WHITE FLOWERS
White Flowers is a string ensemble that came out of Autophysiopsychic Millennium’s theatrical performance Something Else in the Garden, based on Dr. Yusef Lateef’s novella, Night in the Garden of Love.
Autophysiopsychic Millennium (APPM) is a Black-led creative research and performance collective that explores, experiment, and studies the music philosophy and spiritual works of world-renowned multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, author, visual artist, professor, Afro-Futurist, and Detroit native, Dr. Yusef Lateef.
White Flowers integrates musical compositions based on environmental themes and climate consciousness to initiate a cultural discourse around climate change and the importance of addressing it before it’s irreversible. These are themes discussed in Dr. Lateef’s Night in the Garden of Love, which is set on a dying Earth due to human destruction and corruption. These compositions will engage deep human emotions to connect with climate change issues through a social, political, and cultural lens. They will serve as a platform to highlight the gravity of the climate emergency.
LuFuki-guitar, composer,
King Sophia-cello, composer and string arrangments
Aaron Jonah Lewis-violin 1
Laina Martin-violin 2
Indira Edwards-viola
AnJelic-harp
Michael Smith-vocals and percussion
“Let me begin by saying: my notions concerning voice in Autophysiopsychic music, to some, may border on the realm of speculation; however, I am suggesting that the door for research is open.”
— Dr. Yusef abdul-Lateef
“On another level, in discussing a musician’s Autophysiopsychic presentation, we can, although it is not speech, talk about it as though it were a voice also, we can talk about "the individual" and about what we "hear" his/her music "saying..”
— Dr. Yusef-abdul Lateef
meditation no. 13
Sounds before silence.
