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He’s a resident at the legendary London creative hub Total Refreshment Centre, a recording artist for the off-grid, Scottish Hebridean island label Lost Map, and now the latest arrival into Chicago-based International Anthem’s growing family of progressive musical explorationists. Whilst much of his music contains vocals – often whispered imperatives – this is a collection of instrumentals, drenched in feeling and recorded over four albums and eight earth years in cities across the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe music of \"To Cy \u0026amp; Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1\" contains naturally elegant orchestration wrapped around something visceral and primordial. Swirled inside the 11 pieces are shades of Japanese Min’yo folk, Celtic folk, the Ethio-jazz of saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya and hints of the pan-human ‘ancient music’ that sat underneath Arthur Russell’s melodies on First Thought, Best Thought. The music is filled with space, inspired, he says, by computer games and Japanese animation, particularly Joe Hisaishi’s soundtrack for Studio Ghibli’s Castle In The Sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record combines new compositions alongside bygone instrumentals and understated lullabies that feel like they’ve been picked from between the cracks of civilisation. These songs were collected from albums \"Copernicus,\" \"The Jester,\" and \"Peach\" – under-the-radar records that preceded his critically acclaimed 2019 release The Corner of a Sphere. 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Yet, for us, the border is no metaphor— too much real staring back at us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe embody the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe (our families) have crossed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe (our stories) are coated with its residues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so… we cross the border of self through our art—out of necessity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis album was imagined while touring the country as families were corralled in cages. We then fled the wildfire of a nascent pandemic poised to (especially) ravage our communities as we recorded in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd our sonic journey concluded in Chicago while the country rebelled against the murderous consequences of policing in the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough this cascade of tipping points and tragedy, we summoned melody and verse to sound out verdant technicolor dreams of freedom and desire, mirroring the vortex of our time. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/city-of-mirrors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4fJ6f1pHhJFeszxwT7gTHT?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company – IARC0042\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 15 Oct 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz, Rock, Latin, Funk \/ Soul\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cumbia, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental, Soul\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456660054174,"sku":"789993991778","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Dos-Satnos.jpg?v=1646293630"},{"product_id":"anteloper-kudu","title":"Anteloper – Kudu","description":"\u003cp\u003eANTELOPER is the electric brain child of JAIMIE BRANCH (fly or die, high life) and JASON NAZARY (little women, helado negro, bear in heaven). 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Always shifting, always still, always in motion whether it happened or not... a moving stillness writhing in its own glorious invisible frame. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/kudu\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Co.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Avant-garde Jazz, Abstract, Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456662904990,"sku":"789993991327","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/a2913497311_10.jpg?v=1646293755"},{"product_id":"jeffparkerthenewbreed","title":"Jeff Parker ‎– The New Breed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGorgeous | Slick | Smooth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest known as a multi-instrumental member of Tortoise and a pillar of the Chicago jazz and experimental music scene, Jeff Parker has been incomparably prolific over the last 20+ years while merely producing 5 albums as a “lead artist” (just 2 since 2005, including 2016’s duo recording with Rob Mazurek on Rogue Art). “Lead artist” is in quotes here, because though his name is seldom seen in marquees, his distinctive guitar sound has been essential to every project he’s been part of. It was in that sense that we at International Anthem came to work with Parker during the production of Makaya McCraven’s In The Moment, an album which ultimately showcased said essentialness (of Parker’s “side man” sound) on 9 of its 19 tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the In The Moment sessions in 2013 and 2014, Parker was slowly transitioning his personal belongings from Chicago to a new home in Los Angeles. It was when finally settled that he found opportunity to re-open some home recordings and beat projects that had been dormant on his hard drive for years (early versions of some could have been heard in the late ‘00s on his Myspace page). Parker had long been in silent study of vinyl sampling and beat conduction, but perhaps it’s no coincidence that new residence in a city aflame with experimental R\u0026amp;B, jazz and electronic fusers (i.e. L.A., e.g. Brainfeeder, Leaving Records, Low End Theory) spurred him to dig back in to the practice and produce with more purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy early 2015 Parker had refined several compositional ideas around his samples, and enlisted local friend Paul Bryan (Aimee Mann, Meshell Ndegeocello) to engineer and play bass guitar in sessions with Chicago ex-pat saxophonist, Thelonious Monk Institute protégé Josh Johnson (Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Esperanza Spaulding)and drummer Jamire Williams (Robert Glasper, Carlos Niño. The recordings were conducted to capture composed passages as well as free playing that used Parker’s beats and sample suites as improvisational criterion. After completing 7 songs with the band, the last of which with vocals from his daughter Ruby Parker recorded in Chicago by John McEntire, Parker named the project The New Breed (after a clothing store his late father Ernie owned and operated in the ‘70s)and finished the album by stitching the band tracks together with intermittent pieces of beat memories from his archive. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-new-breed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1pcMEvzItukQlqZ0AA2Qvq\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company ‎– IARC 0009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 24 Jun 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456676012190,"sku":"664992991175","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/05f82bf8f7f1517b1ab39d046786893e233e0c72.jpg?v=1646294266"},{"product_id":"damonlocksblackmonumentensemblewherefutureunfolds","title":"Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble ‎– Where Future Unfolds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Chicago-based improvisational artist layers politically charged sound collages over drum machines and a children’s choir. The result is uplifting activist jazz for tumultuous times. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe music moves easily between Afrofuturist gospel—typified by the spacy synths of “Which I Believe It Will” and the luminous electro beats of “Which I Believe I Am”—and hip-hop grime. “The Colors That You Bring” sets the choir’s soulful harmonies against wavering strings and murky boom-bap drums, like a civil rights protest movie scored the RZA. Upping the intensity, sampled fragments of archived speeches are embedded in the songs; on “Solar Power” a voice proclaims, “There's no black person on this planet that will disagree with freedom.” These spoken snippets give the album a militant edge, recalling interludes from the classic Public Enemy records, where speeches from social reformers like Frederick Douglass were fused with steely breaks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the way that music from old eras can be sampled and repurposed into new forms, Locks’s majestic work strives to reach better days by looking back and learning from the past. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/damon-locks-where-future-unfolds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6O3cC5QyIOhv8oCkvbNL0d\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/799458-International-Anthem-Recording-Company\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company\u003c\/a\u003e ‎– IARC0025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/search\/?format_exact=Vinyl\"\u003eVinyl\u003c\/a\u003e, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/search\/?country=US\"\u003eUS\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/search\/?decade=2010\u0026amp;year=2019\"\u003e28 Jun 2019\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/genre\/jazz\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/style\/avant-garde+jazz\"\u003eAvant-garde Jazz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456702062750,"sku":"10047","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/29966b39ea44bdd93cd2529adb9190009c11799c.jpg?v=1646295004"},{"product_id":"jeff-parker-forfolks","title":"Jeff Parker – Forfolks","description":"\u003cp\u003eYears ago when Jeff and I were in a band together, I always insisted that our records could not have any liner notes. I was enthralled with the idea that imparting any information beyond the music itself was heresy. As if whatever the sound didn't convey needed to be left to the listener. Somehow, I was able to hold this opinion while simultaneously voraciously consuming every record jacket, CD cover, cassette J card and whatever else I could get my hands on regarding any music that interested me. Many years and finally the making of my own album forced me to confront my cognitive dissonance and recognize context can help the audience find their place in the art that they enjoy. That context is especially necessary when the artist is as under-appreciated yet influential as Jeff Parker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I met Jeff, he was the first adult (24 years old to my 18) whose musical taste was as broad as mine and my friends. He liked Eric Dolphy, De La Soul, ‘70s Miles, and Donny Hathaway. We first played together in the living room of my parents’ apartment. We agreed to each bring a friend to round out a group. He brought the amazing and criminally under-represented Sara P. Smith on trombone, and I brought my high school band mate Chad Taylor on drums. Chad and I were certainly outclassed that day, but nevertheless we all became fast friends. A few weeks later, at our regular jam session at the Bop Shop, I told my girlfriend (now wife) to pay attention to Jeff. \"He's going to be important,\" I said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chicago that Parker had moved to was ripe with young musicians eager to push at the boundaries. There weren't many venues catering to these new attempts at mixing things up, but slowly a number of great bands coalesced out of a group of like-minded friends, mixing everyone's backgrounds whether punk, disco, jazz or whatever. I clearly remember going to see New Horizons Ensemble at the Hothouse with Jeff, then a few weeks later going to the Empty Bottle to see Tortoise. Within months he'd be in both those bands. He was instrumental in forging a link between players with different styles that helped define the sound of creative music in ‘90s Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a particular thing to hear Jeff play solo. He is an unusually selfless improviser, often times laying out and highlighting the contributions of his band mates. He's never been one to play three notes where none would suffice. On this recording however he is by himself, joined only by his own ideas, looped or frozen, to flesh out the music he's creating in his mind. Hearing him craft entire sound worlds on these eight selections gives us an opportunity to really see how Parker orders sound. - \u003cu\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1OhNpb59I9TYU5oERTzMt6?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company – IARC0052, Nonesuch – IARC0052\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 10 Dec 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz, Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Acoustic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456702881950,"sku":"789993991952","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Jeff-Parker---Forfolks.jpg?v=1646295040"},{"product_id":"resavoir-resavoir","title":"Resavoir - Resavoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chicago trumpeter with hip-hop and indie-rock bona fides steps out as a bandleader, shepherding 18 musicians across a complex, soulful album that celebrates interconnectedness. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/resavoir-resavoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the vehicle for trumpeter Will Miller, Resavoir has morphed from its beginnings as an in-bedroom project to a full-scale band with endless musical possibilities in a heartbeat. With Miller serving as composer, director, and bandleader of a cast of Chicago A-listers, Resavoir debuted earlier this year with “Escalator,” a hypnotically propulsive and downright groovy slab of futuristic post-jazz that married Miles Davis-style fusion with Tortoise-like hooks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom start to finish, Resavoir’s debut is a breezy, feel-good-all-over delight that should please fans of Stereolab’s psychedelic-flavored art-pop stylings and Miller’s hometown Chicago post-jazz grooves. