Space Diaspora

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1.	Opening 00:54	buy track
2.	Made Of Love 03:52	buy track
3.	Space Diaspora 03:19	buy track
4.	Transhuman 05:49	buy track
5.	Everybody Searching 02:49	buy track
6.	The Story Of Space Diaspora 01:22	buy track
7.	Something Of The Past 03:06	buy track
8.	A New Planet Is Born 05:02	buy track
9.	Shrugging Shoulders 00:50	buy track
10.	We We We We 03:16	buy track
11.	Same Same Different 02:42	buy track
12.	Collective Information Exchange 01:47	buy track
13.	Horizon 04:07	buy track
14.	Air Bands 00:59	buy track
15.	My Tears To The Ones In The Ocean 04:07	buy track
16.	Oracle 02:08	buy track

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OY's new album is a space opera - highly danceable avant-garde, based on a core of vocal loops, electronica and drumming. It tells the story of mankind’s prosperous future on a planet called ’Space Diaspora’ on which humans finally developed the ability to learn from their mistakes.

Life on Space Diaspora is a reflection and a distortion of our own struggling world, conveying sentiments of modern alienation and transnational identity. OY's thoughtful and humorous, tongue-in-cheek approach looks back at current times from the vantage point of a chaos-driven but blooming society in our own future. A vision which elicits tears as well as smiles, and praises the huge potential of the in-between.

The Space Diaspora fable is a framework which enables OY to make use of their multiple talents and create a playful and imaginative opus, bursting with melodies carried by Joy Frempong's formidable voice. As voices have remained the strongest form of communication throughout history, the album's electronic core is built out of transformed vocal samples. They reappear in synthesized form - as melodies, chords or patterns - backing the band's reflections on transhumanism, diaspora or transculturation. The resulting sound could be described as a futuristic blend of rebellious tribal jazz and electronica, which the band call "Oyxploitation"…

"This album is an ode to those who move, and an invitation for people to let go of fears and use their imagination to travel far. After all, in spite of all technological inventions, the farthest we can travel is still with our minds."
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released September 23, 2016

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OY Berlin, Germany

OY combine their love for Electronica, Hip Hop, and Indie as confidently as they address topics of identity and transnationalism. Comprised of singer Joy Frempong and producer Melodydreamer, OY create a ‘wonderful symbiosis of driving drums, minimalist synth sounds and dreamy vocals’ (Noisey) which they have carried from their Berlin studio into the world playing over 300 shows in 20+ countries. ... more

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