released December 11, 2020

Elijah J. Thomas, C Boehm flute (#2, 3, 4, 5); piccolo Boehm flute (#3); medium bansuri flute (#3); alto saxophone (#1); soprano saxophone (#4); pedals and effects (#3, 4, 5); electric keyboard (#6); synthesizer (#5); percussion (#1, 3, 7); voice (#1, 7)
Kristal Pacific, voice (#6)
Justin Valazquez, double bass (#6)
Yuma Uesaka, tenor saxophone (#6)
Rachel Therrien, trumpet and effects (#6)
Multiple soundscapes from Sag Harbor (#6)
James Baldwin, Ida B. Wells, and John Lewis, lyrics (#4)

** The spoken words of “Rage” are the words and wisdom of Black visionaries James Baldwin, Ida B. Wells, and John Lewis. **

All acknowledgement and honor must be given to the following folx…

To musicians, creators, artists, and teachers of the highest creative order Lisa E. Harris, Matana Roberts, and Phyllis Chen: your guidance led to my realization of what was already inside of me, this concept of “enuff music.” I am forever indebted to you.
To Rania El Mugammar, for opening my mind to the question of “What do you imagine for a liberated world?”, and for pushing me to contemplate and act on the complexities of a world that needs revolution on so many fronts.
To the participants of Ensemble Evolution 2020: thank you for your service to ever expanding the boundaries of music-making, and acting as changemaking artists throughout the world.
To Kristal Pacific (the love of my life, my wife): you are the wellspring of inspiration in my life. Thank you for being a part of this project, for the beauty of your voice, for your artistic expression, and grounding me in the right intention and spirit.
To Justin Valazquez (double bass), Yuma Uesaka (tenor saxophone), and Rachel Therrien (trumpet): your artistic contributions to the project were exactly what was necessary to complete it. I am so grateful to know such wonderful players. Thank you all for your brilliant music-making.
To Nicky Wood, a brilliant musician, collaborator, sound engineer, and great friend: thank you for your expertise in editing and mastering the sound of this EP. I can’t tell you enough how much I value your person and all that you do.
To Blackfolx everywhere: you are enough. Blackness is enough. I love you all.

I acknowledge and thank the land of Sag Harbor, New York, the ancestral land of the Pequot Algonquin Indian people and historical haven for Blackfolx pursuing freedom, for its natural beauty and illuminating ecology, for providing vibrations and sounds necessary for “enuff music” to be realized, and for helping to restore me to a more fulfilled place. Thank you.

I acknowledge and thank the land of Harlem, New York, on the island of manahahtaan, the ancestral land of the Munsee Lenape Indian people, on which I have been blessed to sustain and thrive in my life. I am eternally grateful to be here.
-Elijah J. Thomas