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jazztimes.com\/reviews\/albums\/resavoir-resavoir-international-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJazz Times\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/39jvG7HiXc0hrvPJ0h25F3\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company ‎– IARC0026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456711467166,"sku":"603784912035","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/1461bc21db1790e96a4a7829b64dae7859c181c6.jpg?v=1646295365"},{"product_id":"aquilesnavarrotcheserholmesheritageoftheinvisibleii","title":"Aquiles Navarro \u0026 Tcheser Holmes ‎– Heritage Of The Invisible II","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Fall of 2019 Navarro and Holmes coalesced around the idea of composing new, expanded duo music, and booked two after-hours sessions at Brooklyn’s S1 Studios. “Each tune has a compositional background to it, but improvisation and the telepathy between us remains the main catalyst,” notes Navarro. From this open map, the duo layered samples and electronic elements from Juno 106 and Moog Grandmother synths over their acoustic improvisations, overdubbed contributions from poets, vocalist and instrumentalist friends, and added field recordings of themselves in conversation. To sculpt the mass of sounds they commissioned ada adhiyatma (aka Madam Data, a Philadelphia-based composer\/electronicist who they’d met through a joint collaboration with Moor Mother) for a final mix. The resulting album – \"Heritage of the Invisible II\" – reveals Navarro and Holmes stepping firmly into the limelight of -progressive music-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tracks flash by in a rapturous onslaught, crystalizing in incantations by Spanish poet Marcos de la Fuente (an apocalyptic fever dream on “Initial Meditation”), vocalist Brigitte Zozula (the bliss of bustling nightlife on “A Night in NY”), Navarro’s mentor and collaborator Carlos Garnett (the banality of economics on “$$$ \/\/\/ billete”) and their own musings on friendship and community (the stoned soul picnic of “Plantains”). Of the album’s de facto anthem “Pueblo,” Navarro says “it’s a celebration of life, the coming together of the people, el pueblo, a celebration of who we are, where we come from, it’s our pueblo, our people, a feeling of openness, hope, and a future of unity from el pueblo, the people.” Identifying as active listeners and audience members as well, Navarro and Holmes step back on “M.O.N.K (Most Only Never Knew)” to shine a light on the solo improvisation of pianist\/composer Nick Sanders. On the 8-minute duet “NAVARROHOLMES,” the two players reach a summit as they face off in spirited alliance, conjuring visions of legendary free jazz telepathics – Braxton and Roach, Coltrane and Ali, Cherry and Blackwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNavarro and Holmes never idle on \"Heritage of the Invisible II,\" choosing instead to ponder their origins in a devout charge of ecstatic cooperation. Meditating on the unseen constructive forces of culture and rhythm as a cadence encoded in one’s heritage, with \"Heritage of the Invisible II\" they share a volume of their story in rich color – a brilliantly imagined testament to generations of memory, creation and existential joy. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/heritage-of-the-invisible-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6236ZXp1oikjoIgtN4RbYA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company ‎– IARC0035\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 23 Oct 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Free Jazz, Latin Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456716906654,"sku":"603784912356","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/4a54667fe5fa2435cd515c3ca15cff3b2c1ad692.jpg?v=1646295504"},{"product_id":"makayamccraveninthemoment","title":"Makaya McCraven ‎– In The Moment","description":"\u003cp\u003eMakaya McCraven was born in Paris in 1983, the son of jazz drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStephen McCraven\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Sam Rivers,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eArchie Shepp) and Hungarian folk singer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAgnes Zsigmondi. When he was a child, his family relocated to Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley, an area that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShepp\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eYusef Lateef\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecalled home.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShepp\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLateef\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehelped his parents mentor the boy by exposing him to a broad range of musical traditions. He began playing drums before he was ten, and in high school he pursued music studies seriously. His\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCold Duck Complex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecut three albums and toured regionally in the opening slot for hip-hop acts, and was a favorite at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Matriculating there, McCraven furthered his studies and played in the University Jazz Orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe relocated to Chicago in 2006 and almost instantly became an integral part of its thriving music scene, working with musicians ranging from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAri Brown\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBroom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCorey Wilkes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHenry Johnson. He told Chicago Magazine that his reason for relocating to the Windy City was predicated by \"a tradition in Chicago that's not stuck in the same trends as a place like New York. Chicago has a tradition of subversive music, and that, to me, is really intriguing, especially today, in times of political resistance. The tradition of a lot of Chicago music is one of resistance or labor or oppression and corruption.\" The drummer established his bona fides by playing on recordings by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eApollo Sunshine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKris Delmhorst.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcCraven‘s breakthrough debut album\u003cem\u003e In The Moment\u003c\/em\u003e captured 48 hours of live, improvised performances from McCraven and company. It was recorded at 1 venue over 12 months and 28 shows. The edited, remixed, and final product ended up displaying one of the most important recordings to date in the modern jazz world. The feeling still organic and never too far removed from the source material, the impressive, virtuosic playing reaches Sun Ra levels of hypnotic transmissions that keeps the listener fully engulfed in the spiritual plane. A few months later International Anthem issued \u003cem\u003eIn The Moment E \u0026amp; F Sides\u003c\/em\u003e, a further nine tracks from the original sessions that tells more of the album’s story. Now after the release of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eHighly Rare\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Universal Beings\u003c\/em\u003e LPs, with both the original \u003cem\u003eIn The Moment\u003c\/em\u003e and the addendum disc in higher demand than ever, International Anthem present the full session together on wax for the first time ever. It Includes the original album on LP 1 \u0026amp; 2, with the E \u0026amp; F sides on LP 3, all housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket with liner notes + obi strip. — via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1579662125\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2015\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Hip Hop, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Jazzy Hip-Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456752099486,"sku":"603784912257","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/a4357cd00f715b808d1675aa5918979cd4797e92.jpg?v=1646296232"},{"product_id":"irreversibleentanglements-irreversibleentanglements","title":"Irreversible Entanglements - Irreversible Entanglements","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrreversible Entanglements are a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed in early 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer, poet Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) and bassist Luke Stewart, who came together to perform at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event organized after the slaying of Akai Gurley by the NYPD. Months later the group added trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes (a duo who also performed at the MAPB event) for a single day of recording at Seizure’s Palace in Brooklyn, and the full quintet’s first time playing together was captured for this debut. In four relentless bouts of inspired fire music the instrumentalists explore and elaborate compositional ideas drawn from their deep individual studies of free jazz improvisation, but the tone of each piece is driven decisively by Ayewa’s searing poetic narrations of Black trauma, survival and power. The message is the undeniable essence of the music. Though free jazz with voice is an uncommon approach in the modern day landscape of the genre, the spirit and subject the band channels and explores represent a return to a central tenant of the sound as it was founded – to be a vehicle for Black liberation. As creative and adventurous as any recording of contemporary avant-garde jazz but offering listeners no abstractions to hide behind, this is music that both honors and defies tradition, speaking to the present while insisting on the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrreversible Entanglements is the first collaborative split release by International Anthem \u0026amp; Don Giovanni Records, a partnership aimed to amplify this potent music and pertinent message to the widest possible audience. - \u003cu\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1WdgivBuyLUfqWYmXZJ6V1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company ‎– IARC0014, Don Giovanni Records ‎– DG-157\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 26 Sep 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Free Jazz, Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456763764894,"sku":"66499299137","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/b960fb8e3db98040d3a9702b9150186225926bd9.jpg?v=1646296584"},{"product_id":"damon-locks-black-monument-ensemble-now","title":"Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble – Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eDamon Locks \u0026amp; Black Monument Ensemble’s new album \"NOW\" was created in the final throes of Summer 2020, following months of pandemic-induced fear \u0026amp; isolation, the explosion of social unrest, struggle \u0026amp; violence in the streets, and as the certain presence of a new reality had fully settled in. Set up safely in the garden behind Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio, the music was recorded in only a few takes, capturing the first times members of BME had ever played or sang the tunes. For Locks, the impetus was more about getting together to commune and make art than it was about producing an album. In his words: “It was about offering a new thought. It was about resisting the darkness. It was about expressing possibility. 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Parker is very much a solo artist on Suite for Max Brown. He constructs a digital bed of beats and samples; lays down tracks of his own on guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, and occasionally voice; then invites his musician friends to play and improvise over his melodies. But unlike a traditional jazz session, Parker doesn’t assemble a full combo in the studio for a day or two of live takes. His accompanists are often working alone with Parker, reacting to what Parker has provided them, and then Parker uses those individual parts to layer and assemble into his final tracks. The process may be relatively solitary and cerebral, but the results feel like in-the-moment jams—warm-hearted, human, alive. \u003cem\u003eSuite for Max Brown\u003c\/em\u003e brims with personality, boasting the rhythmic flow of hip hop and the soulful swing of jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In my own music I’ve always sought to deal with the intersection of improvisation and the digital era of making music, trying to merge these disparate elements into something cohesive,” Parker explains. “I became obsessed maybe ten or fifteen years ago with making music from samples. At first it was more an exercise in learning how to sample and edit audio. I was a big hip-hop fan all my life, but I never delved into the technical aspects of making that music. To keep myself busy, I started to sample music from my own library of recordings, to chop them up, make loops and beats. I would do it in my spare time. I could do it when I was on tour—in the van or on an airplane, at a soundcheck, whenever I had spare time I was working on this stuff. After a while, as you can imagine, I had hours and hours of samples I had made and I hadn’t really done anything with them. So I made The New Breed based off these old sample-based compositions and mixed them with improvising,” he continues. “There was a lot of editing, a lot of post-production work that went into that. That’s in a nutshell how I make a lot of my music; it’s a combination of sampling, editing, retriggering audio, and recording it, moving it around and trying to make it into something cohesive—and make it music that someone would enjoy listening to. With Max Brown, it’s evolved. I played a lot of the music myself. It’s me playing as many of the instruments as I could. 