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Red Hot is a not-for-profit, 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS through pop culture. Its mission is to raise awareness and money towards the AIDS crisis and related health issues. It was started in 1990 by Leigh Blake and John Carlin with the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue, which raised millions of dollars, contributing to reducing the stigma around HIV/AIDS. Most notably at this time, Red Hot supported organizations and efforts such as ACT UP and T.A.G., which fought for the development and access to HIV/AIDS medication, helping those with AIDS to survive. Over the past 25 years, over 500 artists, producers and directors have contributed to 20 compilation albums of original music, videos, events and media to raise awareness and raise millions to HIV/AIDS-focused organizations around the world. Success spawned a series of albums and videos featuring a range of musical styles including Hip Hop, Dance, Latin, Country, Rock, and Brazilian, as well as continuing to pay tribute to great songwriters such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Tom Jobim, Fela Kuti, and Arthur Russell.
Mission: Red Hot is a not for profit production company that has produced 20 albums and dedicated more than 10 million dollars to worthy organizations, causes and pro-social projects around the world. Our mission is to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues. Red Hot is more of a creative production company than a traditional charitable organization. We keep our overhead to a minimum and focus on making innovative projects that target hard to reach audiences by using popular culture and artful propaganda. Revenues from these projects are given to traditional charities, often in collaboration with the artists who have contributed their music or art.
Operating as usual
We're a little late on posting this here, but we want to thank Dr. Fauci for the powerful shoutout on World AIDS Day. Our 30 years of art & activism have endured alongside the science, medicine & research of Fauci and of his many colleagues in the field then and NOW.
We created a unique form of charity album (or 20+ albums) to fight the AIDS pandemic. Check out this podcast episode featuring Red Hot co-founder John Carlin and contributor Meshell Ndegeocello explaining how they merged music with activism. https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/red-hot-and-blue-meshell-ndegeocello
How one record company fought the AIDS pandemic
For 30 years, we've been at the forefront of HIV/AIDS along with countless others.
Below, our co-founder John Carlin speaks with Interview Magazine about the impact of music, the evolution of LGBTQ rights, and how masks are the new condoms. https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/all-about-red-hot-the-organization-that-brought-together-george-michael-cole-porter-and-madonna
For 30 years, Red Hot has been at the forefront of the AIDS battle. We look back at their legacy and their future.
Over the course of three decades, we've raised tens of millions for HIV and LGBTQ+ groups through album sales. Thank you HIV Plus Magazine for showing us love in celebrating our 30 years. https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2020/12/01/revisiting-red-hot-blue-most-iconic-hiv-benefit-album-ever?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=print-issue
The nonprofit that brought together U2, Debbie Harry, and Annie Lennox celebrates 30 years of music and giving.
“What made Red Hot + Blue so impactful and different was that it celebrated life and the power of music and art to lift people up during dark times,” John Carlin, Red Hot’s president and cofounder.
Thank you POZ Magazine for highlighting our work. The work continues and we greatly appreciate you for informing, engaging, and affirming so many folks living and thriving with HIV.
https://www.poz.com/article/beat-goes-aids-benefit-albums
Reissues of ’90s Red Hot AIDS benefit albums
John Carlin, The Red Hot Organization co-founder, hopped on Reddit yesterday to answer questions about Red Hot's legacy. So much history in Red Hot's 30 years. Dig in! https://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/k4s5c4/im_john_carlin_cofounder_of_the_hivaidsfighting/
"Red Hot + Blue" turns 30 years old today. We're celebrating with the re-releasing the album. IT'S OUT TODAY! Here's the link for streaming and downloading:
https://ffm.to/red-hot-blue-a-tribute?fbclid=IwAR1KehtY57gk-k411Cy2LGH4ev0_g7iugLL1gM9Y680EjaCjQo2aRMQUE94
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30 years ago, we had a mission and you joined us. We’re still here, but painfully so many of our friends, lovers, and neighbors aren’t here to celebrate with us. We celebrate them. December 1 is World AIDS Day. It’s also the 30th anniversary of “Red Hot + Blue,” which was our attempt to bring about more HIV awareness, more art, more compassion, more knowledge, less stigma, less misunderstanding, and less hate. Hopefully, we’ve come close. And we are not finished. We are continuing our mission with renewed fervor. We commemorate today with the re-release of what started us on this three decade-long journey, “Red Hot + Blue.” #worldaidsday #fightaids #endaids #safesexishotsex #redhot #redhotorganization #lovewins #AIDS #coleporter #AIDSactivism #silenceequalsdeath
#redhot30 #redhotandyoudontstop
Homage to America's Doctor, Anthony S. Fauci, 2020. Help the Treatment Action Group and the Red Hot organization and donate to receive a print in their homage to Dr. FAUCI, along with awesome "Red Hot + Blue" vinyl and more!
