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Sublime Frequencies has a mission statement. The Seattle-based record label specializes in “acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers.” Their fare ranges from Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 to Ethnic Minority Music of Northwest Xinjiang. Label co-founder Hisham Mayet is also a filmmaker, and will screen and discuss two of his works at Fête, 103 Dike St, Providence. The Divine River: Ceremonial Pageantry In the Sahel details the “music, ritual, life, and landscape along the Niger River”; Vodoun Gods On the Slave Coast explores West African possession ceremonies in Benin, the “birthplace of voodoo.” The event will also feature Robert Jaz DJing from the Sublime Frequencies catalog. The exotica begins at 8 pm | $10 | 401.383.1112 | fetemusic.com
with screenings of two films by Hisham Mayet [Vodoun Gods On the Slave Coast and The Divine River: Ceremonial Pageantry In the Sahel, a Q&A with Mayet, and Robert Jaz DJing music by Sublime Frequencies bands, including Group Doueh, Group Inerane, and Group Bombino