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Sometimes while on the path to the feeding grounds, Aunt Lola and I would stand still and listen together. We would immediately become aware of winds approaching through wavering pines, quail songs and the chatter of distant cousins just up the road. Once she told me that during a certain time of day she can hear her father hammering away in the field near the old house where she grew up. Even though her father was long deceased, she could clearly hear the rhythm and feel his presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was my first conscious experience with thermodynamics and its first law that states energy can neither be created nor destroyed, just transferred. The moment, environment, memory, and open listening of my great Aunt allowed a sound from the past to resonate in the present for my 7 year old ears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe awareness of a moment, environment, memory, and open listening are also the makings of a great improviser. With the idea of freedom being a “dangling carrot” for most, my now mature and “forever learning” ears have realized that improvisation is the one freedom that we all have access to. I remember the clarity of my great grandfather’s hammer. The silence in between each strike was what drew Aunt Lola and me in, closer. From that moment on, I’ve carried my curiosity of the world inside my front pocket at all times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis experience is at the root of this bundle of sound, Open Arms to Open Us. – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/open-arms-to-open-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/18QxNaIbnrtE0DnSkJPIel?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company – IARC0051LPI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456797221022,"sku":"789993991853","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Ben-Lamar-Gay.jpg?v=1646297556"},{"product_id":"makayamccravenuniversalbeings","title":"Makaya McCraven ‎– Universal Beings","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhysically spanning national \u0026amp; international borders to create an album that musically spans deep spiritual jazz meditations, pulsing post-bop grooves \u0026amp; straight-ahead boom-bap, Makaya McCraven defies the simplifications of revisionism \u0026amp; regionalism while celebrating the sounds, settings \u0026amp; stories that define the provenance of his work. Universal Beings projects an all-encompassing message of unity, peace \u0026amp; power by embracing transcendence in all its expressions. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/universal-beings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3CvBq2Q7CDKbnmXxuhmDd2\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company ‎– IARC0022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456886317214,"sku":"603784912066","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/22ec4b7543d8cbe69dc053ce2e63296d3d18dc67.jpg?v=1646298907"},{"product_id":"jamire-williams-but-only-after-you-have-suffered","title":"Jamire Williams – But Only After You Have Suffered","description":"\u003cp\u003e'But Only After You Have Suffered' is a densely layered and deeply personal new work from multidisciplinary artist, composer, percussionist \u0026amp; producer Jamire Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConceived as a spiritual, autobiographical artistic statement, Jamire applies sound collage practice to modern jazz composition, beat production, MC\/vocalist features, and his uniquely impressionistic drumming style – making an album as akin to minimalist painting as an art-house film soundtrack or a classic hip-hop mixtape. A “self-reflective, almost testimonial work” that swiftly cycles across a vast spectrum of styles, it's the culmination of his five-year musical journey to the outer reaches of his own sound. It’s the album he has always wanted to make. To do so he engages his faith and the friends and family that shaped him, working with a host of close collaborators in a free and spontaneous manner. The shared musical, communal, and spiritual sensibility gives the album its sense of unity. “It’s a whole work,” Jamire explains. “It flows seamlessly, and it’s meant to keep playing until you really understand all the messages, prayers, and cries.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross twelve multi-faceted tracks, he brings together artists from his hometown of Houston (vocalists Corey King, Lisa E. Harris, Fat Tony, Jawwaad Taylor), those he became close to over several years living in LA (Sam Gendel, Zeroh, Mic Holden, Josh Johnson, fellow International Anthem artist Carlos Niño), and other creative partners from his life-long journey in sound (Chassol, Svet, Kenneth Whalum). - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/but-only-after-you-have-suffered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0JmTYh8Kw1TJ1tqONvys8m?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company – IARC0046\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry: US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 3 Dec 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456915447966,"sku":"789993991693","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/But-Only.jpg?v=1646299270"},{"product_id":"irreversibleentanglementswhosentyou","title":"Irreversible Entanglements ‎– Who Sent You?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLed by the poet and musician Moor Mother, the jazz ensemble evokes our American topography, both physically and psychologically, by capturing what’s in the news and what’s underneath that surface.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the group’s most remarkable attribute is that while anger is ever-present, the fury is tempered, the music focused and controlled. As Ayewa’s inquisitive gaze turns inward on the sinewy Latin-tinged groove of “No Mas,” she remains resolved “to love ourselves fully.” Built from a walking bassline and clanging hand percussion, “Bread Out of Stone” never rises above a simmer to convey the message of resilience in the face of oppression. The shrieking, flailing properties of free jazz are often interpreted as unbridled anger, rising as it did during the heights of the Civil Rights era and inner-city unrest. And while Irreversible Entanglements draws on that tradition, they aren’t merely mimicking an older version of jazz. They are making it resonate now, emphasizing it as a music of ritual, much like Ayewa’s other loves, like gospel and blues. It conveys all of the urgency of her raw, earlier work now across a greater vista, untethered by time yet wholly in the present. -  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/irreversible-entanglements-who-sent-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ePitchfork \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/64altPXDNN3HLiKrQ7Nmil\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-clip: initial;\"\u0026gt;Label: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/799458-International-Anthem-Recording-Company\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company\u003c\/a\u003e ‎– IARC0031, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/123626-Don-Giovanni-Records\"\u003eDon Giovanni Records\u003c\/a\u003e ‎– DG-202\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-clip: initial;\"\u0026gt;Format: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/search\/?format_exact=Vinyl\"\u003eVinyl\u003c\/a\u003e, LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-clip: initial;\"\u0026gt;Country: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/search\/?country=US\"\u003eUS\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-clip: initial;\"\u0026gt;Released: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/search\/?decade=2020\u0026amp;year=2020\"\u003e20 Mar 2020\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-clip: initial;\"\u0026gt;Genre: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/genre\/jazz\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456932323486,"sku":"4015698322811","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/cfc4fa37eebb5ad7cff1b4704391425e2f0a5015.jpg?v=1646299616"},{"product_id":"daniel-villarreal-panama-77","title":"Daniel Villarreal – Panama 77","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePanamá 77 \u003c\/em\u003e– a vibrant and verdant suite of multi-textural, jazz-laced psychedelic instrumental folk-funk – is the debut album by Panamá-born, Chicago-based drummer and DJ Daniel Villarreal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough it’s a debut work in the eyes of the world, Villarreal has long been a widely known and beloved character on the Chicago music scene. On almost any night of the week, you’ll find him DJing at atleast one spot on bustling 18th Street in his home neighborhood of Pilsen. (The decadent track “18th \u0026amp; Morgan” is an homage to that strip, with its lowrider meets Roy Ayers vibe, vividly depicting Villarreal’s daily life driving to a gig in his classic baby-blue Mercedes sedan, wearing a beaver-skin Stetson and tinted aviators.) If he’s not there, he’s playing drums with Dos Santos, Valebol, The Los Sundowns or Ida y Vuelta (all bands he co-leads), or sitting in with Wild Belle or Rudy De Anda. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVillarreal may be most known for his big style and magnetic personality, but to musicians on the scene, it’s as much for his talents as a malleable and reliable drummer, with a deep pocket in many styles and sounds. Through Dos Santos and Ida y Vuelta, he’s demonstrated a range of knowledge and skill in various stripes of folkloric Latin music; but, ironically, he didn’t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereally play traditional Latin music until he moved to the States from his hometown Panamá City. His deepest roots in drumming are from the progressive punk and hardcore scenes of Central America, where his bands NOHAYDIA and 2 Huevos 1 Camino were active in the late 90s. Those formative experiences are the foundation of his career in music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter his teen years thrashing on the punk scene, Villarreal started a life-changing tutelage with Freddy Sobers, the drummer of El General and Nando Boom (both known for pioneering reggaeton music in Panamá). “He taught me how to play all kinds of rhythms and told me I didn’t have to just play punk music,” Villarreal told the Chicago Reader in 2021. “He played everything from Rush to reggaeton to Chick Corea to salsa music… He told me if I wanted to be a good drummer, I had to learn all the styles. He took me under his wing, and I learned a lot from him.” Villarreal evokes another Panamanian legend in “Patria,” a tribute to the organist and composer Avelino Muñoz. “My father, who also played the organ, used to listen to him growing up. I was always curious about its haunted sound. This recording is a total obeisance to Muñoz, my father and my country.”— via Label\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=781567185\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Yellow\/Black Marble [Polyrhythmic Polaroid]\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2022\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Psychedelic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41739230970014,"sku":"789993992249","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Daniel.jpg?v=1654680005"},{"product_id":"anteloper-pink-dolphins","title":"Anteloper – Pink Dolphins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejaimie branch and Jason Nazary are Anteloper. When prompted about their name, branch comes back rhyming: “An Anteloper, is an antelope, interloper,” adding in a jovial manner, “an antelope walks up to a party, but you know, people don’t want him around.” Turns out, she had the name before the band was formed, and once the duo started rehearsing, it was apparent that THIS was what an Anteloper sounds like.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother creature pops up in the title of the duo’s new album: Pink Dolphins. branch explains that the name is in part a nod to her Colombian heritage (from her Mother). “There’s these amazing pink river dolphins that live in the Amazon - they can swim in salt water, they can chill in fresh water, or they can rock in mixed up brackish waters. They are uniquely ‘aquadelic’ in that way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e. Aquadelic and super endangered.” In many ways branch and Nazary are like those dolphins – adaptable to varied terrain and moving in many directions through sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eWhat makes this album special is the way that this duo bravely abandons the known as they leap forward into a path less-travelled. There’s no pre-made template here, only sound. Only a starting point, the destruction of that point, and the telepathic creation of a new way out. The electronics incorporated by both players are navigational devices, transportation sound-crafts. The resulting output is freewheeling, other-worldly, improvisational music, inspired by the unknown and at home in the astro-world. But the driving force behind Anteloper’s psychedelic space music is not escapism, rather a complete immersion in the hyperreality of the present. Their music is made for destroying concepts of past and future, for confronting and embracing the moment, for the betterment of the here and now. It's music that is as rare and bewilderingly beautiful as the aquadelic pink dolphins surfing through the Amazon River.