LABEL SCANS: SIDE A | SIDE B LISTEN: Revolushun | Vanguard Squad Main Title Theme AVAILABLE AT: Jump Jump Music (Portland, OR) ONLINE Underground Gallery (Japan) SOLD OUT Dusty Groove Records (Chicago, IL) SOLD OUT Groove Merchant (San Francisco, CA) SOLD OUT Good Records (New York, NY) SOLD OUT Rhino Records (Los Angeles, CA) SOLD OUT Turntable Lab (New York, NY) SOLD OUT KSD (Los Angeles, CA) SOLD OUT

REVOLUTION IN OUR LIFETIME Description: The first release from the Vanguard Squad! Revolution In Our Lifetime is a split-45 by Asprin and Bambouche that features two variations on the theme of armed resistance, echoing the idea that solidarity gives voice to struggle. The A-side, Asprin’s “Revolushun,” is a combination of commentary on Apartheid and the American civil rights movement of the ‘60s. The B-side, Bambouche’s “Vanguard Squad Main Title Theme,” combines excerpts from a Black Panther speech with hip-hop gun talk snippets. The record features handmade letterpress covers. Asprin and Bambouche bring their own brand of oral tradition to modernize the discussion on the importance of dissent in culture. An amalgamation of dialectic speech and bombastic programming, the music is an anthemic summon for subversion. Dissidence Begins Within, a book that accompanies the 45, is a samizdat-style chapbook outlining the tenets of the Vanguard Squad as well as providing the personal trajectories of Asprin and Bambouche that brought them to these songs. Each copy of the book features a 2-color hand stamped cover with hand-stitched binding (no staples). Revolution In Our Lifetime is limited to 500 copies, while Dissidence Begins Within is limited to 150 copies; neither will be available long… With the idea that “faith without works is dead,” the Vanguard Squad realizes it is important to back this discussion with action. Therefore, all the profits from this record will be donated between two organizations; The Integrated Holistic Approach Urban Development Project (IHA-UDP) in Asprin’s hometown of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and The Freedom Archives in San Francisco. Jember Teferra, the wife of former mayor of Addis Ababa, directs IHA-UDP. Jember was a political prisoner during the ‘70s who spent years in prison where she provided medical care and created schools for fellow prisoners. Jember’s post-prison work in the IHA-UDP addresses the needs of her community starting with the poorest neighborhoods, providing water and sewage systems, libraries, schools, orphanages, training programs for prostitutes and the unemployed, housing for the homeless, and healthcare. The holistic approach is based on the idea of addressing all the problems that affect a community at once. The Freedom Archives contain over 5,000 hours of recorded media of historical struggles dating back from the ‘60s and carry on through today. They chronicle the progressive history of international solidarity movements. The Freedom Archives have released several recordings that prove to be an invaluable resource to activists, students, and researchers.