Friends,
As we welcome a new President and Vice President Elect, and look forward to the future and the work ahead, we hope you'll be joining us in celebration, mobilization, and solidarity next week at our our Research in Action Awards on Thursday, November 19, 2020. The program begins at 8pm ET, with an opening reception at 7:45pm ET. The event is free and open to public. Go to www.treatmentactiongroup.org for more details!
For the first 100 donors of $250 or above, we're pleased to announce a very special TAG Limited Art Edition, which includes:
- a special 30th anniversary vinyl album re-issue of the 1990 Cole Porter tribute and AIDS fundraising double LP "Red Hot + Blue"
- a signed Giclée print by renowned artist and HIV activist Keith Mayerson of Dr. Anthony Fauci – one of this year’s RIAA Honorees;
- a tote bag with an image by the acclaimed artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.
This unique edition is generously donated by Red Hot, with additional support from the Marta Heflin Foundation.
Please join us as we honor:
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health
Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Health Leadership
National Nurses United
Represented by Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, R.N.
Research in Action Award
Sharon Stone
Mother, Actress, Activist, Author, Producer
Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in AIDS Advocacy
Wakefield
Former External Relations Director, HIV Vaccine Trials Network
Research in Action Award
See you on November 19th!
- Mark Harrington
December 1st is World AIDS Day. This year, we’re celebrating our 30th anniversary of music and messaging and re-releasing the album that started it all for us: “Red Hot + Blue.” Of course, you remember the Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry of Blondie duet and Neneh Cherry’s smash hit "I've Got You Under My Skin." Don’t forget Jody Watley, David Byrne, U2, and the many all stars who joined us on our maiden voyage. The list goes on and we aren’t even close to slowing down. Please join us! “Red Hot + Blue” is dropping on 12/1 on all of your favorite downloading and streaming platforms. The preorder link is here: https://ffm.to/red-hot-blue-a-tribute #RedHot30 #RedHotAndBlue
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#tbt This is a photo of Clean Needles Now committee members Neil Klasky & Steven Corbin helping an exchange client, circa 1992. Clean Needles Now (CNN) was a harm reduction org based in Los Angeles. They were centering drug user health from way back with nonjudgmental syringe exchanges. When we were working on “No Alternative” in 1993, we asked featured musicians where they’d like to send sales proceeds. The Beastie Boys suggested Clean Needles Now. We have supported harm reduction from its earliest days -- dating back to "Red Hot + Blue." Most recently, Red Hot teamed with Open Society Foundations in focusing efforts for harm reduction in North Carolina. A s/o to North Carolina Harm Reduction, Making Whole North Carolina Urban Survivors, and The Steady Collective. We know harm reduction saves lives. Election Day 2020 brought about a sweeping victory for drug decriminalization. Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota voted to decriminalize recreational marijuana, while Washington, DC decriminalized psychedelic plants. Oregon became the first state to decriminalize all illegal drugs. The legacy lives on, and the work continues. #redhot30 #redhotandyoudontstop
Today, Bono is one of the most well-known AIDS advocates in the world. When U2 recorded "Night and Day" for the "Red Hot + Blue" album, this was considered Bono's formal introduction to HIV/AIDS. He has since gone on to became co-founder of (RED), an entity working with partnerships to raise money for HIV-related philanthropy. To date, (RED) has generated more than $465 million for HIV treatment and prevention in Africa through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. His advocacy has been tremendous and his impact continues to keep HIV as a focus on the world stage. #redhotandyoudontstop
Here's a little history lesson for the day:
"Red Hot + Blue" pays homage to two people who were instrumental in shaping American music: Cole Porter and Dewey Phillips. Cole Porter, the famed Broadway composer and Tony Award winner, seemed to be forgotten in contemporary pop culture conversations. His first musical in 1936 was titled "Red, Hot and Blue." Porter was gay but closeted, so many of his songs had coded romantic messages; something that could still resonate in the late '80s, early '90s. Dewey Phillips was a legendary DJ of a 1950s integrated Memphis radio broadcast for WHBQ. His show was called "Red, Hot & Blue." The Red Hot co-founders had a bright idea: get the hottest artists of the day to remake Cole Porter's songs with a 1990 edge. Finally, "Red Hot + Blue" was born, the first of 20-plus albums Red Hot has released -- all sharing the same mission: Celebrate the universal language of music while raising HIV awareness and funds for HIV efforts without compromising any of these components.