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/pink-dolphins\"\u003eOn Bandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/58rs9tGJvKpCRnuBewxs8w?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company – IARC0056\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eVinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Limousine Black\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReleased:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2022-06-17\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e17 Jun 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eElectronic, Jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAvant-garde Jazz, Abstract\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41797762711710,"sku":"789993992416","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/a3941937252_16.jpg?v=1655974076"},{"product_id":"carlos-nino-friends-extra-presence","title":"Carlos Niño \u0026 Friends – Extra Presence","description":"\u003cp\u003eEXTRA PRESENCE is a 90 minute, 17-track collection showcasing Los Angeles modern music scene pioneer Carlos Niño’s unique, highly developed, self-described “Spiritual, Improvisational, Space Collage” sound, and featuring an incredible cast of collaborators (including Jamael Dean, Nate Mercereau, Shabazz Palaces, Deantoni Parks, Sam Gendel, Laraaji, Jamire Williams, Iasos, and more). It's an expanded edition of a 10-track suite called 'Actual Presence' that Niño self-released exclusively via his Bandcamp page in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2020, when the world entered into lockdown, Carlos engaged in his studio in Woodland Hills, CA, where he pored over tapes from past improv sessions. One in particular stuck out, a February 2019 Just Jazz gig with Devin Daniels, Jamael Dean, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Randy Gloss. On stage that night, he’d been confused and uncomfortable, he didn’t understand his relationship with an audience. “I had a revelation that night,” he says. “What I present in concert is sonic journeying—not a set of songs, or a program, or a performative energy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing the Just Jazz tapes as a guide, he mixed and remixed, overdubbed synthesizer and pulled from his extensive battery of percussion instruments. He invited his collaborators—his friends, though we should all be so lucky to have friends as talented as these—to add their own overdubs, then, working the controls, he turned out a collection of songs that seem to have entire worlds encased within them. He worked with a sense of necessity. “The urgency was to share a message,” he says, “that we would get through this.” - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/extra-presence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eInternational Anthem\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/21mdtatIUbfk3e9khF4bbG?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– IARC 0047\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e2 x\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVinyl,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP, Album\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eUSA \u0026amp; Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReleased:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2022-07-22\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e22 Jul 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eFusion,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eContemporary Jazz,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSpace-Age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41963769888926,"sku":"789993992331","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-23978885-1658921988-5279.jpg?v=1660721345"},{"product_id":"charles-stepney-step-on-step","title":"Charles Stepney – Step On Step","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternational Anthem is proud to present 'Step on Step', a double LP collection of home recordings marking the de-facto eponymous debut album by enigmatic producer, arranger, and composer Charles Stepney (1931-1976). 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Dedicated followers may note he’s had 6 other releases in the meantime (including 2018’s widely-popular Universal Beings and 2020’s We’re New Again, his rework of Gil Scott-Heron’s final album for XL Recordings); but none of which have been as definitive an expression of his artistic ethos as In These Times. This is the album McCraven’s been trying to make since he started making records. 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Again, let’s defer to Dezron here: “Welcome to the Black Lion rocket ship.” - \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0r2hmzf2EaR81KRTejRGQ3?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 50.1266%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 17.9167%; height: 44.8px; text-align: left;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 82.0833%; height: 44.8px;\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company – IARC0058\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 17.9167%; height: 22.4px; text-align: left;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 82.0833%; height: 22.4px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eVinyl, \u003c\/span\u003eLP, Album\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 17.9167%; height: 22.4px; text-align: left;\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 82.0833%; height: 22.4px;\"\u003eUS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 17.9167%; height: 22.4px; text-align: left;\"\u003eReleased:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 82.0833%; height: 22.4px;\"\u003e18th Nov 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 17.9167%; height: 22.4px; text-align: left;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 82.0833%; height: 22.4px;\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 17.9167%; height: 22.4px; text-align: left;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 82.0833%; height: 22.4px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/style\/contemporary%20jazz\" hreflang=\"en\" class=\"link_1ctor\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eContemporary Jazz, Free Improvisation\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/style\/free%20improvisation\" hreflang=\"en\" class=\"link_1ctor\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42290569543838,"sku":"11243","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Dezron-Douglas.jpg?v=1670489532"},{"product_id":"irreversible-entanglements-open-the-gates","title":"Irreversible Entanglements - Open the Gates","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrreversible Entanglements’ third full-length album OPEN THE GATES is ethereal shards of jagged onyx, a melancholic exploration of the post-colonial debris that surrounds us. Let’s watch and listen, as this platter snakes through the sandy ashes of possible histories, dialogs with a nervous present, and asks to be birthed into a holographic new future. “Together in holy sound!” the band stitches patient anthems out of atmosphere. Pulling from a wider sonic vocabulary than on previous excursions, the agit-jazz found here is simultaneously pre- and post-apocalypse, as bass lurches in a tranced-out loop, horns are up in the track grooves like poltergeists playing in the streets, poetry cascades like a warrior call at a satsang, the drums both wild and refined pulse with uhuru-heart cadence. This is Irreversible Entanglements on new ground; same as the old ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd we need it now – the universe was awash in the sickly static veneer of anti-cosmos, of anti-nation; the halls were emptied, our shadows echoing and staining the walls of our abandoned oases – so we poured out into 2020’s wild streets. The ghosts of our labor danced around the sickness as we set fire to our old ways of thinking and moving, as we set fire to cop cars and bashed in the windows of our own rising disenfranchisement. “Open the gates!” we shouted, blessed be – we need it now!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere come Irreversible Entanglements – Luke Stewart, the high priest on bass; Aquiles Navarro, the electric universe in human form on trumpet; Keir Neuringer, the cosmologist with the siren sound on sax; Tcheser Holmes, the griot, the myth-maker on drums; and Camae Ayewa, the Moor mother with an empyrean pen game – on this new disc with their fierce aural tectonics shifting the earth, their watery post-pangea as dirge, their punk rock ethos and crash and bang polyrhythmic super-sonic sound synesthesia in the form of OPEN THE GATES – here it comes, my Brothas and Sistas, here it comes.  - \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/04prhtrBuWTOWit3vnweII?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.9368%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 49.9368%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLabel:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company – IARC 0049, Don Giovanni Records – DG-252\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCountry:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReleased:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 Nov 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGenre:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElectronic, Jazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvant-garde Jazz, Experimental, Free Jazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42401470840990,"sku":"789993991549","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Irreversible-Entanglements.jpg?v=1675319436"},{"product_id":"angel-bat-dawid-requiem-for-jazz","title":"Angel Bat Dawid - Requiem For Jazz","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"customHeaderWrapper\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackView leftMiddleColumns has-art\" data-tooltips='{\"tooltips\":[],\"dash_seen\":null}'\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eComposer, clarinetist, singer and educator Angel Bat Dawid announces the release of a new work, Requiem For Jazz. A 12-movement suite composed, arranged, and inspired in part by dialogue from Edward O. Bland’s 1959 film The Cry of Jazz, the album is a wide-ranging treatise on the African American story from one of its most astute narrators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItself an incisive critique of racial politics in the USA, The Cry of Jazz draws formal comparisons between the structure of jazz music and the African American experience - as one of freedom and restraint, of joy and suffering - that manifests in the triumph of spirit over the crushing prejudice of daily life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCutting together archive reels from Black neighborhoods in Chicago with live performance footage from Sun Ra and his Arkestra among others, the film remains a radical and prescient evocation of Black pride and its roots in the history of jazz, from spirituals to blues and beyond. - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/requiem-for-jazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1pjnqysk4VORAmOyLEvYaN?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 134.344px;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\n\u003ccol style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eIntergalactic Mantra \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e2 x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eCountry \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eReleased \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e24 Mar 2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eGenre \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eStyle \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 22.3906px;\"\u003eAvant-garde Jazz, Gospel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42541043613854,"sku":"789993992720","price":50.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/ABD-RFJ.jpg?v=1681289446"},{"product_id":"asher-gamedze-turbulence-and-pulse","title":"Asher Gamedze - Turbulence and Pulse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCape Town, South Africa-based drummer Asher Gamedze explores relationships of time between music and history on his new album Turbulence and Pulse, out May 5th 2023.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurbulence and Pulse takes its title from this moment of synchronicities. Inspired by this description, Gamedze developed the metaphor further, expanding the concept of turbulence and pulse through the lens of history. “Time in music is a metaphor for thinking about time in history and how time moves,” he says. “The way we’re taught history is generally in a way that robs people of\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e agency in imagining themselves as part of history and how it unfolds. It is something that happens to us. I think there's a productive metaphor in that because the sense of time in music is created by musicians playing together. If we can use that to think about history and time in history, you can see that, actually, history is created by people in a whole range of ways. 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In recent years, Locks has also earned great renown from his revolutionary, expansive latter-day gospel\/jazz project Black Monument Ensemble (BME), with which he’s released two albums on IARC (2019’s \u003cem\u003eWhere Future Unfolds\u003c\/em\u003e and 2021’s \u003cem\u003eNOW\u003c\/em\u003e). New Future City Radio finds the artists creating a natural but innovatively-assembled blend of the sounds of those two projects, with Locks’s BME-style sample-based sound collage creating compositional beds underneath the signature Orson Welles-like vocal\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e delivery he’s developed through his work with ESO, alongside Roland SP flourishes and arresting brass improvisations by Mazurek.