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As with any online trend, seapunk is probably fleeting. Chino Amobi, an artist from Richmond, Va., who makes electronic music under the name Diamond Black Hearted Boy, has already shifted from seapunk to slimepunk. "It's the toxic waste of 2012," he said. On March 9, Mr. Amobi will hold a slimepunk
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As Diamond Black Hearted Boy, Amobi became part of an underground scene of musicians using electronic production techniques to create a subgenre of sound collage dubbed "epic collage". "Nigerian Hair," a Diamond Black Hearted Boy track, appeared on
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tells us, but the only way to understand this is to embrace it fully, to stare into the void, to get on all the fairground rides, even though you already feel sick and all the colours are wrong."
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he realized he had used the name as a "mask," and "I didn't want to hide behind a mask and that I wanted to claim ownership of what I was making, to be able to face someone as me without an
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called the EP "a sonic illustration of the tensions felt by non-white travellers in today's surveillance society." Later that year, NON held a performance at the
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music with his brother, who is now a rapper under the name Chichi the Eternal. He favored music with an immersive, world-building quality, naming
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By 2015, Amobi stopped using the Diamond Black Hearted Boy moniker for his new music, instead releasing work under his own name. Amobi told
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Music by Amobi was featured in "Gidi gidi bụ ugwu eze (Unity is strength)", a short film directed by Akinola Davies Jr. for fashion house
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While at art school, Amobi began releasing music under the alias Diamond Black Hearted Boy. His early music was self-released through
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praised it as "an extraordinary record: utterly grandiose, pulsing and punishing." Comparing the album's soundscape to the works of
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community in Virginia to his family. He has also recalled his travels to Nigeria as a significant early artistic influence.
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Amobi shared more thoughts and visual art about slimepunk in an interview with Charlotte McManus, who also interviewed
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rave in Brooklyn during the Arts Not Fair. "It's going to be the saddest rave you've ever been to."
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create, I want my work to be an extension of me." An early Amobi project under his own name was a
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is a 'God,' DBHB is a fallen god languishing in some weird purgatory, and his collected work is a
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for even greater degrees of alienation." Harper compared the tape's music to a subverted form of
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into American life, Amobi's parents did not teach their children to speak their native
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The Great Game: Freedom From Mental Poisoning (The Purification of The Furies)
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The Great Game: Freedom From Mental Poisoning (The Purification of The Furies)
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As a child, Amobi pursued art and learned to make music through software like
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Festival New York. Amobi contributed to two of his friends' albums in 2016:
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growing up in America and said "I can't speak Igbo so I never fully felt
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written by Amobi, "NON SUPPORTS ITS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED RESISTANCE".
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NON Worldwide, and has released albums on the label that include
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in 1984 and grew up in Virginia. Amobi's parents emigrated from
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Contemporary artist, musician, painter, label founder, director
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named the album the year's third-best avant-garde release.
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That same year, Amobi—along with the musicians Nkisi, from
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like it was TV channels on a concave wood-paneled screen,
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the release of the year in its annual critics' poll.