#tbt ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) is considered the poster child for AIDS activism. As an international political group with many chapters, they used strategies from the Civil Rights Movement and gay and women's liberation. ACT UP protested at Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, the Burroughs Wellcome pharmaceutical headquarters, the New York Stock Exchange floor, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) offices.
One event in particular is remembered as "Storm The NIH," when about 1,000 protestors came to NIH in May 1990. ACT UP demanded AIDS treatment options focusing on opportunistic infections and increased participation of women and people of color in clinical trials. Peter Staley, an ACT UP alum, credits Red Hot for funding "Storm The NIH.”
Red Hot donated about $1 million to ACT UP in the early '90s and has continued to donate proceeds to grassroots organizations around the world. Essentially, if you bought "Red Hot + Blue" or any of our 20+ albums over the years, you helped us support the people fulfilling their mission in saving lives. Thank you.
Please check out "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Brixton Bass remix) video by @nenehcherryofficial, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjGhzz40Pu4&feature=youtu.be
'I've Got You Under My Skin' (Brixton Bass remix) music video by Neneh Cherry is out NOW 🔥🔥🔥 .
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/CjGhzz40Pu4
Original video directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
The Red Hot Organization's cover photo
For the first time in 30 years, I've Got You Under My Skin by Neneh Cherry and the remix bundles by 90s top DJs Blacksmith + Original Afrika Baby Bam & Booga Bear + David Z + Ronin are available on all streaming platforms.
The historical debut single of Red Hot and Blue and it's iconic rare remixes are now available today! We are so happy to share a piece of Red Hot's foundation re-envisioned for the streaming world.
Much has changed from 30 years ago to now but our fight to provide awareness and fundraise for health activists fighting global pandemics has not, nor has the need decreased!
We're excited to show you more, listen to the single bundle below and stay tuned!
https://ingroov.es/i-ve-got-you-under-my
Listen to I've Got You Under My Skin
"Sharing love, being hopeful, being passionate is the things that are really gonna get us through. Those are the emotions that sort of stimulate positive attitude, and probably more important than anything else." - Neneh Cherry preaching the FACT during the AIDS pandemic in the 90s.
"I've Got You Under My Skin" remixes will be available on streaming platforms on Sep 25th for the first time in 30 years. Please stay tuned for more announcements from us.
#UnderMySkin #AIDSBenefit #HIVAwareness
Neneh Cherry leads with the real, beautiful, and positive truth on "I’ve Got You Under My Skin." Ready to hear her? Out September 25th
#UnderMySkin #AIDSBenefit #HIVAwareness
Even as Corona Virus remains unchecked, countless folks showed up and stepped up to march for LGBTQ Rights! Pride started as a protest at Stonewall & will continue until we have true, fair and equal civil rights 🌈
Taiwan is the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage ✨ In collaboration with 彩虹平權大平台 Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, Red Hot celebrates Pride Month and the landmark same-sex marriage legislation in Taiwan 🏳️🌈
Stream T-POP: No Fear In Love right now to celebrate this landmark legislation and project!
https://www.soundscape.net/a/10481
In June 2019, we met the Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan ( @婚姻平權大平台 ) during their visit to New York for Pride Week. Their efforts in facilitating the passing of the Marriage Equality bill in Taiwan inspired us. As a result, we started to produce our first Taiwanese indie-pop EP, NO FEAR IN LOVE, in the hope of celebrating the human rights milestone and to further advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia.
