DJ Lynnée Denise (Amsterdam, Johannesburg, London, Saturn)

The Love Space Demands, is a choreopoem published in 1991, by Ntozake Shange. In it she returned to the blend of music, dance, poetry and drama that characterized For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide....Her work has been described as sexy, discomforting, energizing, revealing, occasionally smug, and fascinating.” This is true. Ntozake Shange forces the kind of reflection that creates discomfort...growth. The first time I heard the words "The Love Space Demands" I paused and dropped everything. That's it. The space, the time, the clarity, the beauty and the pain that holds the hand of growing. The process of creating a mix is an arduous one. I spend at least 3-6 months listening to each song repeatedly until I figure out the arrangement--the bigger picture. Driven by some of the hardest lessons learned by the heart, my house music rendition of Shange's choreopoem "The Love Space Demands" asks listeners to consider the inspiring and transformative range of emotions that one can feel when riding through that journey called love. And then there's the letting go and doing it all over again. And i'll do it again. Every time. Heartbreak is an opportunity. Each song tells a story of contradiction, understanding, betrayal, yearning, unconditional love, tenderness and surrender. Last night, around the same time I completed this mix, my best friend, Mr. Asadullah Saed created a new life with this poem. Divine Timing. I read his words and realized they were the liner notes for this mix. Enjoy. Press play, tune in. See track list at the end of the poem... The Feeling After (poem) I am fighting to be grateful no thank you grateful I'm trying to see you love me again still but again different maybe a friendly love an old love my love again thanks for everything kiss your hand for me because I can't may never will again getting out of bed slower than sleepy loved you to pieces maybe one day you can read this and laugh maybe one day we will laugh together even in rain even in hard times may there be few ancestors want us to be better than okay ashe I want us to be better than we waz better than we loved ourselves dancing in circles surviving doing our best at that particular time my dear darling. A. Muhammad 1. Love Cannot Eric Ericksson 2. Invitation to Dance (Vincemo Hang Sessions Mix) 3. Green & Yellow (Original)Arnaud D feat. Heidi Vogel 4. Linda (Da Capo's Touch) Ralf GUM feat. Oluhle 5. Move It (Original Mix) [feat. Mindgames] Dj Whisky 6. World Is Good [feat. Rona Ray] Chymamusique & DJ Claude 7. Alone (Zakes Bantwini Mix) Liquideep 8. Still (V Underground Mid-Day Mix) Monocles & Slezz ft Vusani 9. You Dont Deserve Me (Rosarios Touch Mix)Reel Skaps ft Man DO 10. Made Me A Fool (Abicah Soul Remix) Gino Brown feat. January 11. Violet Remix Pack - Chapter 1 (Hallex M & Loic L Remix) Oscar P & Marcus Pearson 12. Day By Day (Day By Day (Spigelsound Mix) Research 13. God's Message Marlon D pres. Ultra Nate 14. Heart Beat Zaki Ibrahim 15. Nozomi Yusuke Hiraoka