEASE NOTE: Though originally scheduled for release March 2013, due to illness and other unfortunate occurrences this release is quite far behind schedule. Thanks for your support and bearing with me! A x

Tracklist

2.	Radio Underground	6:21

3.	This Deafening Silence	5:29

6.	Nothing To Hide	5:08

7.	Courage Of Our Convictions	7:41

8.	Punk Is Not A Sound	1:43

9.	Anna Politkovskaya Did Not Die In Vain	3:57

10.	Cure For A Thousand Ills	5:03

11.	Islander	5:39

12.	No Place Like Home	7:37

13.	Radio Overground	3:16

Credits

released September 16, 2013

Album concept, lyrics, original music and artwork by Anté (except where indicated)
All instruments performed by Anté except where guests feature (visit micro-site djevara.net/Djevarian for more info)...

Featured guests:
Joe Manger, Anton Sh, Francesco Fonte, Philip Hager, Jill Sellner, Emma Divine, Rachel Woodworth, JD Baines, Spike, Zakh Green, Geoff Courts, Gemma Gayner, Andy K, Benni, Chris Shepperson, Regé Page, Tose Page

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child soldier photo is a derivative of a photo by Pierre Holtz (UNICEF) - original released/derivative re-released under Creative Commons license.
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en_GB

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.