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Both tracks encapsulate the message behind the music: to undermine and destroy the white supremacist colonial frameworks and to fight for indigenous sovereignty, black and indigenous liberation, water, earth and indigenous land given back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of James Baldwin, Osa Atoe, Adrienne Davies, the ocean and freshwater, breath\/breathing, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Afro futurism, indigenous futurism, indigenous sovereignty, slavery abolition, resistance, the forest, bodies of water, being submerged, the railroad and Ai Ogawa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Invada","offers":[{"title":"Blue | LP","offer_id":50446232846667,"sku":"1164727","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50446233764171,"sku":"1110882","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50446233239883,"sku":"1110881","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cf132ce8-ffa2-4383-afc2-c0961475a5b6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727055112"},{"product_id":"gas-lit-3-part-remix","title":"Gas Lit - 3 Part Remix","description":"\u003cp\u003eMulti-dimensional duo Divide and Dissolve present an intense package of reworkings taken from their highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eGas Lit \u003c\/i\u003ealbum. 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