New Music: Dialectic (@Dialectic1) ‘Memories of Oblivion’

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On What is New ,

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We often tend to ignore and over­look the indi­vidu­als and the victims/survivors of glob­al cata­strophes; their stor­ies and suf­fer­ing is writ­ten out of main­stream dis­course and his­tory. We focus more on the polit­ics and take up space by arguing and bick­er­ing over dif­fer­ing opin­ions. With the suf­fer­ing in Syr­ia and the refugee crisis as a whole, Dia­lectic’s new track Memor­ies of Obli­vi­on, fea­tur­ing Masa Ham­wi on vocals and pro­duced by UK based Agent of Change, it is writ­ten from the per­spect­ive of a sur­viv­or of such cata­strophes; for those whose stor­ies we nev­er hear enough of, who die every­day name­less, face­less, bur­ied without funer­als, the des­pised, the for­got­ten; their exist­ence summed by mere stat­ist­ics and empty phrases. Through parts of the media they’re dehu­man­ized, we’re fur­ther desens­it­ized towards their suf­fer­ing and so we’re made to feel no affin­ity or empathy towards them, as if they deserve to die because of the labels we estab­lish our soci­et­ies on.

‘Memor­ies Of Obli­vi­on’ is taken from Dia­lectic’s upcom­ing debut EP ‘The Circus’.

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Rishma Dhaliwal

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voice­less. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

About Rishma Dhaliwal

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.