This project also reminds us of Red Hot's roots in fighting global pandemic since 1990 and supporting LGBTQ+ partners' rights in critical moments like this.
We are happy to announce the project is going to be out on May 24th to celebrate the 1st anniversary for Taiwan's Marriage Equality bill.
We have more exciting announcements coming. Please stay tuned.
This #WorldAidsDay we look back at our history of music and activism built to support the end of this #epidemic. From Red Hot and Blue to our upcoming project No Fear In Love, we are still doing what we can to cross boundaries, educate and provide to orgs that need it. As our founder John Carlin says, “we were built to go out of business”; & yet here we are as there is still so much work to be done! Our history is also summed up in a wonderful article by TheBody. Have a little read! Thank you Stephen Hicks ❤️
It’s Pride Parade in Taiwan tomorrow and we are very excited to announce that Red Hot is working on a new project to celebrate Taiwan’s landmarks marriage equality decision! If you are in Taipei for the largest Pride in Asia 🏳️🌈 , see if you can spot us during the parade. Stay tuned for more details 😎 @ 臺灣同志遊行 Taiwan LGBT Pride
@dangelo_music rock in’ to #WaterNoGetEnemy during our #RedHotandRiot sessions. True music at @electricladystudios to start off your week. by #soulquarians in #1999
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#Fela #Afrobeat
Today, #RiseUpOct8 is an important day for #WorkersRights & #EmploymentDiscrimination in the #LGBTQ community. Important rights are currently being attacked and could detrimentally affect all #LGBTQ people in the US.
“They keep us in a place- the #government, the #media, they keep us safe thinking certain things and in the meanwhile we are loosing generations of people. I really think that it’s a design to keep us dying, as opposed to helping us perpetuate our lives.” Featuring @thelastpoetsnyc from
#StolenMoments, the #RedHotCool documentary.
It is so important to take a stand as allies! Make your thoughts known and speak out in support of our 🏳️🌈 family. Who you love shouldn't stop you from a job & career, but it might. In solidarity with those standing outside the hall in #DC, we stand with you. Tell #SCOTUS it must affirm protections for #LGBTQ people under federal law once and for all using your voice on all social platforms!
"Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, Bostock v. Clayton County, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC are cases about whether the existing federal ban on #sex discrimination forbids #employment discrimination against #LGBTQ #workers. Zarda and Bostock involve two gay men who allege they were fired because of their sexual orientation. Harris Funeral Homes involves Aimee Stephens, a trans woman who was fired by a boss who claims that he would violate “God’s commands” if he allowed Stephens “to deny [her] sex while acting as a representative of [the] organization.”" via Vox
Learn more about the cases and their effects, in this comprehensive article by Vox
https://www.vox.com/2019/10/8/20903088/supreme-court-lgbt-lgbtq-case-scotus-stephens
📸CQ-Roll Call, Getty Images
#LGBT #Equality #Inclusion #SupremeCourt #RiseUpOctober8 #HumanRightsCampaign
“The media made HIV or AIDS a gay disease, a gay epidemic, a gay cancer, all these different terms. And gay in the black community or in the minority communities is just something that is detrimental to them,
they think it’s detrimental to their upliftment”
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A truly powerful statement from the Stolen Moments documentary. Have conversations within minority’s groups progressed out of this mindset from 1994 to now? Has the influence of TV shows like @poseonfx changed the conversation?