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThemes both sonic and text based were predetermined but improvisation leads the journey. The music these two have devised may sound overtly bombastic one moment and gently transportive the next, and often somewhere in between. When asked about New Future City Radio the duo exclaim in one voice: \"I'm talking post, post, post, future. I'm talking resilience and levitation. I'm talking beauty and structural integrity for my people. I'm talking light beams that tell stories and educate. Let's talk about that if you wanna talk new future!\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.soundohm.com\/product\/new-future-city-radio\"\u003eSoundohm\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0jX6gj8Mt8N6MnvUXGYIYk?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table_1fWaB\" border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– IARC0068\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eVinyl,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP, Album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReleased:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2023\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695716208798,"sku":"789993993314","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/Screenshot-2023-08-08-at-6-18-42-PM.png?v=1691490017"},{"product_id":"jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-world-war","title":"Jaimie Branch – Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))","description":"\u003cp\u003eMidway through “burning grey,” from her riotous third and final album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejaimie branch\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eissues an exhortation that could serve as her artistic mission statement: “Don’t forget to fight.” Whether leading her Fly or Die quartet or working as a prolific collaborator across scenes and cities, the trumpeter, composer, and vocalist, who died of undisclosed causes at 39 last year, made music from a position of joyful defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer background was in jazz, but she had little regard for putative genre distinctions, pulling in the syncopated rhythms of Latin and Caribbean music, the melodic clarity of folk song, the swirling textures of psychedelia, the abstraction of free improv, the swagger of hip-hop, the pugilism of punk rock. Her commitment to each note didn’t just make these connections between various canons seem plausible; it made the notion of their separation seem absurd. There are inherent risks to such agnosticism about style. For the enthusiastic amateur, it can betray a lack of focus; for the dispassionate professional, a belief that idioms are exercises to be mastered by rote. For branch, whose consummate technical ability never got in the way of her raw passion—or vice versa—it is simply evidence of the conviction that all of these ostensibly divergent branches grow from the same tree. And at its root, as she and her collaborators demonstrate on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e((world war))\u003c\/em\u003e, is the will to fight, to dance, and to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusic of all kinds suffered a significant loss with branch’s passing last year. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e((world war))\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides a precious document of her artistry at the end of her life, and a glimpse of where she might have taken it next. Even more important: It is a joy to hear, and a reminder that the struggle for a better world is a beautiful and worthwhile endeavor, despite the many powerful voices that work daily to convince us otherwise. branch fought the good fight until the very end. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-world-war\/\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5ZsaI40anT5k996hefFl51?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table_1fWaB\" border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eInternational Anthem Recording Company\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– IARC0066\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"format_item_3SAJn\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eVinyl,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePeacock Couture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eWorldwide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReleased:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2023-08-25\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e25 Aug 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\" style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-width: 1px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eContemporary Jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732133580958,"sku":"11458","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/R-28021758-1692489116-6325.jpg?v=1693983154"},{"product_id":"jeremiah-chiu-in-electric-time","title":"Jeremiah Chiu – In Electric Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn June 29th, 2023, Jeremiah Chiu walked into the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM) in Highland Park, Los Angeles, with no plan more specific than “let’s fire this stuff up and see what happens.” Exploring the VSM’s vast collection of classic, rare and staple synthesizers, he would sequence, trigger, and layer the machines together with help from VSM founder\/curator Lance Hill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHill recalls: \"Jeremiah arrived before the engineer showed up. We talked for maybe 5 minutes before he started programming a sound and sequence into the Gleeman Pentaphonic. By the time the engineer showed up, Jeremiah had built several other parts around the Gleeman that weren't synced by any control method but sounded like they were just calling and responding to each other. They plugged the Tascam 388 into the patch bay, and hit record. Jeremiah played with it, and that was it. First piece written and recorded in under an hour. It felt natural, fun and free. And that's pretty much how the rest of the session went. Constant ecstatic motion. It was the funnest non-HipHop session I've ever worked on.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe resulting album – \u003cem\u003eIn Electric Time\u003c\/em\u003e - was recorded in just two days, and edited to completion in the two days following. It was captured fully analog by engineer Ben Lumsdaine, who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e​​contributes performances on a few tracks himself. Cooper Crain (of Bitchin Bajas) makes an appearance as well; but ultimately the collection is an intuitive expression of organic electronic music conceptualized and created in-context by Chiu alone, as he calls on a lifetime of work in sound synthesis to paint a fulgent, refreshingly undercut sequence of cinematic sketches and in-process themes. In some ways, \u003cem\u003eIn Electric Time\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the directness of Raymond Scott’s electronic studio recordings — with sharp cuts and room chatter — and, in others, it conjures the in-the-moment magic of Harmonia. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/in-electric-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0GPfDLCGEDrCLQTcBTZYHh?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Worldwide\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Feb 16, 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Minimal, Ambient\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/ Synthesisers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43312104636574,"sku":"789993994120","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/a2752947119_10.jpg?v=1710312170"},{"product_id":"tom-skinner-voices-of-bishara-live-at-mu","title":"Tom Skinner – Voices Of Bishara Live At \"mu\"","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eTom Skinner is the co-founder, \u003cspan\u003edrummer and percussionist \u003c\/span\u003efrom Sons Of Kemet, and The Smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn January 2023, Tom Skinner and his ensemble performed material from his recently-released album 'Voices of Bishara' (Brownswood, IARC \u0026amp; Nonesuch, 2022) at London club “mu”— a venue founded by the curators at Brilliant Corners and named after the seminal Don Cherry live album. Their performance was augmented by three pieces by Abdul Wadud, whose 1977 self-released solo cello album, \u003cem\u003eBy Myself\u003c\/em\u003e, was a primary inspiration for\u003cem\u003e Voices of Bishara\u003c\/em\u003e. The woodwinds featured on Skinner's original \u003cem\u003eVoices of Bishara\u003c\/em\u003e album — Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia — had already been replaced in Skinner's live ensemble with Robert Stillman (who also plays with Skinner in The Smile) and Chelsea Carmichael; with the extended rhythm section of Tom Herbert (double bass) and Kareem Dayes (cello) still rounding out the lineup with Skinner on drums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the opening moments of \u003cem\u003eVoices of Bishara Live at \"mu\"\u003c\/em\u003e, which was recorded on that legendary January 2023 night, it's clear that this band’s aim is to excavate the deep corners of the repertoire, kicking things off with an extended rendition of Skinner’s own composition “Bishara” that employs the same relationship to rhythmic and tonal freedom found in the Abdul Wadud cello work that inspired it. That aesthetic connection is even more clear by the time the\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egroup moves into their 20-minute exploration of Wadud’s “Oasis,” the stunning centerpiece of the set that culminates with a scorching 5+ minute sax solo by Carmichael.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHearing Skinner’s compositions - flexed and stretched with extended improvisation, and in context with works by Wadud - both places them and this band firmly in the creative music continuum they honor, and provides us with an unobstructed view of where that continuum is leading us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — (via Bandcamp, Tom Skinner)\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition and numbered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3436137365\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Numbered\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Worldwide\u003cbr\u003eReleased: May 10, 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz, Free Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Avant Garde \/ Free Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43997979705502,"sku":"78993994212","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a1081356019_10.jpg?v=1718775937"},{"product_id":"cassie-kinoshis-seed-gratitude","title":"Cassie Kinoshi's seed – Gratitude","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn March of 2023 composer, arranger \u0026amp; alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi premiered a commissioned suite of music in front of a sold out crowd at London’s Southbank Centre. 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Striking upon first listen and even richer on repeat visits, gratitude scores the soul of contemporary Black London with philharmonic craftwork in the tradition of legendary jazz arrangers like Mary Lou Williams, Oliver Nelson, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCarla Bley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimilar to those keystone writer-arrangers, here Kinoshi wields the power of a large ensemble to convey nuanced human emotion. “\u003cem\u003eGratitude\u003c\/em\u003e was written as a means of guiding my own healing,” says Kinoshi. “My mother told me that she keeps a gratitude book where she writes one thing, no matter how big or small, every day that helps to re-focus her mind on practicing gratitude. 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Unfortunately, this major development site for the burgeoning new West Coast jazz \u0026amp; improvised music sound closed its doors permanently at the end of 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe venue, perhaps best known outside of LA for Jeff Parker's 2022 album \u003cem\u003eMondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy\u003c\/em\u003e, was the perfect location for the start of SML, especially given that both bassist Anna Butterss and saxophonist Josh Johnson are part of Parker's quartet that held down a regular gig at ETA since the venue's early days (and hence thoroughly documented, heard on Parker's album). \u003cem\u003eSmall Medium Large\u003c\/em\u003e was engineered and recorded in stereo direct to Nagra by Bryce Gonzales and compiled, arranged, and edited with additional production, recording, and studio composition by SML across their various home studios.