DJ /rupture Announces New Album as Jace Clayton

Published Jan 31, 2013

New York artist DJ /rupture is best known for his cut-and-paste approach to genre-defying electronic music. This year, however, he'll release a new album under his birth name, Jace Clayton.The release is called, and as you may have guessed from the title, it's a concept album about the gay African American composer, poet, singer and dancer who passed away in 1990.Using Eastman's original compositions as source material, Clayton has re-imagined the work with help from pianists David Friend and Emily Manzo along with Sufi vocalist Arooj Aftab. There's also an original Clayton composition called "Callback from the American Society of Eastman Supporters."In a press release, Clayton explained why he chose to expand on Eastman's original ideas, saying "I interpret the open-ended, irreverent nature of Julius Eastman's legacy as a call to conversation.... Reverence can be a form of forgetting."will be available on March 26 via New Amsterdam 1. Evil Nigger – Part 12. Evil Nigger – Part 23. Evil Nigger – Part 34. Evil Nigger – Part 45. Gay Guerrilla – Part 16. Gay Guerrilla – Part 27. Gay Guerrilla – Part 38. Gay Guerrilla – Part 49. Gay Guerrilla – Part 510. Callback from the American Society of Eastman Supporters