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#stolenmoments #documentary #hiv #aids
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"Sharing love, being hopeful, being passionate is the things that are really gonna get us through. Those are the emotions that sort of stimulate positive attitude, and probably more important than anything else." - Neneh Cherry preaching the FACT during the AIDS pandemic in the 90s. "I've Got You Under My Skin" remixes will be available on streaming platforms on Sep 25th for the first time in 30 years. Please stay tuned for more announcements from us. #UnderMySkin #AIDSBenefit #HIVAwareness
Neneh Cherry leads with the real, beautiful, and positive truth on "I’ve Got You Under My Skin." Ready to hear her? Out September 25th #UnderMySkin #AIDSBenefit #HIVAwareness
@dangelo_music rock in’ to #WaterNoGetEnemy during our #RedHotandRiot sessions. True music at @electricladystudios to start off your week. by #soulquarians in #1999 • #Fela #Afrobeat
“The media made HIV or AIDS a gay disease, a gay epidemic, a gay cancer, all these different terms. And gay in the black community or in the minority communities is just something that is detrimental to them, they think it’s detrimental to their upliftment” • A truly powerful statement from the Stolen Moments documentary. Have conversations within minority’s groups progressed out of this mindset from 1994 to now? Has the influence of TV shows like @poseonfx changed the conversation? • #stolenmoments #documentary #hiv #aids
Truer words were ne’er spoken. “We have been socialised into a way of looking at the world that associates difference with #degradation, rather than understanding Difference for a Difference. They are using it as a basis of degrading people and creating hierarchies. We see it across the globe: in race, in class, in region and in sexuality.” Cornel from the Stolen Moments documentary. It’s so important to remember this, especially on LGBT History Month! Keep up with more snippets from our Stolen Moments documentary
We’ve seen what our awesome partner @makingwhole can do, now let’s share in a little bit of that wonderful #music and #community. Their #joy is palpable! @makingwhole is an #artisan #studio #apprenticeship program for recovering drug addicts, reforming the #recovery process through a creative and transformational journey using carpentry • 📸 @heckpaul • #redhotandyoudontstop #redhotharmreduction #makingwhole #woodwork #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks
What’s pivotal about harm reduction is #SURVIVAL! What @thesteadycollective is doing within their #NorthCarolina community is saving lives. People suffering from drug addiction deserve #kindness and #access to #healthcare facilities! People suffering from drug addiction DESERVE TO LIVE! • 📸: @heckpaul • #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreductioncoalition #harmreduction
Well said @sad13 aka Speedy Ortiz! Working with the @harmreductioncoalition as well as carrying nasal naloxone behind their merch table since early 2019. In @nowthisnews they talked more about the active steps they’re taking to help in harm reduction! What other artists do you know working with this cause? in late june @kcybyczk of HRC came to one of our shows and provided anti-overdose kits and training. we spoke to @nowthisnews the morning of the show about why harm reduction is such important and life saving work. thank you so much to everyone who supports the work of HRC and other harm reduction organizations (especially those DOING the work), i am really glad we are able to help raise some money in these small ways
Our partner @makingwhole is an #artisan #studio #apprenticeship program for recovering drug addicts, reforming the #recovery process through a creative and transformational journey using carpentry. • • Jeremy French - “Making Whole is an apprenticeship program. We teach drug addicts how to build furniture. The point of it is to give people creative problems to solve and trust that the process of solving creative problems in building furniture is remarkably similar to the problem solving process that goes on in recovering from addiction. So guys come here and work along side people who are masters of craft to build furniture. We share a meal here everyday. Its a bit of a community of people, beyond just the apprentices and the makers who are here, I trust that through creating a fertile ground for community and a fertile ground for learning that things bigger than the individual components themselves, something bigger is created as a result of that." #loveisthedrug #redhotharmreduction #makingwhole #redhotandyoudontstop #recovery #drugaddiction #harmreduction
A small summary of the massive work @thesteadycollective is doing within their Asheville North Carolina community. What services are provided in harm reduction centers? Watch above! Learn more about The Steady Collective here: https://thesteadycollective.org/about/ @thesteadycollective on Instagram 📸: @heckpaul My name is Hillary Brown and I am the executive director of @theSteadyCollective. We are a harm reduction organization in Asheville North Carolina, we started in 2015. We do full spectrum harm reduction, meaning we do syringe access. Folks can come get new syringes from us and returned used ones. We also do a Naloxone program so folks can get Naloxone and Narcan from us for free. We gave out 2200 kits last year. We gave our about 430 the first quarter of 2019. We've 59 reverses reported in the first quarter. We do fentanyl test strips so folks can test heir drugs for the presence of fentanyl. We also teach folks about safer injecting and if people want to be referred to treatment and detox, we do that too. We do minor wound care on sight and if it's beyond our capacity we refer folks to medical treatment.
