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Moor Mother
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Ayewa performing in 2017
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| Birth name | Camae Ayewa |
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| Born | November 19, 1981 Aberdeen, Maryland, U.S. |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Experimental |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Associated acts | Moor Jewelry, 700 Bliss |
Camae Ayewa, born on November 19, 1981, is an American artist. She is best known by her stage name, Moor Mother. She is a talented poet, musician, and activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Camae is part of a group called Black Quantum Futurism. She works with Rasheedah Phillips in this group. She also helps lead two other music groups: Irreversible Entanglements and 700 Bliss.
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Early Life and Music Journey
Camae Ayewa was born in Aberdeen, Maryland. She grew up in a public housing area there. Later, she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She went to the Art Institute to study photography.
In 2016, Moor Mother released her album called ... Bones. It came out through Don Giovanni Records. This album also came with a book of her poetry. Important music magazines like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone thought it was one of the best albums of the year.
In 2017, she released another album, The Motionless Present. This album featured other artists like Geng and DJ Haram. In the same year, she worked with Mental Jewelry on an EP (a shorter album) called Crime Waves.
Moor Mother was a special guest curator at the Le Guess Who? music festival in 2018. This means she helped choose some of the artists who performed. In 2019, she released her album Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes.
Ayewa is also a lead member of Irreversible Entanglements. This group plays a type of music called "free-jazz" and focuses on themes of freedom. She met the other musicians in the group through music and activism. For example, she met bassist Luke Stewart when their bands played together. She met saxophonist Keir Neuringer through a group called Books Through Bars. The band has performed at famous places like the Kennedy Center. Their music has been praised by many music publications. The band members also played on her special theater show, Circuit City.
In 2021, Camae Ayewa started teaching. She became an assistant professor at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.
Music Albums
Studio Albums
- The Motionless Present (2017)
- Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (2019)
- True Opera (2020) (with Mental Jewelry, as Moor Jewelry)
- Circuit City (2020)
- Brass (2020) (with Billy Woods)
- Black Encyclopedia of the Air (2021)
- Jazz Codes (2022)
- The Great Bailout (2024)
With Irreversible Entanglements
- Irreversible Entanglements (2017, International Anthem)
- Who Sent You? (2020, International Anthem)
- Live in Italy (2020, self-released)
- Live in Berlin (2020, self-released)
- Open the Gates (2021, Don Giovanni / International Anthem)
With 700 Bliss
- Spa 700 (2018)
- Nothing to Declare (2022)
Compilation Albums
- Manufacture of Indigo (2015)
- Clepsydra (2020)
- Anthologia 01 (2020) (with Olof Melander)
Live Albums
- Offering: Live at Le Guess Who (2020) (with Nicole Mitchell)
EPs
- Crime Waves (2017) (with Mental Jewelry)
Guest Appearances
- Fhloston Paradigm - "...All" from After... (2017)
- Show Me the Body - "In a Grave" and "Everything Hate Here" from Corpus I (2017)
- Lushlife - "I've Seen It Before I Was There" from My Idols Are Dead + My Enemies Are in Power (2017)
- Eartheater - "MMXXX" from IRISIRI (2018)
- Reef the Lost Cauze - "Splinters" from The Majestic (2018)
- Screaming Females - "End of My Bloodline (Remix)" from Singles Too (2019)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are On the Edge (Pi, 2019)
- Zonal - "Body of Wire", "In a Cage", "System Error", "Medulla", "Catalyst", and "No Investigation" from Wrecked (2019)
- Harrga - "À Vif" from Héroïques Animaux de la Misère (2019)
- Armand Hammer - "Ramses II" from Shrines (2020)
- Sons of Kemet - "Pick Up Your Burning Cross (feat. Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid)" from Black To The Future (2021)
- The Bug - "Vexed (feat. Moor Mother)" from Fire (2021)
- madam data - "In the emptiness beyond emptinesses..." from The Gospel of the Devourer (PTP, 2021)
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris (RogueArt, 2023)
- Celestaphone - "Tithes" from Paper Cut From the Obit (2023)
- Shapednoise - "Poetry" from Absurd Matter (WEIGHT LOOMING, 2023)
Remixes
- Gonjasufi - "The Kill (Moor Mother Remix)" from Mandela Effect (2017)
- What Cheer? Brigade - "Iahabibi (Moor Mother Remix)" from You Can't See Inside of Me (2017)
- The Avalanches - "Because I'm Me (Moor Mother Remix)" from Because I'm Me (Remixes) (2018)
- Sumac - "Wold of Light (Moor Mother Remix)" from The Keeper′s Tongue (2024)
