WE DO DECLARE…
In 1948 the UN Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations. In the intervening 72 years artists and musicians internationally have taken inspiration from the declaration whenever events in the wider world have threatened or exposed human rights abuses.
The Declare & Protest album is part of a larger project involving the SubSounds Collective and Tallaght Community Arts celebrating the UN Declaration of Human Rights and exploring the history and role that popular music has played in the pursuit of human rights through the 20th and 21st centuries.
The participants of SubSounds got together for 2 weeks in August 2020 and work-shopped a long list of 25 songs (culled from a playlist of 84). During these sessions they discussed the various songs and artists, and eventually chose the final 10 that appear on this album. The recordings were done over five days and were live and intense. Some of that passion and intensity comes through on this album. The album will be released on September 18th 2020 as part of the overall DECLARE & PROTEST Culture Night launch.
All proceeds from the sale of this album on Bandcamp will be donated to The Immigrant Council of Ireland.
