“Every artist on the album is someone I met during the [last] years and had unique moments and conversations about the world,” says Niamké Désiré aka Aho Ssan to Antonio Poscic in The Wire 475, explaining the presence of a wide range of collaborators on his latest album Rhizomes.

Désiré's second album – which features contributions from artists such as Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid, Mondkopf, Blackhaine, and more – is as much a processing of his personal experience of lockdown as it is motivated by current politics: “I can’t start things without a purpose or without something that drives me, and usually what’s driving me is politics and the vision of the world,” he declares.

This mix features two pieces from Rhizomes plus tracks by musicians in his wide network, such as collaborating ambient musician KMRU, and Subtext label mates Emptyset.

Tracklist

Emptyset “Flint”
Bernard Parmegiani “Récession”
Tomáš Niesner “Pramen”
Gooooose “Eggs”
Aho Ssan featuring Clipping & Resina “Till The Sun Down”
Ellen Fullman & Okkyung Lee “The Air Around Her Part 1”
Rachika Nayar “Nausea”
Rắn Cạp Ðuôi “What Cherubs”
Claire Rousay “17 Roles (All Mapped Out) - Movement III”
KMRU “Dissolution Grip”
Aho Ssan featuring 9T Antiope “Hero Once Been”
Lucy Liyou “April In Paris”

Read Antonio Poscic's interview with Aho Ssan in full in The Wire 475. Subscribers can also read the interview online via the digital library. Rhizomes is released by Other People 6 October.