Episode 14: Oceanator (with Elise Okusami)

Ongoing History of Protest Music

This episode features Elise Okusami who performs under the name Oceanator. We discuss her full-length debut album Things I Never Said which is out August 28. We also discuss the three-song EP Tear The Fascists Down which she released through Bandcamp to raise funds for the New York affiliate of Survived and Punished, "a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence and the culture of violence that contributes to it." She also discusses her musical influences, the challenges of being a black woman in a traditionally white male-dominated genre, and how sometimes even the act of performing can be a statement of protest.