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile editing, chopping, and rearranging stereo mixed\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eimprovisations is hardly a new idea (for a modern and relevant example we can look to Makaya McCraven's output on IARC) these results are a stunning expansion of the Teo Macero \/ Miles Davis editing concept explored on classics like 'In a Silent Way', 'On The Corner', and 'Get Up With It'. Stylistically though, these recordings have more in common with the proto-trance repetitions of Harmonia, and with Holgar Czukay's re-assembly technique used in his work with Can. Throw in a supremely intuitive utilization of polyrhythmic floating patterns (a la Susumu Yokota), and the result is a truly innovative take on time-clocked electronic rhythms augmented with live instrumentation that never loses that elusive human sway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Medium Large\u003c\/em\u003e is a sublime assemblage of circulatory grooves and textural anomalies, at different moments recalling the synth-laced improvisations of Herbie Hancock's Sextant, the jagged dance punk of Essential Logic, the rhythmic revelry of Fela Kuti, the low-end elasticity of Parliament\/Funkadelic, or the glitchy dub techno of Pole. Taken in totality, the album captures a euphoric creative synchronicity between some of today's most exciting musicians.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — (via Bandcamp, SML)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1597791437\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Worldwide\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Experimental, Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Modern \/ Future Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44172195856542,"sku":"789993994366","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a3892331806_10.jpg?v=1722336133"},{"product_id":"asher-gamedze-the-black-lungs-constitution","title":"Asher Gamedze \u0026 The Black Lungs - Constitution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Members of the dispossessed, won’t you lend me your ears!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the repeated call and the rallying chorus of the nearly 40-minute centerpiece to composer and percussionist Asher Gamedze’s new album \u003cem\u003eConstitution\u003c\/em\u003e. The expansive double album, a minoritarian fellowship in breath, is Gamedze’s follow-up to 2023’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/asher-gamedze-turbulence-and-pulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTurbulence\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePulse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and his first with The Black Lungs, a ten-piece ensemble. The album – recorded in one day at Cape Town’s Sound and Motion Studios – is an elaboration of the possibilities of autonomous constitution in and through polyrhythmic, modal, large ensemble music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGamedze holds down duties on the drum kit, joining with Ru Slayen (percussion), Sean Sanby (bass), and Nobuhle Ashanti (piano) breathing together to cohere in what would otherwise be called a rhythm section. The ensemble is expanded by more breath - horns and voices. Tumi Pheko (cornet), Garth Erasmus (alto saxophone), Jed Petersen (tenor saxophone), Tina Mene (vocals), Athi Ngcaba (trombone) and Fred Moten (words) collectively explore and deconstruct the conceptual, tonal and atonal possibilities of themes which are at once of old and new dreams - curious and instantiative, melancholic and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eemergent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eThis is a theme present not just throughout \u003cem\u003eConstitution\u003c\/em\u003e, but in all of Gamedze’s work. “The ensemble experience of study and struggle is the basis of my thought and everything I try to do in this mad world,” he says in the album’s liner notes. Further situating the sound and the impulse of the ensemble within the multitudinous terrains of the historical and ongoing struggles of the dispossessed, he explains that “The Black Lungs is inspired by the revolutionary thought and practice of the Black Consciousness Movement. In particular, the relationship between antagonism – constituting a united front of all the oppressed against white supremacy and racial capitalism – and the possibilities for resistance and elaboration - the creative militant capacities of those assembled – enabled and unleashed by that process of constitution.” — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/17ER46rXeLgmHaalk9jHSg?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Worldwide\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz, Free Improvisation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304109764766,"sku":"789993994526","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a2170149126_10.jpg?v=1726559405"},{"product_id":"anna-butterss-mighty-vertebrate","title":"Anna Butterss - Mighty Vertebrate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eMighty Vertebrate\u003c\/em\u003e is the International Anthem debut from Adelaide, Australia-born bassist and composer Anna Butterss. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey have steadily become a first-call for tour and studio work since moving to Los Angeles (after a stint in Bloomington, Indiana) in 2014. They’ve racked up credits with notables across the indie, jazz, and pop worlds alike – including Makaya McCraven, Phoebe Bridgers, Jason Isbell, Andrew Bird, and Daniel Villarreal – but their most notable contributions to the burgeoning West Coast creative music scene have been as a core member of both \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/jeffparkerthenewbreed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJeff Parker\u003c\/a\u003e’s ETA IVtet and rising proto-trance supergroup \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/sml-small-medium-large\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSML\u003c\/a\u003e, who Pitchfork says “represents the thrilling next phase of a vibrant L.A. community.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir first solo album, A\u003cem\u003ectivities\u003c\/em\u003e, was similarly hailed by Pitchfork as \"one of the most exciting, undersung jazz releases of 2022,\" but the improvise-edit-reconstruct method used on that record couldn’t be further from the foundation of \u003cem\u003eMighty Vertebrate\u003c\/em\u003e, which began amid the very real challenge of threading solo work into the dense calendrical web of an in-demand collaborator. The music itself reflects that structure beautifully, with the material being tightly composed and melodically realized by Butterss well in advance of production concerns. They eventually migrated the operation to Chris Schlarb’s Long Beach hideaway BIG EGO to track a selection of full band material. With Schlarb at the controls they reconvene a group of trusted longtime collaborators to bring their compositions to fruition: Josh Johnson (sax), Gregory Uhlmann (guitar), and Ben Lumsdaine (drums, guitar, production).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eJeff Parker’s impact is hard to miss when discussing any forward-thinking, groove-oriented jazz and experimental music. Perhaps even more accurate in the case of \u003cem\u003eMighty Vertebrate\u003c\/em\u003e is the influence of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/tortoise-tnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTortoise\u003c\/a\u003e, the long running post-genre group of which Parker is a member. Butterss’ “Pokemans” echoes the band’s excellent 2001 album 'Standards' as much as it does Four Tet or any of Junichi Masuda’s 8-bit school bus classics; but this is more than just inspiration, influence, or some detached version of a musical continuum. Butterss has played with Jeff Parker for years; Tortoise’s John Herndon did the cover art for \u003cem\u003eMighty Vertebrate\u003c\/em\u003e; these artists exist within the same close-knit community. Here Butterss finds themself firmly in the protégé-to-peer pipeline. Ultimately, each track on \u003cem\u003eMighty Vertebrate\u003c\/em\u003e could be excavated and studied or simply taken at face value. It’s a solid, mature, and endlessly fun glimpse into the world of an artist whose potential for growth is seemingly unlimited. — (via Label)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1csOIDxJVdPRU3mNAYOKDP?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Modern \/ Future Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44481668513950,"sku":"789993994687","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a3475189898_10.jpg?v=1730795210"},{"product_id":"jeff-parker-eta-ivtet-the-way-out-of-easy","title":"Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - The Way Out Of Easy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 2016 and 2023, guitarist Jeff Parker and his quartet held down a weekly residency at the tiny Los Angeles bar Enfield Tennis Academy. They worked across standards, jazz-funk covers, and group improvisation. Over time, the quartet — Parker, guitars; \u003c\/span\u003eAnna Butterss\u003cspan\u003e, bass; \u003c\/span\u003eJosh Johnson\u003cspan\u003e, saxophone; \u003c\/span\u003eJay Bellerose\u003cspan\u003e, drums and percussion -- eventually abandoned that m.o. in favor of gradually unfolding improvisation that pursued communication and mystery. In 2022, they released \u003c\/span\u003eMondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy\u003cspan\u003e. It showcased long, melodic grooves drawn from more than ten hours of live tape recorded by \u003c\/span\u003eBryce Gonzalez\u003cspan\u003e. He and Parker utilized the same methodology for \u003cem\u003eThe Way Out of Easy\u003c\/em\u003e. Performed on January 2, 2023, \u003c\/span\u003eGonzalez\u003cspan\u003e used only four mic-level controls, delivering an organic, of-the-moment feel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 23-minute \"Freakadelic\" is a radical, extended reimagining of the tune that originally appeared on Parker's Bright Light in Winter for Delmark in 2012. Bellerose and Butterss lay down a midtempo head-nodding hip-hop groove. Parker and Johnson enter playing twinned lines with harmonic variation. The saxophonist solos first, pursuing the blues and post-bop swing for four glorious minutes when Parker claims the fore. In early December of 2023, ETA co-owner Ryan Julio was forced to make a sudden announcement that the venue would permanently shutter at the end of the year. On December 23rd, Parker and the band played at ETA for the last time. \u003cem\u003eThe Way Out of Easy\u003c\/em\u003e equals its predecessor, but it also extends the quartet's musical vocabulary and sonic identity. While they may not be able to play ETA any longer, their musical signature and group communication prove they can make magic anywhere. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/the-way-out-of-easy-mw0004390469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanuary 2nd, 2023. Aside from being the second of a new year, it was a pretty ordinary night at ETA in Los Angeles, where guitarist Jeff Parker - alongside his ETA IVtet with saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Jay Bellerose - had been holding down a regular Monday gig since 2016. At the time, nobody knew it was the first gig of the last year that ETA would be open for business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver seven years of holding down that residency, Parker’s ETA ensemble evolved from a band that played mostly standards into a group known for its transcendent, long-form (sometimes stretching out for 45 minutes or more) journeys into innovative, often uncharted territories of groove-oriented, painterly, polyrhythmic, minimalist and mantric improvised music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith that musical growth, the crowds for Parker and his band at ETA grew across the years too. What started as a sparse gathering of weeknight drinkers, friends, family, and Chicago expats (coming to get a shot of nostalgia for the atmospheres Parker used to create at Rodan across the ‘00s and early ‘10s) grew into a Los Angeles nightlife staple with a packed house and a line down the block for every show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy January 2023 interest in Parker’s music was stronger than ever, coming off successes with the December 2021 International Anthem\/Nonesuch release of Forfolks – a collection of solo guitar works – and the October 2022 Eremite release of Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy, a double LP chronicling the ETA IVtet’s distinct, expansive approach to improvisation across four side-length tracks recorded and mixed live by engineer Bryce Gonzales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMondays introduced the world to the ETA IVtet’s signature sound with a gathering of unnamed recordings from dates between 2019 and 2021. Parker’s new ETA IVtet offering stays true to that formula in some ways – as he returns to Gonzales’s archive of analog captures to gather four long recordings totalling around 80 minutes – while zooming in on a more particular moment in his journey. The Way Out of Easy provides us a macro-lens view of the ever-refining, infinite organic essence of the ensemble as they stretch out across a single night of soundmaking on January 2nd, 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe engineer Gonzales is well known for the high-end audio gear he builds as Highland Dynamics, and even designed a custom mixer to be able to record the ETA IVtet, specifically, while only taking up a single space at the bar. In his liner notes for \u003cem\u003eThe Way Out of Easy\u003c\/em\u003e, he colors his process and approach: “There are many different ways to make recordings and they all have their place. But for this band, the most important thing to consider is: not doing anything to get in the way of what they are saying to each other.” He refers to the simple schematic he used for capturing these performances – “basically only 4 level controls for one microphone per player” – which allows us an incredibly pure, honest, transparent and transporting experience of the music as it unfolds and is created in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set begins with an extended take on Parker’s composition “Freakadelic” – a tune he originally recorded for his 2012 Delmark release Bright Light in Winter. The B-side piece “Late Autumn” finds Parker swaying in alliterative, arpeggiating cycles, using just a few plucked notes as he lays the compositional foundation. At first it almost sounds like an echo of the humble tunes he wrote alone with his guitar on Forfolks, but in this space his ensemble joins him to help build a beautifully multi-textured, gently-shifting four-dimensional construction out of a simple idea. On “Easy Way Out,” Butterss’s bobbing bass line leads, paddling the ensemble into a placid expanse of tender psychedelia while Bellerose dusts off the drums like an archaeologist unearthing ancient artifacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had become customary for the IVtet to end their shows every week with a standard or a tune – a practice that Parker embraced for wanting to give the audience something warm and familiar to take home after a long night of taking them out on creative limbs. Some of Parker’s more common calls were “This Guy’s In Love With You” by Burt Bacharach, “1974 Blues” by Eddie Harris, or “Peace” by Horace Silver. In this set, the IVtet closes not with a familiar song, but a familiar sound in the form of a dub\/reggae groove (given the name “Chrome Dome” by Parker in post), developing spontaneously out of lyrical ad libs by Johnson on solo saxophone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn early December of 2023, ETA co-owner Ryan Julio was forced to make a sudden announcement that the venue would permanently shutter at the end of the year. On December 23rd, Parker and the band played at ETA for the last time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn July 22nd, 2024, the ETA IVtet gathered to perform together for the first time since then, playing for a sold-out crowd of several hundred listeners – a smiling Ryan Julio among them – at Zebulon in Los Angeles. Gonzales was there, recording with his compact analog setup just behind the band on stage. 