Like everyone else within reach of global media on the week January 12, 2010, the members of the Burnt

Sugar collective were horrified and saddened by news of the massive earthquake which catastrophically struck the island of Haiti. In its disastrous wake came the loss of 250,000 lives and the ongoing terror, displacement, hunger and grief for those of Haiti’s people left to fend for themselves in the continuous aftermath. While many of us immediately made individual contributions to relief efforts, we have also now been guided by the conscience and imagination of our good friend (and graphic design maven) Amy Gail to present this compilation of music by Burnt Sugar and its members to Haiti’s survival and rebirth. A pivotal mecca for Black Atlantic culture in this hemisphere, especially in the realms of mysticism, music and visual art, Haiti has also, since the 18th century, been an inspiration for all struggling worldwide for justice and self-determination against those with anti-democratic imperialistic designs on their people and land. Those seeking evidence of how much damage a ‘small axe’ can do to a ‘big tree’ need look no further than the San Domingo revolution which gave Haiti its independence in 1804.

Saxophonist Albert Ayler long recognized music as the ‘healing force of the universe’. It is our hope that Burnt Sugar’s humble offering-whose profi ts will be gained solely through dona tions to the Haitian-based med ical aid orga ni za tion Zanmi Las ante (Part ners in Health) - will build on Ayler’s idea artistically and spiritually to lend energy, inspiration and even greater global empathy to the resurrection of Haiti’s people and their nation’s infrastructure, social institutions and civil society.

~ Greg Tate

Musical Director & Conductor Burnt Sugar the Arkesra Chamber www.BurntSugarIndex.com/Mizik

Every society has their medicine men and women whose bag of juju is music. The universality of music

in part defines our humanity. “Mizik Pou Dwa Moun” (Music for Human Rights) covers the gamut of alternative sounds produced in the global North. The compilation of songs and instrumentals on this two CD set was designed to repair the spirits of the living and re-member the 300,000 dead as a result of the greatest single calamity nature has bestowed on humanity in modern times, the first epic disaster of the 21st Century: the 7.6 rector scale earthquake that devastated Central Haiti. Yet in some truly twisted bit of faith, like some “junk yard jewel, hidden in trash” – the shunned discard of 19th century imperialism, the would-be poster child of this era’s Neo-liberal garbage heap, reading the cue cards of an inept Haitian President Rene Preval and the latest “White King of La Gonave,” gatekeeper, former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton, we Haitians in our Homeland and Diaspora are “doing what we got to do to get what we need to get...” and we are continuing the Haitian Revolution, Section 1, Part III.

Music always the balm of our souls and its fire, from the Musik Racine, (roots music) that personifies the second phase of Haitian Revolution, the Dechoukaj, ministered under the twice disrupted administrations of President Jean Bertrand Aristide to the sacred de-votional music that lead us to slay the dragons of enslavement and inhumanity between 1764 and 1803, Haitian devotional music, the sacred rhythms of Vodou, (the dance to the ancestors) always carried our message of liberation.

This music reminds us of those many paths traversed from joy to lamentation, popular ballads to jazz enable us to remember... especially those who loved us, those we lost, those we were forcibly separated from, those we refuse to forget.

And for the unseen spirits among us, the envisib; mysté; zanj listen-ing to these tunes, now “singing songs never sung” who will not allow us to be forgotten, you who shaped the Haitian imagination and the imagination of the world, be you daughters of Kongoland, regents of Dahomey or a the progeny of the palest flowers among us, keeping singing those songs into our heads. Nou mem mem mem, you my people: defecting royal, elite gentry or proud peasant; slum-dweller; nameless, faceless cacao-skinned, coconut leaf child – however you got us here in the Americas, whisper those songs of Afrik Ginen, Moth-erland of all humanity to us.

You, the healing voices inside our heads crossed the Middle Passage come pouring your hearts inside us. You who spat blood in the cry-ing seas, flung from ships boughs or captive stepping on sad soil whose pulse is unknown between your toes. We honor you with these songs. And you wedged in the rubble, praying with the saints, the lwas, orisa, God and the damned, waiting to be rescued... And finally you who responded digging in your pockets, your food pantries, clos-ets, hearts, your souls to help us in need, lets us all sing the songs we know and those songs we had never song before with love, grace, compassion and Burnt Sugar. Ayibobo!

