Held May 31st, 2009 in anticipation of the launch of our publications The Volume and RootSpeak, The Inaugural Truth&Rights Symposium brought together independent visionaries in the worlds of progressive artistic, social and political thought.

As the D.J. for the critically acclaimed Hip-Hop trio, 3 The Hard Way, Cysko Rokwel contributes his needles and turntable nuance to The Volume Selector 2009.02. A custom mix to inspire both true lovers of the genre and also the more casual beat-fiend, Rokwel’s prowess behind the decks is proudly on display on this exclusive Truth&Rights download. Featuring the music of the following artists, the D.J. offers a bit of insight as to why he chose each track:

Brian Bowman is an enigmatic figure whose work speaks louder than the creator himself. For anyone that frequents Vimeo, it’s almost within all certainty that one of his short films has found its way into your recommendations at one point or another. As a Creative Director for the famed Digital Kitchen digital services agency, Mr. Bowman is consistently at the forefront of cutting-edge film and futurist commentary.

Part Seven: My Friend Marcus

The Work of Destroy Rock Music, Inc was originally featured in VOL2009.01 while DRM was hard at work completing the breakthrough full-album series of videos for Manchester Orchestra’s latest record “Mean Everything To Nothing.” Truth&Rights is excited to continue this narrative stream of short films from the Emmy-award winning team of Clay Lipsky and Jason Bognacki.