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Recording and Mixing from the Forthcoming release “Big Changes” (March 6, 2026) of London, Ontario based Anishinaabe musician and artist Adam Sturgeon // Status/Non-Status.

For Sturgeon, Big Changes also reflects his lifelong dialogue with duality, a dichotomy “...felt through the contrast of being a mixed person,” who sees “racism perpetuated against people more visible than myself, while also not feeling like I’m Indian enough.” The record tussles with that uneasy and impossible balance of simultaneously walking in two worlds with conflicting values. It’s less a statement of intent than a lived reflection, one that acknowledges tension without resolving it. “I don’t feel conflicted about where I stand, but I’m not sure I’m always seen,” Sturgeon says, adding that, “[on Sewn Back Together, OMBIIGIZI] found balance in the dichotomy of being damaged and using it as a tool to move forward. Big Changes, however, is foreboding and inquisitive about what is to come.”