"All the stuff you’re seeing now, people wearing their traditional outfits, using their language, using cultural rhythms — we did this in the 90s in *Toronto.* I finally feel like the industry is ready for us because so many of us were doing this for years." — Rosina KaziHappy 2020 — thanks for sticking with Burn Out and welcome to another season. First thing to know — Burn Out will now be bi-weekly, that means there will be a new episode every other week. Please subscribe if you aren't already, rate, review, and share!Twenty years ago, a Toronto group called LAL released an album called "Corners," that documented the cacophony of life outside their window. LAL has always occupied an importance space in my life, as a weird brown kid craving new forms of expression. In this episode, I speak with one-half of LAL, Rosina 'Rose' Kazi who is a mainstay of multiple artistic and organizing communities in Toronto, in addition to running the radical community arts space, Unit 2, and (yep!) still making music with her partner Nick Murray as LAL. In fact, their 2019 album Dark Beings was longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. Rose shares candidly about her younger days, playing team sports, working in The Bassment at the legendary HMV on Yonge Street, dabbling in the music industry, learning to make music, and becoming part of various scene. Listening to her speak, you get the sense that Rose is permanently on the quest to 'figure it out,' knowing all the while that the journey is the whole point.If you're in Toronto:LAL performs "Corners" in full on Thursday, Feb 13 as part of the Wavelength Music Festival wavelengthmusic.caBurn Out will be recorded live on Friday, Feb 21 as part of Long Winter. torontolongwinter.com/LAL: lalforest.bandcamp.comTheme song: "Dark Beings" by LALOriginal music provided by Jahmal PadmoreSupport this work 💸 supporter.acast.com/burnoutSubscribe to the newsletter 💌 anupa.substack.comThis episode is supported by FACTOR and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. For more details on how to access funding for your next project visit factor.ca.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/burnout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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