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Rhizomes

by Aho Ssan

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    In conjunction with the album, ‘Rhizomes’ comes complete with a set of illustrations by Kim Grano in a book release. The drawings become a hybrid language, each an emotional response to the musical half. The book contains an extended version of the album with 3 additional songs and 2 longer versions of the album songs. It also includes a sample pack by Aho Ssan, a collection of solo tracks by Elliot Blaise-Lassire, KMRU, Lamin Fofana, Brodinski & Sébastien Forrester, Valence Drake, 9T Antiope, Exzald S and Valentina Magaletti and a text by Sonia Fernández Pan. The extended version package is only accessible through the QR codes in the book.

    160 page, French fold jacket art / lyric book created by Kim Grano, Aho
    Ssan and Maziyar Pahlevan

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Aho Ssan debuts on Other People with second solo album and book ‘Rhizomes’ featuring Nicolás Jaar, Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid, clipping., Blackhaine and more

Paris based composer Aho Ssan, the artist moniker of Niamké Désiré, presents his new full-length ‘Rhizomes’ on the Other People label following his debut LP ‘Simulacrum’ (2020) and collaborative record ‘Limen’ (2022) with fellow musician KMRU.

‘Rhizomes’ was commissioned by Other People, Donaufestival and INA GRM. The project draws inspiration from a concept coined and developed between Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guatarri. The idea of an ever evolving structural model, constantly in motion and spreading out in all directions at once. It has no beginning and no end, but always remains in a middle, through which it grows and overflows.

“The root thought is the one that kills everything around itself while the rhizome is the root that stretches out to meet other roots,” Désiré explains considering the works of French writer Édouard Glissant who addresses questions of identity, crossbreeding of cultures and its evolution.

Much like the name it borrows, Aho Ssan’s ‘Rhizomes’ is a multimedia project that embarks on a myriad of disparate, unique musical and artistic partnerships. This piece adapts this concept to explore the influence of sound materials on creation, the appropriation of a sound object, and the collaborative nature of a composition that responds to modernity.

“Rhizome represents an underground stem system that fosters connections between various organisms and allows them to flourish collectively. It’s an album that celebrates collaboration and brings together a diverse group of talented artists,” Désiré continues.

Aho Ssan collaborated with a comprehensive cast of artists to create a musical rhizome including Nyokabi Kariuki, Josefa Ntjam, Blackhaine, Nicolás Jaar, Resina, Rắn Cạp Đuôi, Richie Culver, clipping., Lafawndah, KMRU, Kassel Jaeger, 9T Antiope, James Ginzburg, Exzald S, Valentina Magaletti, Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid and Mondkopf. Cooperation and community are at the root of this project and the lens through which all the compositions can be understood through.

In conjunction with the album, ‘Rhizomes’ comes complete with a set of illustrations by Kim Grano in a book release. The drawings become a hybrid language, each an emotional response to the musical half. The book contains an extended version of the album with 3 additional songs and 2 longer versions of the album songs. It also includes a sample pack by Aho Ssan and a collection of solo tracks by Elliot Blaise-Lassire, KMRU, Lamin Fofana, Brodinski & Sébastien Forrester, Valence Drake, 9T Antiope, Exzald S and Valentina Magaletti. The extended version package is only accessible through the QR codes in the book.

Aho Ssan will present ‘Rhizomes’ AV show together with visual artist Sevi Iko Dømochevsky at Berlin Atonal 2023. ’Rhizomes’ received a Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica 2023 Digital Musics & Sound Art.

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released October 6, 2023

Mixed by: James Ginzburg
Mastered by: Joker

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Aho Ssan Paris, France

Aho Ssan debuted “Simulacrum” at Berlin Atonal
2019. After studying graphic design and cinema, he
started composing electronic music and creating his
own digital instruments. Shortly thereafter Niamké
went on to win the Foundation France television
prize for his soundtrack to the 2015 film “D’Ingha
Mago,” and has since worked on several projects
affiliated with IRCAM.
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