"Harm Reduction saves lives and keeps people safe. Just like firemen, police and EMTs. They deserve the same respect as any other professionals who devote themselves to people's safety, because it's really no different. Harm Reduction workers just happen to focus on people who use substances." Hillary Brown, Director of The Steady Collective works in Asheville, NC. We recently met with her and learned about The Steady Collective's work: the triumphs and challenges they face in doing their work. With #Asheville trying to zone them out of existence, they've been working even harder to provide for their communities. Fortunately, they won that battle! #LoveistheDrug is shining a light on #harmreduction because it's scietifically proven! It's time we let go of all the stigmas we have about substance use, substance users and the people who work with them. Learn more about The Steady Collective here: https://thesteadycollective.org/about/ @thesteadycollective on Instagram
- It’s still shocking sometimes when you hear things that people do say and think. It’s disheartening sometimes. - We’ve never been as obligated to do so frank about sex as we are now because of AIDS. - I’m hoping that none of us should have to have somebody close die before we understand. - It’s very saddening that, because of a disease, people can disappear all of a sudden. • Red Hot and Rio, PSA Campaign #AIDS #HIV #PSA #BrazillianMusic #BossaNova
“I grew up in a house where there was a lot of #Jazz playing, because my dad was a Jazz #musician. One of the things that he loved was that whole move of #BossaNova into #American Jazz in the late 50s and 60s." - @benwatt . “It's a song we've known for a long time anyway and about four years ago, we were due for a gig in #Portugal so we decided I learn the words... so we could do a big encore. I spent ages learning the lyrics... and the gig got cancelled! When Red Hot and Rio people approached us we thought this is it, the perfect opportunity.” - @traceythorn
I’ve been listening to Brazilian Jazz music, in particular the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim, for about ten years now. I probably didn’t have the confidence to put them in earlier work, but the more you listen to things and allow them to drift into the work you do…” - @georgemofficial on the Red Hot and Rio album. Happy Birthday to George Michael, the absolute legend! May he rest in peace (b.1963 - d. Dec 25 2016)
“I think the whole issue of the #record is interesting to me who recently has #suffered from an #illness that has very much to do with my #immunesystem. I’ve had a very rare illness, which nearly killed me, to do with a hypersensitivity to the immune system. I’m very much aware the power of the immune system, it can both protect you and destroy you. I just feel that #AIDS is part of a larger picture that we are coming to terms with now. The immune system is presenting us a #society with a much wider range of interconnected illnesses and doctors don't know why it's showing itself but it's definitely what we are seeing.” - @BenWatt, Corcovado from the song Everything But The Girl on Red Hot and Rio capturing the essence of our mission! . . . #Corcovado #BrazillianMusic #BossaNova #EverythingButTheGirl #Brazil #RedHotHarmReduction #Hiv #redhotandyoudontstop
#Brazilian #recording #artists including @jobimoficial, #AstrudGilberto and @gilbertogil are among the contributors to the Red Hot and Rio, our #compilation #album and #benefit #project. Along with them, many #contemporary #pop music performers are featured on this release, including #Incognito , David Byrne, @stinger and @pmdawn. “In many cases musicians get involved in a cause/project like this is maybe because he government is stepping too lightly, moving too cautiously and we feel like something has to get done right now... There is no time to wait, not time to think about ‘should we be afraid what the church might say...what the religious right might say. No! You have to tell people right away, you have to save their lives!” - @davidbyrneofficial
Happy #PRIDE! We’re continuing our #celebration with our seventh #compilation #album Red Hot + #Rio! It began a number of projects focused on the #music and #culture of #SouthAmerica as well as to raise money and awareness to fight the #HIV/AIDS #epidemic in that part of the world. The success of the album came from a balance between the classic songs of #TomJobim and infectious #BossaNova grooves with #modern #electronic music. Executive Producer: John Carlin Producers: Béco Dranoff • @becography and Paul Heck Created By: John Carlin and Béco Dranoff Art Animated By: William Louro • @pedrasdeouvido #90s #Music #HIV #AIDS #RedHotHarmReduction #BrazillianMusic
“I’ve never been in a world without #AIDS, it has become part of my life... It’s this whole lifestyle that’s still a burden to think about.” It’s more than a disease, it’s a #culture and a #relationship as well. Learn more about the Red Hot and Dance documentary on RedHot.Org
“I’m 23 years old and I’m HIV+. My story really begins when I was 18, a senior in high school, and I started dating a guy named Tad. We waited a few months to have sex… initially we used condoms then I decided to go on the pill. When I was a sophomore, when I was 19, I received a phone call from Tad saying he was just diagnosed with aids. That was the biggest shock I’ve ever had.” - Beatrice. AIDS has a face. Remember to #playsafe this #pride. An important part of our message with the Red Hot and Dance #documentary is to emphasise the #humanity in all this!