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It's a place known to vinyl heads both locally and globally as a legendary hub in the crate digger diaspora. It's the place where Jeff Parker learned how to DJ. It's the place where Dante Carfagna held down a rare soul party for over a decade, where he first dropped public needles on 45s that would eventually make compilations he curated for Numero Group and Chocolate Industries. It's the place where DJ Shadow still does sets on the low when he rolls through town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd on one highly rare night in November 2016 Danny's was the place where they invited an \"International Anthem All Stars\" type of improvising ensemble (Makaya McCraven, Junius\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e Paul, Nick Mazzarella and Ben Lamar Gay) to play in support of DJ sets by LeFtO, who was in transit from Belgium, hitting local spots under the direction of Chicago scene sage King Hippo. Damn-near 0 degrees and just days after the death sentence of the American presidential election, the sounds the musicians conjured were thick with the bitter cold darkness that hung heavy in the air, punctuated with moments of joyful determination – the kind that can only be accessed when such impending doom triggers passionate adrenalized bursts by creators in survival mode.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCogent as the cultural context of that November night at Danny's is the compositional prowess that Makaya exercised in post to make \u003cem\u003eHighly Rare \u003c\/em\u003ethe impressive final piece it is. Demonstrating a deeply attuned development of the production approach he forayed in the creation of his 2015 breakout\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/makayamccraveninthemoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e In The Moment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Makaya again took stereo mixes of the full band improvisations into his lab to edit, loop, layer and arrange the tracks, tediously constructing a vivid new slate of sounds that tell an infinitely more colorful tale than the straight takes ever could. The rough and raw edges of low fidelity cassette recording combine with the elegance and wit of Makaya McCraven's production touch to make Highly Rare a highly relevant artifact in the ever-unfolding history of Chicago style creative music.\u003c\/span\u003e — via Label\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1468674594\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Mixtape\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2017\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Hip Hop, Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279440863390,"sku":"664992991335","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a1953903881_10.jpg?v=1742978525"},{"product_id":"makaya-mccraven-where-we-come-from-chicago-london-mixtape","title":"Makaya McCraven - Where We Come From (Chicago × London Mixtape)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrummer, producer Makaya McCraven traveled to London in October of 2017 to record material for Universal Beings. Over the course of 3 days in London, Makaya connected with first time collaborators (Theon Cross, Nubya Garcia, Joe Armon-Jones, Soweto Kinch, Ashley Henry, Daniel Casimir and Kamaal Williams), and in addition to the Universal Beings studio sessions, did 2 improvised performances as part of a 2-night showcase called Chicago × London presented by International Anthem \u0026amp; EZH Mag at legendary UK Jazz hub Total Refreshment Centre (TRC). The following Sunday afternoon five producers (LeFtO, Ben LaMar Gay, Quiet Dawn, Earl Jeffers \u0026amp; Don Leisure of the Darkhouse Family) were invited to TRC to participate in an event called Fresh Roasted: Live Beat-Making \u0026amp; Battle, where they did live remixes of the recordings from Makaya \u0026amp; co’s Chicago × London performances. In the subsequent months, remixes by Emma-Jean Thackray and Lexus Blondin were added to the pool, then Makaya took all the remixes and the raw live recordings from TRC back to his home studio in Chicago, edited \u0026amp; re-arranged the music into two continuous side suites for this \u003cem\u003eChicago × London Mixtape\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original release was available exclusively from Apple Music in June 2018. In July 2018 it was released on all DSP platforms; and in November 2018, a limited-edition colored vinyl version was co-released by International Anthem \u0026amp; Total Refreshment Records for direct sale only at the London Jazz Festival. Now for the first time ever, Where We Come From (\u003cem\u003eChicago × London Mixtape\u003c\/em\u003e) is widely available on classic black vinyl. — via Label\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=770961976\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company, Total Refreshment Centre\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Mixtape, Reissue\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Original Release: 2018\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Experimental, Hip Hop, Psychedelic, Soul, Broken Beat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279495553182,"sku":"603784912004","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a0657830546_10.jpg?v=1742980098"},{"product_id":"gregory-uhlmann-josh-johnson-sam-wilkes-uhlmann-johnson-wilkes","title":"Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, Sam Wilkes - Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eUhlmann Johnson Wilkes \u003c\/em\u003eis the debut album from Gregory Uhlmann (SML, Anna Butterss, Duffy x Uhlmann, Perfume Genius), Josh Johnson (SML, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet \u0026amp; New Breed, Meshell Ndegeocello, Anna Butterss, Leon Bridges), and Sam Wilkes (Sam Gendel, Louis Cole, Chaka Khan). The three improviser\/arranger\/producers’ impressive individual credits encompass such a wide stylistic pendulum swing that a collection of group music from the trio could mine any number of musical territories with masterful results. In these 11 instrumental songs, the trio explores a spacious lyrical curiosity that could be described as a jazz-informed take on progressive electro-acoustic chamber music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConceived during two live shows at ETA and a session at Uhlmann’s house in Los Angeles, the album maintains a focus on beauty, melody, and movement as the pieces unfold, with the trio pushing their instruments and highly-dialed effects to sculpt otherworldly sounds with the collective sensibility of a rhythm section. The ethos of these instant compositions is arrangement-minded improvisation that showcases the mournful beauty of Uhlmann’s fingerpicked electric guitar, the hybrid rhythm-lead of Wilkes’ bass chording, and the textural harmonic worldbuilding of Johnson’s effect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e-laden alto saxophone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trio’s explorations are rooted in more than just musicality, though. The arc of the group’s story is one of friendship and mutual admiration. Uhlmann and Johnson have known each other since their formative days as teenagers studying jazz. Shortly after first meeting in an educational setting, they would connect for nascent musical probing via low-stakes get-togethers back home in Chicago. They didn’t even know at the time that they had both taken lessons from a mutual guiding light – legendary guitarist\/composer Jeff Parker. \u003cspan\u003eThat instantaneous cualidad simpático is what makes this trio special. What we’re hearing is a friendship between high-level improvisers translated into musical moments and executed with such curious precision that the lines between supposed opposites – composition and improvisation, jazz and chamber music, ennui and contentment – are delightfully blurred. \u003c\/span\u003eAll told, 'Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes' is a beautiful snapshot of three endlessly interesting players at the top of their game, rendered in such a skilled manner that its inherent mastery flows effortlessly, making passive atmospheric immersion as pleasant and stimulating as deep focused listening.\u003cspan\u003e — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=142298966\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45353601302686,"sku":"634457199262","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a3549527477_10.jpg?v=1745321552"},{"product_id":"various-artists-gilles-peterson-presents-international-anthem","title":"Various Artists - Gilles Peterson Presents International Anthem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGilles Peterson presents International Anthem \u003c\/em\u003eis a double-LP-length compilation of tracks from the International Anthem label curated by legendary London-based radio host, DJ, label head, and cultural impresario Gilles Peterson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-nine tracks on \u003cem\u003eGilles Peterson presents International Anthem\u003c\/em\u003e chronicle Peterson’s long-standing affinity for and connection to International Anthem’s expansive creative music community, and were chosen via extensive review of playlists from his broadcasts on BBC 6 Music, Worldwide FM, and various syndicated radio programs. The compilation includes a previously unreleased track recorded by Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti \u0026amp; Frank Rosaly at Peterson’s Brownswood Basement studio in London. It also includes several unreleased introductions from a January 2020 Worldwide FM broadcast at Chicago’s Co-Prosperity (the site of the album cover photo, taken by Carolina Sanchez), where Peterson gave International Anthem “Label of the Year” as part of his 2020 Worldwide Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his liner notes for the album, Peterson says:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“From the get go I could see it. I could see that International Anthem was the real deal. I could hear it too - more importantly. A record label with the vision and care that places it in the pantheon of labels where you can pick up any release without knowing what it is and be certain the quality will be there… International Anthem is more than a record label though. It’s a community that is built on the city’s history but has, over the years, championed the spirit of creative music and pushed it forward with an outlook that reaches out to like minded souls regardless of time and space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 10 years of their existence we have crossed paths many times. From being in Chicago to celebrate them as label of the year in January 2020 just before the world shut down, to hanging with the crew in London, to playing so much of the label’s output on both on my radio shows and in my DJ sets. So it is my pleasure to honour our friendship with a selection of tracks that have soundtracked the journey, so far…” — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.intlanthem.com\/releases-3\/gilles-peterson-presents-international-anthem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6u2JH6ioGM7KTZkXgEXRV1?