Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth
The long-awaited follow up to Washington’s debut The Epic,
Heaven & Earth is comprised of two halves, which find Washington
confronting quotidian realities with cosmic themes. A further investigation of
Washington’s world building ideas, the new album explores his reckoning with
current global chaos and his vision for the future. Washington convened his band, The Next Step, as well as
members of the long running collective The West Coast Get Down at Henson
Studios in Los Angeles to record the 16 tracks on Heaven & Earth. The music
was composed, written and arranged by Washington, with new arrangements of jazz
and bebop legend Freddie Hubbard’s “Hubtones” and iconic kung fu film theme
“Fists of Fury,” as well as one song by bandmate Ryan Porter. Thundercat,
Terrace Martin, Ronald Bruner, Jr., Cameron Graves, Brandon Coleman, Miles
Mosley, Patrice Quinn, Tony Austin and many more contribute to the album. Heaven & Earth, will be available on double deluxe CD. “The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.” This
idea inspired me to make this album Heaven & Earth. The reality we
experience is a mere creation of our consciousness, but our consciousness
creates this reality based on those very same experiences. We are simultaneously
the creators of our personal universe and creations of our personal universe.
The Earth side of this album represents the world as I see it outwardly, the
world that I am a part of. The Heaven side of this album represents the world
as I see it inwardly, the world that is a part of me. Who I am and the choices
I make lie somewhere in between.” Kamasi Washington.
Ben Hauke - Only Old
South London producer Ben Hauke takes a sonic excursion to
South America via Lewisham for a new seven track release for Far Out
Recordings. While littered with Afro-Latin percussion, and samples of obscure
Brazilian, Cuban and Colombian records, Only Old stays true to Ben’s distinctly
London identity, with a record that fluctuates between house, broken beat and
instrumental hip-hop.Having collaborated with the likes of Nubya Garcia and Joe
Armon Jones, Ben Hauke stands at the electronic end of London’s new jazz
movement. Currently working on new releases with more of a focus on live
instrumentation, Ben titled the release ‘Only Old’ as it leans more heavily on
his foundational approach to music making: an idiosyncratic, almost brazen
sampling style in productions bursting with personality. Always full of
character and style, Hauke’s productions have seen him likened to Theo Parrish
and Madlib, with an altogether physical approach to sound. Listen to the
jazz-house summer stepper 'Get Up to Get Down' and pre-order Only Old on
12" vinyl + digital from Far Out Recordings | Bandcamp
Tom Webster – The Deep Blue Summer
Tom has enjoyed a successful career as a professional
photographer and cameraman working worldwide with a wide-range of stars such as
Kim Kardashian and Quentin Tarantino but decided to follow his passion for
music by releasing his debut album Deep Blue Summer. "I was going through a
rough patch, getting divorced and the death of a parent which hit me hard, so I
was struggling to make sense of it all. I decided that the best course was to
put my faith into music which allowed me to express my personal emotions. I
felt that if I put everything I had into making the album it would help to
untangle all the difficulties and challenges I was facing in my life. It was a
spiritually uplifting experience recording the album," says Webster. Tom
brought together an eclectic host of musicians featuring a saxophonist,
harpist, gospel backing singers perfectly blended with jazz, traditional
Scottish folk and complemented with Tom's powerful vocals to record the album
on Scotland's west coast island of Mull, produced by Glaswegian producer, Angus
Stirrat. The album of dreamy pop-folk songs captures the essence of a summer
finding new love, lost love and the hope of finding love again.
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