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Directed by Rick Farin and rendered in 215:with a plan to transfer to undergraduate 1616:"Rewind 2017: Releases of the Year 1–50" 1243:Iadarola, Alexander (October 13, 2015). 1820:Virginia Commonwealth University alumni 1418:from the original on September 10, 2017 893: 891: 723: 700: 599:), and the poetry of Elysia Crampton." 1780:American musicians of Nigerian descent 1546:Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (March 2, 2017). 1033:"Chino Amobi's Rerouted Ambient Music" 832:from the original on February 13, 2017 774:"The Artful Dissonance of Chino Amobi" 1527:from the original on February 2, 2017 876:from the original on October 27, 2017 814:Raihani, Nadine (December 12, 2016). 512:Amobi made his solo vinyl debut with 254:Diamond Black Hearted Boy (2009–2014) 7: 1830:American artists of Nigerian descent 1511:"Chino Amobi makes vinyl debut with 1509:Ediriwira, Amar (February 2, 2017). 1441:Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City 1224:from the original on August 13, 2015 1099:McManu, Charlotte (March 15, 2012). 731: 729: 727: 565:WELCOME TO PARADISO: CITY IN THE SEA 484:Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City 1590:NON Worldwide/UNO NYC DL/LP/MC/USB" 1548:"Chino Amobi Announces Debut Album 1313:"Chino Amobi: Iron sharpening iron" 1292:from the original on August 5, 2015 1031:Trammell, Matthew (July 24, 2017). 935:"JTCC Students Making a Difference" 459:. According to Matthew Trammell at 1825:21st-century American LGBTQ people 1723:from the original on July 12, 2018 1687:from the original on July 12, 2018 1564:from the original on March 8, 2017 1459:from the original on July 19, 2016 1325:from the original on June 21, 2017 1259:from the original on July 12, 2018 1188:from the original on March 8, 2012 1144:from the original on March 8, 2012 1111:from the original on July 18, 2012 1080:from the original on July 11, 2018 1009:from the original on July 11, 2018 914:from the original on June 15, 2018 750:from the original on July 11, 2018 14: 1805:Musicians from Richmond, Virginia 1709:Darville, Jordan (July 4, 2018). 1385:from the original on May 21, 2016 1068:Ressler, Darren (June 24, 2009). 995:Hall, Malik (November 16, 2017). 976:from the original on July 2, 2016 898:Joyce, Colin (February 4, 2016). 788:from the original on May 18, 2017 534:, Power wrote "odernity is Hell, 1478:Pattison, Louis (October 2017). 1404:Gorton, Thomas (June 30, 2016). 1278:Saxelby, Ruth (August 3, 2015). 1210:Harper, Adam (August 11, 2015). 738:"Chino Amobi's Day-Glo Brooklyn" 280:that prized aquatic aesthetics: 225:Virginia Commonwealth University 1815:People from Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1810:Artists from Richmond, Virginia 1795:American experimental musicians 1654:from the original on 2018-07-13 1437:Lozano, Kevin (July 18, 2016). 1049:from the original on 2017-07-14 736:Davis, Ben (October 27, 2010). 441:In 2016, Amobi released the EP 392:". He released a collaborative 1800:21st-century American painters 1673:Kolada, Brian (July 9, 2018). 1642:"20 Best Avant Albums of 2017" 1371:Stabler, Brad (May 20, 2016). 1311:Ryce, Andrew (June 16, 2016). 1130:Detrick, Ben (March 2, 2012). 1101:"Culture/Art/Music: Slimepunk" 1: 1790:American electronic musicians 456:Ambient 1: Music for Airports 262:. Amobi was quoted in a 2012 237:. In 2019, Amobi completed a 187:. In high school, Amobi made 1344:Muggs, Joe (December 2016). 1174:Harper, Adam (May 7, 2014). 772:Kelly, Chris (May 8, 2017). 664:As Diamond Black Hearted Boy 657:Airport Music for Black Folk 443:Airport Music For Black Folk 352:Airport Music For Black Folk 213:John Tyler Community College 173:first-generation PlayStation 114:Airport Music for Black Folk 1347:"Territorial Support Group" 100:(born 1984), also known as 49:1984 (age 39–40) 1846: 578:Garden of Earthly Delights 1583:Power, Nina (June 2017). 493:, the debut album of the 98:Chinonyeelu Uchechi Amobi 41:Diamond Black Hearted Boy 31:Chinonyeelu Uchechi Amobi 428:independent record label 390:They Don't Care About Us 124:Early life and education 110:independent record label 1775:Christians from Alabama 1485:Hallow Ground DL/MC/12" 940:Richmond Times-Dispatch 858:Remi (March 28, 2016). 487:by Elysia Crampton and 445:. The title alludes to 400:-based producer Rabit, 368:. In the same way that 1745:Chino Amobi's homepage 495:Sacramento, California 479:Red Bull Music Academy 287: 575:, Hieronymus Bosch's 603:Selected discography 501:(aka Dedekind Cut). 227:in 2006, graduating 148:. Amobi experienced 1483:The Expanded Domain 711:and several others. 676:Father, Protect Me. 616:— with Rabit (2015) 608:Albums and mixtapes 384:-inspired remix of 311:Father, Protect Me. 195:and musicians like 177:MTV Music Generator 106:contemporary artist 1439:"Elysia Crampton: 1137:The New York Times 945:Berkshire Hathaway 467:Music for Airports 350:NON Worldwide and 128:Amobi was born in 1520:The Vinyl Factory 972:. 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Index

Tuscaloosa
Alabama
The Vinyl Factory
contemporary artist
independent record label
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Nigeria
assimilation
Igbo
alienation
Nigerian
black American
Nigerian-American
eJay
first-generation PlayStation
Apple Inc.
GarageBand
hip hop
video game music
Nas
Wu-Tang Clan
Björk
Radiohead
John Tyler Community College
art school
doctorate
Virginia Commonwealth University
cum laude
BFA

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