~ Dowoti Désir Manbo Asogwe Ogun Taskforce for Haïti March TwentyTen

Drops Of RainSatch HoytSatch Hoyt - Vocals, keyboards, percussion; Philippe Lenzini - Guitar, programming; Jason Dimatteo - Accoustic Bass. Produced by Satch Hoyt & Philippe Lenzini; Engineered by Philippe Lenzini; Mixed by Dan Huron; Lyrics - S, Hoyt.Music - S, Hoyt - P, Lenzini Hybridica Songs Ascap. Sacem.

StarsMicah GaughHayato Nakao - programming; Micah Gaugh - keyboards and vocals; Danny Chavis - Guitar; Joe Chris - programming engineer; Leon Gruenbaum - engineer.

Don’t Forget To Turn Off The LightsThe Perfect Man feat SecretaryMoist Paula Henderson - bari sax; Dave ‘Smoota’ Smith - all other instruments Written by: David W. Smith, Paula Henderson © 2010 SmootzillaMusic(ASCAP) smootzilla@gmail.com

Can’t Figure Out CrazyAndré Lassalle & Sherry ScottSherry Scott - vocals; Aaron Whitby - Keys; Guitars - André Lassalle; Music - André Lassalle; Lyrics - Roland Gindler © 2007 ydnalor inc.

In a HoleBrazz TreeMazz Swift - violin and vocals; Brad Hammonds - 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars; Alan Camlet - drums, percussion & sequencing; Pete Thompson - electric guitar & bass Lyrics - Mazz Swift;

Music - Brad Hammonds & Mazz Swift

Junkyard JewelMaya AzucenaMaya Azucena - vocals; Christian Ver Halen - guitar; Ivan Katz - percussion; - Jason DiMatteo - bass; Tarrah Reynolds - violin; David Gotay - cello; Written: M. Azucena for Azucena Songs/ASCAP & C. Ver Halen for Rooftop Earthtone Music/BMI; Produced by: Great Waters Music, M. Azucena, C. Ver Halen & Ivan Katz. Courtesy of Purpose Records.

The Woman On The RadioThe Citizens Mark Lesseraux - vocals & Keyboards; Jason DiMatteo - bass; Thom Loubet - guitar; John Bollinger - drums; Katherine Miller - keyboards; Written - The Citizens; Recorded in Reuben’s basement in Brooklyn by The Citizens SESAC From the EP Lightheaded available at www.CitizensMusic.com for whatever you want to pay.

My Darling What a ShameMoist Paula HendersonProduced & Performed by Moist Paula Henderson in her bedroom, Brooklyn, NY

DigISWHATNapoleonSolo - vox & beatbox; Sir Jac Walker - sax & vox; Joe Fonda - double bass; Chris Walker - electric bass; Chris Comer - keys; Hamid Drake - drums; Produced - NapoleonSolo; written - N. Maddox, J. Fonda & J.Walker; Mastered by Bob Power.

Takin You BackDayton FlicJustice Dilla-X - vocals; Chris Bowman - guitar; synth guitar, programming; Jared Michael Nickerson - bass; written by: Bowman & Nickerson. Recorded by: Chris Bowman at CB’s Studio - Dayton, Ohio & Eric Ronick at Thin Man Studios, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York www.daytonflic.com

God is BlackBurnt Sugar the Arkestra ChamberJustice Dilla-X - vox; Rene Akan, Greg Tate - guitars; Jared Michael Nickerson - elec bass; Jason DiMatteo - acoustic bass; Chris Eddleton - drums; - Myles Reilly - piano; Satch Hoyt - flute. Words & Music -Greg Tate; Conduction & Production -Greg Tate; Recording - Eric Ronick for Thinman Studios, DUMBO Brooklyn; Mixing - Tate & Ronick; Executive Producer - Jared Michael Nickerson From the Burnt Sugar release: “More Than Posthuman; Rise of the Mojosexual Cotillion”

