Fresh off the Spaceship: The Story of the Black Constellation
The Runcast with John Richards
KEXP
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
What is the Black Constellation? If you know, you'll want to listen to this podcast. If you don't, you'll want to listen, too.
"Fresh off the Spaceship" is the newest podcast from KEXP, telling the story of the highly influential yet scarcely documented artist collective. The Black Constellation has included such varied musical acts as Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, Ya Tseen and Porter Ray.
Hosted by KEXP's Larry Mizell Jr. and Martin Douglas, each episode in this 10-part series takes listeners on an audio journey connecting the stars of the Constellation, shedding light on their art and their ethos along the way.
New episodes come out every Friday from March 18 - May 27, 2022. Find out more at KEXP.org/fresh-off-the-spaceship.
Watch a video version of the trailer and explore more work from the artists of the Constellation on KEXP's Fresh off the Spaceship YouTube playlist.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Larry Mazzel Jr., host of the afternoon show here at KXP, DJ, Rider, you know. |
| 0:05.4 | And we've been working real hard here at the editorial team at KXP on a limited edition podcast. |
| 0:11.8 | The first few episodes are out now. |
| 0:14.2 | You can go check it. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm talking about fresh off the spaceship, the story of the Black Constellation. |
| 0:19.5 | The Black Constellation is an arts collective, mostly based |
| 0:22.6 | here in Seattle, who's been doing some things for a while, and we felt like we needed to document. |
| 0:27.4 | So I'm really looking forward to you checking it out. You can go ahead and find it on your |
| 0:30.8 | favorite podcast platform. Make sure you subscribe so you get all new episodes as they come out. |
| 0:36.5 | It's called Fresh Off the Spaceship, the Story of the Black Constellation. Again, make sure you subscribe so you get all new episodes as they come out. It's called Fresh Off the Spaceship, the Story of the Black Constellation. |
| 0:39.2 | Again, make sure you subscribe so you get all new episodes when they drop. |
| 0:43.5 | And for now, I've got the trailer for you to get you appetized for the podcast. |
| 0:49.1 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:51.9 | This is a story like many others, in that it straddles the continuum of space, time, and myth. |
| 0:58.8 | Because that's what black people are. |
| 1:00.9 | Myth. |
| 1:02.1 | So what does it mean to mythologize yourself and your people as some kind of cosmic beings? |
| 1:08.3 | Hubris, escape, or simply recognition? |
| 1:11.6 | Recognition. |
| 1:16.6 | And I wanted to start out with Black Constellation. |
| 1:22.6 | I thought that maybe you could tell people what it is who don't know about it. |
| 1:26.6 | I've never heard about it. Black Constellation is the gang. |
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