Calliope

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Album Info

Release Date: 2022-06-12

Label: Hotham Sound

Hotham Sound is pleased to present ‘Calliope’, a benefit compilation for reproductive rights, featuring 32 artists from around the world. At 2 hrs & 27 minutes, this is a massive collection of music. Minimal synth workouts, fractured IDM, lo-fi tape experiments, 4th world dreamscapes, acoustic interludes, modular gardens, vocoder anthems, and everything in between. New tracks from the Pacific Northwest (Loscil, Mount Maxwell, Boreal Network) rub shoulders with music from further south (Skyminds, Danny Scott Lane) and across the ocean (H. Takahashi in Japan, Steve Pepe in Italy, Marie Wilhelmine Anders in Germany). Uniting it all is a deeply held belief on the part of all involved that women have the right to decide when and whether to have children, and that reproductive rights are human rights.

All proceeds from the release go directly to NARAL Pro Choice America, a non-profit organization that engages in lobbying, political action, and advocacy efforts to oppose restrictions on abortion, to expand access to abortion and birth control, and to support paid parental leave and protection against pregnancy discrimination.