BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27722@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:MAKING MUSIC IN TIMES OF AUTHORITARIANISM. FILM & TALK WITH MISSISS IPPI RECORDS FOUNDER\, ERIC ISAACSON + BHAJAN BHOY (Solo Set) DTSTAMP:20260922T214743Z DTSTART:20261127T193000Z DESCRIPTION:MAKING MUSIC IN TIMES OF AUTHORITARIANISM. FILM & TALK WITH MIS SISSIPPI RECORDS\nFOUNDER\, ERIC ISAACSON + BHAJAN BHOY (SOLO SET)\n\n\nMI SSISSIPPI RECORDS PRESENTS : A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF MUSIC (DURING TIMES OF\ nAUTHORITARIANISM)\n\nA visual and sonic presentation by Eric Isaacson (Mi ssissippi Records)\n\nA slideshow / lecture / film presentation from Missi ssippi Records founder Eric\nIsaacson telling a story of global music scen es that struggled and endeavoured\nduring periods of authoritarianism. Thi s is a timely and compelling interweaving\nof people and places\, of past and present\, of making and sharing music in very\ntroubling times. It’s t he story of how the powerful interests try to control\nmusic and how peopl e fight back\, nimbly evading systemic repressions by\npuritans\, corporat ions and tech lords alike. Making wide\, bold swings\, this\nshow\, covers music from Ethiopia\, North Korea\,Kenya\, the USA and beyond\, while\ndr awing on Eric’s colorfully described\, personal experiences of the fascist \ncreep.\n\nhttps://occii.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TRAILER-FINAL-MOB ILE-VERSION.mp4\n[https://occii.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/TRAILER-FIN AL-MOBILE-VERSION.mp4]\n\nEric is known for his humbly comical\, singular style and for his ability to\nrevitalize audiences through digging up buri ed treasures from the global music\nunderground. He has an intuitive and c aptivating way of finding the kinks\,\nidiosyncrasies and soulful stories in the histories of under-acknowledged punk\,\ngospel\, soul\, blues and r oots based music from around the world. Eric has\npreviously constructed a nd internationally toured three other mind-altering\npresentations\, but n ever one as timely as this — a must-experience sampling of\naudio and visu al folk art.\n\nThis whirlwind presentation of archival film\, sound clips and images avoids\npolitical grandstanding\, instead emphasizing vital an ti-authoritarian stories of\nresistance through samizdat music distributio n.\n\nEric Isaacson is the founder of Mississippi Records and many other s mall\nesoteric record labels such as Cairo\, Pyramid and Velvet Ramp. Over the past\ntwenty- three years he’s released over 390 records and 165 mixt apes of DIY music\nfrom around the world. This catalog includes punk\, Afr ican guitar griots\, Greek\ncriminal underground music\, deep country blue s\, Gospel\, Folk\, Estonian classical\nmusic\, Soul\, Spiritual Jazz and much more. Eric conceptualized\, designed the\ncovers\, edited\, worked wi th artists and their ancestors\, wrote the liner notes\,\nassembled and ma iled these records out. For its first seventeen years\nMississippi Records operated with zero internet presence\, released no digital\nmusic and ran a cash only record store in Portland\, Oregon. The company refused\nall p ress inquiries and never appeared on social media. Even with these\nlimita tions\, Mississippi managed to sell over one million records. Beyond\nrele asing records and running a retail shop\, Eric has traveled with\npresenta tions like this for the past twelve years. These performances all\nchampio n DIY culture and try to expose the exploitative nature of the mainstream\ nmusic industry.\n\nBHAJAN BHOY\n\n“Together\, the last three releases sho w Bhajan Bhoy hitting his stride” (Antonio\nPosic / The Wire magazine / Oc tober 2026)\n\nSaggar has been releasing music as Bhajan Bhoy since the tu rn of the decade. He\nhas maintained a prolific output spanning post-punk\ , free jazz\, psych and drone.\nHis latest album “Electrisol” (released 16 October on Feeding Tube Records (USA)\nand Cardinal Fuzz (UK)) has receiv ed considerable press and radio attention and\nfinds him at his most diver se and whimsical\, drawing from psychedelic folk and\nkosmische electronic s\, dubsiwse production and shoegaze textures\, with luminous\nambient mel odies hanging hovering over a deep\, rhythmically charged low end that\nca ll to mind the exploratory spirits of Cluster and Dub Syndicate.\n\nwww.bh ajanbhoy.bandcamp.com [http://www.bhajanbhoy.bandcamp.com]\n\nPresale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of\nsuppor ting DIY touring acts\, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book \nevents – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presal e closes\n18.00 on day of the show. 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MAKING MUSIC IN TIMES OF AUTHORITARIANISM. FILM & TALK WITH MISSISSIPPI RECORDS FOUNDER, ERIC ISAACSON + BHAJAN BHOY (Solo Set)

