.NET 1.5 by Ice Cream Social

Ice Cream Social is raising $10,000 for a compilation album/fundraiser for queer & trans Black artists, Peters Place RVA, and Transgender Needle Exchange.

Peters Place RVA (petersplacerva.org) is the first LGBTQIA+ recovery house in Richmond aiming to provide safe and sober housing, resources, and support. Trans Needle Exchange (transneedles.org) is a non-profit mail-based service that provides free HRT needle supplies for trans people across the country who cannot access or afford their own.

We wanted to showcase the limitlessness of Black queer expression with an all-Black queer line up from across the country. To us, "dance music" isn’t tied to any particular genre. Black people can and will dance to anything. Black expression is the blueprint for all genres.

Help us raise $10,000 and buy .NET 1.5 on our Bandcamp and/or send donations to:
paypal.me/IceCreamSocialRVA
venmo: @ QuietYear
cashapp: $QuietYear

#SupportIceCream <3

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"Featuring an all-Black, queer lineup of artists from around the country, .NET 1.5 is a genre-defying compilation that showcases innovative, Black queer expression, all while also paying homage to dance music's rich history. And this blend is highlighted by forward-facing tracks like Jasmyn Milan's undeniably fun, club-ready head-bobber 'Hentai Fantasy,' as well as Hunting Dog’s 'The Drift' — a rave-ready banger that keeps you on edge with its oscillation between stop-start drum patterns and classic breakbeats.

Not only that, but with 12 other tracks from rising talents such as :3LON, Hunting Dog, NOEYES, BAE BAE, and ARCHANGEL, it's also a release that demonstrates how we can continue to create 'creative ecosystems... built upon a framework of mutual aid and reparations.'"
- Sandra Song, Paper Mag (papermag.com/ice-cream-social-2648641173.html)

QTBIPOC-centered mutual aid platform, dance party, artist collective, & booking org from Richmond, Virginia🍦

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