The Black Industrial Research Group: Dubmorphology feat. John Akomfrah

Super limited white label 12" by the Trevor Mathison-related Black Industrial Research Group originally only made available at a pair of show in London and Cardiff back in November last year, and designed as a precursor to a much larger retrospective collection due in 2026. As a point of entry, it's a perfect introduction, showing the duo's (Mathison alongside Gary Stewart) overtly political interest in black futurism, highly textured dub techno and CCCs-influenced cultural theory. We get just one side of music here, but it's an epic, a constantly mutating descent into dubwise and decayed minimal electronics off-set against a powerfully delivered interview with British-Ghanaian intellectual John Akomfrah. Honestly, I'd take it for Akomfrah's performance alone, but when allied with BIRG astute production, the result hits that perfect spot between the cerebral and the physical in suitably K-Punk fashion. Unsure as to whether this track will feature in that wider forthcoming collection, but it's a truly compelling taster either way. Edition of 100.  
 
FFO: Trevor Mathison, Burial, Chain Reaction, Raime, Porter Ricks