Circuit_City_(album)
Circuit City (album)
2020 studio album by Moor Mother
Circuit City is a studio album by American musician and poet Camae Ayewa, released under her alias Moor Mother. It was released on September 25, 2020 through Don Giovanni Records. Composed as a recorded soundtrack for the 2019 stage production of the same name by Ayewa, the album features contributions from the free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements and the Circuit City Band.[1] Lyrically, the album deals with housing inequality, private ownership and institutional racism.[2][3]
The album was accompanied by a short film for the track "Act 1 - Working Machine", as well as by an essay by writer Rasheedah Phillips.[1]