MISSISSIPPI RECORDS PRESENTS : A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF MUSIC (during times of authoritarianism)

A visual and sonic pr esentation by Eric Isaacson (Mississippi Records)

A slideshow / lecture / film presentation from Mississippi Records founder Eric Isaacson telling a story of global music scenes that struggled and endeavoured during periods of authoritari anism. This is a timely and compelling interweaving of people and places, of past and present, of making and sharing music in very troubling times. It’s the story of how the powerful interests try to control music and how people fight back, nimbly evading systemic repressions by puritans, corpor ations and tech lords alike. Making wide, bold swings, this show, covers m usic from Ethiopia, North Korea,Kenya, the USA and beyond, while drawing o n Eric’s colorfully described, personal experiences of th e fascist creep.

https://occii.org/wp-co ntent/uploads/2026/09/TRAILER-FINAL-MOBILE-VERSION.mp4

Eric is known for his humbly comical, singular style and for his abil ity to revitalize audiences through digging up buried treasures from the g lobal music underground. He has an intuitive and captivating way of findin g the kinks, idiosyncrasies and soulful stories in the histories of under- acknowledged punk, gospel, soul, blues and roots based music from around t he world. Eric has previously constructed and internation ally toured three other mind-altering presentations, but never one as time ly as this — a must-experience sampling of audio and visual folk art.

This whirlwind presentation of archival film, sound clips and images av oids political grandstanding, instead emphasizing vital anti-authoritarian stories of resistance through samizdat music distribution.

Eric Isaacson is the founder of Mississippi Records and many other small esoteric record labels such as Cairo, Pyramid and Velvet Ramp. Over the past twenty- three years he’s released over 390 records and 165 mixtapes of DIY music from around the world. This catalog includes punk, African gu itar griots, Greek criminal underground music, deep country blues, Gospel, Folk, Estonian classical music, Soul, Spiritual Jazz and much more. Eric conceptualized, designed the covers, edited, worked with artists and their ancestors, wrote the liner notes, assembled and mailed t hese records out. For its first seventeen years Mississippi Record s operated with zero internet presence, released no digital music and ran a cash only record store in Portland, Oregon. The company refused all press inquiries and never appeared on social media. Even with these l imitations, Mississippi managed to sell over one million records. Beyond releasing records and running a retail shop, Eric< /strong> has traveled with presentations like this for the past twelve yea rs. These performances all champion DIY culture and try t o expose the exploitative nature of the mainstream music industry.

BHAJAN BHOY

“Together, the last three releases sh ow Bhajan Bhoy hitting his stride” (Antonio Posic / The Wire magazine / Oc tober 2026)

Saggar has been releasing music as Bhajan Bhoy since the turn of the decade. He has maintained a prolific output spanning post-punk, free jazz, psych and drone. His lat est album “Electrisol” (released 16 October on Feeding Tu be Records (USA) and Cardinal Fuzz (UK)) has rec eived considerable press and radio attention and finds him at his most div erse and whimsical, drawing from psychedelic folk and kosmische electronic s, dubsiwse production and shoegaze textures, with luminous ambient melodi es hanging hovering over a deep, rhythmically charged low end that call to mind the exploratory spirits of Cluster and Dub Syndicate.

www.bhajanbhoy.bandcamp.com

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporti ng DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book ev ents – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale cl oses 18.00 on day of the show.

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