Change Request | Land Of Disillusion Feat. Keter Darker
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Inspired by the iconic life and work of Chicago Acid House innovator Armando Gallop, Change Request aka Andrew Emil teams up with the venerable Keter Darker to paint a vivid tribute to the city’s deep and spiritual Blackness of its historic southside with “Land Of Disillusion”.
An homage to "Land Of Confusion", this story sees Chicago poet Keter Darker reminiscing of his childhood growing up in the Roseland neighborhood, vividly illuminating the sites and sounds and he feels on an afternoon visit back to the place that formed his most seminal and impressionable years.
A true Chicago Acid House journey, “Land Of Disillusion” is everything you expect in a project from these two Chicago House Music stalwarts—raw, gritty, and visceral—with enough mood to lose yourself in the intoxicating groove.
Southside Soliloquy
By Keter Darker
here I am
I still remember
Evergreen Plaza.
Ford City.
Riveroaks.
just to be clear
I pride myself
on my roots
those roots
made the branches
of my life
not in the way
that some
may posture
or align
with
the
notions of
black
hardship
as
somehow
authentic
blackness
while
that is there
for me
it isn't
the entirety
what really
stands out
more
was
the
love
Evergreen Plaza.
Ford City.
Riveroaks.
the black love
of my block
of my neighbors
the families
the elders
the children
the old folks
that sold candy
out of their homes
as we walked to school
the dirt road alleys
the distance sounds of trains
the manufacturing
the echoing ghosts
Evergreen Plaza.
Ford City.
Riveroaks.
I remember
leaving
the southside
finding
myself
in lakeview
through this
miltonesque fall
the paradise
of a black place
was lost
not never
to be found again
very close
to leaving me
I met a man
we would chat
he said
I was an expat
the truth
and
it’s weight
condensed
into
mere words
pricked me
Evergreen Plaza.
Ford City.
Riveroaks.
here I am
I still remember
the sweet air
the dandelions of summer
the black children
running
unafraid
alive and loved
here I am
I still remember
Evergreen Plaza.
Ford City.
Riveroaks.