Hope (The Reason Why)JeremiahRaymond Angry - keys; Lonnie Christian - drums; SteveStyles - bass; Willie Brown, Jr. - guitar; String Programming - Vince Jackson; Background vocals - Jeremiah & Parker Brown. Written & Produced by Jeremiah Recorded at East Side Sound; Engineer: Marc Urselli; Mixing Engineer: Vince Jackson; Mastering Engineer: Joe Yannece (Allmiahsmusic ASCAP)

Held in FaithBurnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber (feat. Lisala)Lisala, Justice Dilla-X, Jeremiah - vox; Jason DiMatteo - acoustic bass; Jared Michael Nickerson - elec bass; Trevor Holder, Chris Eddelton - drums; Rene Akan - guitar; Julia Kent - cello; Mazz Swift - violin; Matana Roberts - alto sax; Petre Radu-Scafaru - tenor sax; Lewis ‘Flip’ Barnes trumpet; Satch Hoyt - flute/percussion; Bruce Mack - synth; Vijay Iyer piano/synth; Greg Tate - Conduction Monitors - Phillippe Caillaux; Board Recording - Tiburce De Lumbé; Stage Manager - José Branco; Tech Dir - Eric Sez; Mastering - Peter Karl. From the Burnt Sugar release: “Not April in Paris; Live from Banlieus Bleues”

The Dry SpellWill MartinaJustice Dilla-X - vocals; Will Martina - cello produced by: Will Martina From the album “The Dry Spell” by Will Martina, featuring Justice Dilla-X and Nasheet Waits

Bizarre DisambiguationBruce MackComposed, arranged & performed by Bruce Mack © 2010 Publishing - Twang Schoomp Music, BMI

Demolition HuntMeret KoehlerComposition & drums - Meret Koehler From CD and DVD “Noise Sanitation Plant” www.Meretkoehler.com

The Necktie KillerThe Perfect Man Dave ‘Smoota’ Smith - all instruments; Written by - David W. Smith © 2010 Smootzilla Music (ASCAP) smootzilla@gmail.com

Wretched of The Earth Page 88 Burnt Sugar the Arkestra ChamberRene Akan - composition/guitars; Micah Gaugh - vocals/lyrics (adapted from a poem by Aime Cesaire); Jared Michael Nickerson - elec bass; Meret Koehler - drums; Napoleon Maddox - MPC2000 From the Burnt Sugar release: “More Than Posthuman; Rise of the Mojosexual Cotillion”

Calling All Spirits, Calling All PoetsAvram Fefer Trio

AF - saxes, bass clarinet; Eric Revis - Bass; Igal Foni - drums; AF - composition Title track from CD “Calling All Spirits, Calling All Poets”

Vodou for PeaceLadell Mclin and Swiss ChrisLadell Mclin - Guitars; Alex Craven - Bass; Swiss Chris - Drums. Written & Produced By Ladell Mclin and Swiss Chris S.W.I.S.S.organization.org

Exhibit ABurnt Sugar the Arkestra ChamberRene Akan - guitar/composition; Chris Eddleton - drums From the Burnt Sugar release: “More Than Posthuman; Rise of the Mojosexual Cotillion”

Baby 81MoisturizerMoist Paula Henderson - bari sax; Moist Gina Rodriguez - bass; Yoshio Kobayashi - drums. Produced by Richard Nichols; Engineered by Jon Smeltz at The Studio, Philadelphia; Mastered by Victor Van Vugt

Dominata / SeranataThe Destruction of Black CivilizationGreg Tate - laptop; Rene Akan - guitar

Spartacus Free the Slaves!Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber (feat: Kirk Douglas)Greg Tate - conduction and production; Kirk Douglas -guitar solo; Vijay Iyer - piano; Bruce Mack - synth; Jared Michael Nickerson - elec bass; Jason DiMatteo - acoustic bass; Qasim Naqvi, Swiss Chris, Eric Eigner - drums; elec violin - Simi. From the Burnt Sugar release: “Blood on the Leaf”

A Song of HopeBT3 Ben Tyree - Guitar; Theo Harden: Bass; Lawrence Qualls: Drums Composition: Ben Tyree Recorded Live @ Rose Live Music, Brooklyn, NY. December 17, 2009 © 2009, Sonic Architectures (ASCAP)

Musical Programming Greg Tate

Wrangling & Art Amy Gail