“I can’t stand to see anymore people go. I mean, how much more can we take?” - @cyndilauper speaking much needed truth about the #AIDS and #HIV #Eepics on our Red Hot and Dance #documentary . #PlaySafe this #pride month and check out our catalogue on RedHot.Org
#Awareness #Support and #Safety is our mission. Red Hot and Dance created positive change and so can you! Celebrate and engage with us this #pride ! . . . #AIDS #PREVENTION #PLAYSAFE
@saltnpepaofficial aren’t here for any nonsense! #PlaySafe this #Pride while listening to #RedHotxDance available everywhere now! #SaltNPepa #HIV #AIDS #redhotandyoudontstop
Coming straight from the Queen RuPaul herself, the message and spirit of our #dance #album Red Hot and Dance! #PRIDE comes from the community!
Happy #PRIDE month! We continue celebrating by showcasing our #2 compilation album, RED HOT + DANCE! It was a #groundbreaking #remix #album focused on #club #kids who were affected by the #AIDS #crisis in the early #1990s. It included tracks by Madonna, Seal , #EMF and three originals contributed by @georgemichael including the smash hit “Too Funky”. Created & Produced by: Leigh Blake + John Carlin Supervising Music Producer: Leigh Chapman Video Conceived and Directed by: Mark Pellington Album Art Animated by: William Louro The album featured a cover by Keith Haring, couresty of Keith Haring Foundation
In celebration of our #DEBUT project RED HOT + BLUE, a #contemporary #tribute to the great #20thCentury #American #songwriter Cole Porter, we have teamed up with artist and Red Hot contributor William to illuminate art and history in the making! It was one of the ~first successful tribute albums~ and a landmark multimedia project, with contributions from #filmmakers, #artists and #designers in addition to #musicians! The money raised went to several #groundbreaking #AIDS and #HIV organizations, notably ACT UP New York and Treatment Action Group (TAG) who mark 25 years of activism in 2019! These organizations were responsible for forcing the government and pharmaceutical companies to give people access to daily HIV medication that allow their lives to continue and flourish. Producers and Directors: Leigh Blake + John Carlin Creators: Leigh Blake + John Carlin + F. Richard Pappas Supervising Musical Producers: Steve Lillywhite Animator: William #RedHotOrg #ColePorter #music #AmericanHistory
From 1999 to 2016, more than 12,000 North Carolinians died from opioid-related overdoses. In 2017, drug #overdoses in #NC increased faster than every other state but ONE! Thus we start the project #LoveIsTheDurg in the hope of shifting narratives away from the #criminalization of addiction - to seeing addiction as a mental health issue that needs treatment, #destigmatization and greater emphasis on #harmreduction practices. Thank you Boulevards, Kooley High, Nance , Tony G. , OC from NC , @professorxbeats, @_kellykale, @itisdasanahanu for your amazing music and love 💓
“I feel like music can heal the world” - Kelly Kale . . . What does music mean to you? #LoveIsTheDrug #DNP #refraimtheblame #RedHotHarmReduction #RedHotOrg