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl \/\/ Tracklist:\u003cbr\u003eA1 Gilles Peterson – Chicago, January 13th, 2020\u003cbr\u003eA2 Makaya McCraven – The Jaunt\u003cbr\u003eA3 Junius Paul – Asé\u003cbr\u003eA4 Dezron Douglas, Brandee Younger – The Creator Has A Master Plan\u003cbr\u003eA5 Resavoir – Taking Flight\u003cbr\u003eA6 Irreversible Entanglements –    Open The Gates\u003cbr\u003eA7 Angel Bat Dawid – We Are Starzz\u003cbr\u003eA8 Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Abstract Dark Energy (Parable 9)\u003cbr\u003eB1 Gilles Peterson – The Most Amazing Time\u003cbr\u003eB2 Damon Locks, Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble – Rebuild A Nation\u003cbr\u003eB3 Dos Santos –    A Shot In The Dark\u003cbr\u003eB4 Daniel Villarreal – In\/On\u003cbr\u003eB5 Anna Butterss – Pokemans\u003cbr\u003eB6 SML – Industry\u003cbr\u003eB7 Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer – Sñacko\u003cbr\u003eC1 Jeff Parker –    Cliche\u003cbr\u003eC2 Jamire Williams – And Then the Anointing Fell\u003cbr\u003eC3 Carlos Niño – Please, Wake Up\u003cbr\u003eC4 Thandi Ntuli With Carlos Niño – Voice And Tongo Experiment\u003cbr\u003eC5 Tom Skinner – Quiet As It's Kept\u003cbr\u003eC6 Ruth Goller – Next Time I Keep My Hands Down\u003cbr\u003eC7 Alabaster DePlume – A Gente Acaba (Vento Em Rosa)\u003cbr\u003eD1 Gilles Peterson – Old Fashioned Chicago Music\u003cbr\u003eD2 Jaimie Branch – Theme 001 (Live)\u003cbr\u003eD3 Tomin – Angela's Angel\u003cbr\u003eD4 Asher Gamedze – Melancholia\u003cbr\u003eD5 Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti \u0026amp; Frank Rosaly –    Mestizx (Brownswood Basement Live)\u003cbr\u003eD6 Ben Lamar Gay – Oh Great Be The Lake\u003cbr\u003eD7 Charles Stepney – Step On Step\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company \u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Contemporary Jazz, Experimental, Free Jazz, Soul-Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863634206878,"sku":"634457199231","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a_788bb272-8fe2-465b-8bde-14b8a975116a.png?v=1754827746"},{"product_id":"makaya-mccraven-off-the-record","title":"Makaya McCraven - Off The Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven releases four distinct yet interconnected EPs—Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop, compiled on a 2xLP physical release titled \u003cem\u003eOff the Record\u003c\/em\u003e, released via International Anthem \/ Nonesuch \/ XL Recordings. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they mark McCraven’s first recorded offerings since 2022’s \u003cem\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/em\u003e (“McCraven’s most ambitious set of music” —GRAMMY.com) and a deep return to the signature “organic beat music” approach that Makaya first debuted on his 2015 album I\u003cem\u003en The Moment\u003c\/em\u003e and further developed across subsequent releases \u003cem\u003eHighly Rare\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eWhere We Com\u003c\/em\u003ee From (2018), and\u003cem\u003e Universal Beings\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). Built from live recordings, the music is later reshaped by McCraven via extensive editing, overdubs, and post-production at his home studio in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe source material from each EP is drawn from moments of pure improvisation, recorded live in performance, shaped as much by the room and audience as by the musicians themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTechno Logic\u003c\/em\u003e features Ben LaMar Gay and Theon Cross, and draws from performances in London (2017), Berlin (2024), and New York (2025), showcasing nearly eight years of developing rapport between the three musicians, starting with their very first session at Worldwide FM’s former North London studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe People’s Mixtape\u003c\/em\u003e has its foundation in a live recording from Brooklyn’s Public Records in January of 2025, where McCraven celebrated the 10 year anniversary of In The Moment with an intentional return to the improvisational language he developed over that album’s sessions. For the occasion, McCraven played with bassist Junius Paul and trumpeter Marquis Hill (two musicians who are majorly present on In The Moment), as well as vibraphonist Joel Ross (who has been a regular collaborator of McCraven’s since the 2017 sessions for Universal Beings), and synthesist Jeremiah Chiu (marking the first occasion for McCraven to play with the SML co-leader and International Anthem labelmate).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHidden Out! \u003c\/em\u003eis built off recordings from McCraven’s June 2017 residency at The Hideout in Chicago, where he improvised weekly with a revolving cast including bassist Junius Paul; Tortoise member, International Anthem label mate, composer, and guitarist Jeff Parker; and SML co-leader, GRAMMY Award–winning producer and alto saxophonist Josh Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePopUp Shop\u003c\/em\u003e was created from recordings of McCraven’s Los Angeles debut at Del Monte Speakeasy in 2015, where McCraven took part in the King Hippo and Grown Kids Radio produced event RAWS:LA, and improvised with guitarist Jeff Parker, vibraphonist Justefan, and bassist Benjamin J. Shepherd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eOff the Record\u003c\/em\u003e vinyl LP and CD compilation is not just a collection of these recordings, but a tactile document celebrating creative, communal, IRL moments of musical gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking on the record, McCraven says: “In a time where we’re increasingly connected through phones, in a virtual world where you can’t really tell what’s real or what’s fake, there’s something special where we come together and share space, there is something special where we are sharing music, art. I want to create an energy that amplifies the magic in the underground moments where we come together and we experience something wild, different, off the cuff, human. What I’m trying to present is a dreamlike alteration of that energy, which only exists in the recorded realm. But to actually have been there, in real life, is the special thing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMakaya McCraven, who has been aptly called a “cultural synthesizer” and “beat scientist,” has a unique gift for collapsing space, destroying borders and blending past, present, and future into poly-textural arrangements of post-genre, jazz-rooted 21st-century folk music. Profiled in the New York Times, Vice, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, the Guardian, and NPR, among other publications, Makaya and the music he makes today is what Passion of Weiss says “is part of a necessary conversation about the next evolution of the Black improvised music known colloquially as ‘jazz.’ He’s found the threads connecting the past with the present, and is either wrapping them with new colors and textures, or he’s plucking them gleefully like the strings of a grand instrument.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Paris in 1983 to Hungarian singer and flutist Ágnes Zsigmondi and African-American expat jazz drummer Stephen McCraven, Makaya was raised in a vibrant, creative community in the Northampton, Massachusetts, area, where his father worked with artists like saxophonist and ethnomusicologist Marion Brown, multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef, and saxophonist Archie Shepp. In 2006, McCraven moved to Chicago, where he is still based today. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nonesuch.com\/journal\/four-new-makaya-mccraven-eps-out-now-also-compiled-two-lp-record-2025-10-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGathering and reworking a decade’s worth of blistering live jams, this compilation of four dynamic new EPs captures the recombinant spirit of the jazz drummer, bandleader, and beatmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMakaya McCraven’s music is a process of transmutation: In his hands, improvisation turns into composition and then back again. Like most brilliant ideas, it’s simple to explain and devilishly difficult to pull off. McCraven plays live with one of his groups, usually consisting of some of the best musicians of his generation. Then, he meticulously edits recordings of those performances into new songs, bringing a dexterous hip-hop production technique into the world of jazz. When he tours, McCraven arranges that material for the band to develop further. None of the constituent parts of this model are particularly novel—Teo Macero pioneered the studio-as-jazz-instrument in the 1960s, with Miles Davis—but it’s only possible with McCraven’s inimitable combination of a jazz drummer’s soul and a hip-hop producer’s mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOff the Record\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of four new EPs that have also been released separately, is a useful introduction to McCraven’s evolution since his landmark 2015 album \u003cem\u003eIn the Moment\u003c\/em\u003e, when he began his experiment in jazz\/hip-hop hybridization. Rather than a chronological narrative of the growth of the artist, the new set presents a composite portrait: Turn from one EP to the other and you see a wholly different facet of McCraven’s identity, from deft percussionist to bold beatmaker. Much of the variety comes from his choice of collaborators, who range from veteran guitarist Jeff Parker to eclectic folklorist Ben LaMar Gay. The shared characteristic that unites all four releases, though, is McCraven’s uncanny ability to alchemize hip-hop from jazz, structure from freedom, a collective effort into a singular vision. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/makaya-mccraven-off-the-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/768dTvGf2c479ASY1S0DAu?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2QAnwt6ZkJLEy7RHnLFoKU?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7iJ6dtqkJhxxKe0nBZy2Ef?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4tzwQULs9JHJseXAP3fXI8?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company, XL Recordings\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Modern \/ Future Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Jazz \/\/ Modern\/Future Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46179901112478,"sku":"191404158814","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a_5919cf04-5d0f-41a9-8861-3a0a3d8c88ca.jpg?v=1762785434"},{"product_id":"tortoise-touch","title":"Tortoise - Touch","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chicago post-rock band’s first album in nine years was recorded between three separate cities. It’s a noisy, unstable, and strangely moving listen. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ’90s sub-genre known as post-rock, much like electronica, has been so thoroughly absorbed into 21st century music that the term’s barely a punchline anymore. And to be sure, no band epitomized post-rock more than Tortoise. On a series of touchstone instrumental LPs, the Chicago outfit conducted rock and jazz ruminations via loop-based electronics, classical minimalism, film score landscapes, and bass-forward dub strategies. At its best, it was music-nerd tantra—body music for head people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Tortoise defined the pioneering (and still active) Thrill Jockey label, it’s worth noting that \u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e, the band’s first release in 9 years, is their first for latter-day Chicago-born indie International Anthem, whose brand has been built in large part on jazz-forward iterations of Tortoise’s genre-dodging, which include fine solo LPs by the group’s journeyman guitarist, Jeff Parker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s fitting that those records, and \u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e, are part of the label’s co-branding deal with Nonesuch Records, a mainstream boutique outpost of said genre-dodging since it released Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, a record that reflected the experimental Windy City scene Tortoise helped build. (Wilco would later concoct parts of A Ghost Is Born at Tortoise ringleader John McEntire’s Soma Studios and hire his versatile engineer, Mikael Jorgensen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven more than 2016’s \u003cem\u003eThe Catastrophist\u003c\/em\u003e, an admirably off-brand song set with actual singers, Touch feels vexed, on-edge. Something called “Vexations” is in fact the lead track. A clipped and brittle mid-tempo rock groove, uncomfortably bright and metallic, downshifts to a warmer hip-hop stutter; an outsized surf figure is supplanted by a pas de deux for analog synth and a super-grimy guitar tone. When things finally settle down, Parker plays a gentle repeated figure over distant-thunder drums—conjuring the relief that comes when your dentist momentarily stops drilling, or you finally, mercifully, let the doomscroll screen go dark. The record is front-loaded with this serrated restlessness. “Layered Presence” sounds like mid-period King Crimson if they’d spent more time hanging with Kraftwerk. “Works and Days” recalls Oval’s glitchy groove science, bowing out on a funeral bass pulse amidst what sounds like field recordings—but who can tell what’s real or machine-sourced these days?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a lot of dirt in the gears: distortion, static and other distressed sounds. That might be illustrative: The band members—Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, McEntire, and Parker, multi-instrumentalists all—have variously noted the album’s difficult, lengthy, sometimes frustrating creation. Logistics made it the first long-distance Tortoise album, one not centered on folks making music together in a room. There are moments you sense that detached process, an airlessness that flattens some details. It rarely lasts long: One instrument or another will make a grand gesture, or get punched up in the mix Lee Perry-style, pushed through a filter and\/or into the red. The destructive energy in some of the creative decisions speak to the detachment of the recording process—a shouting over the transom—and it makes for a less comforting, more unstable record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Promenade à deux” finally eases into something like a classic Tortoise chill-out space, albeit with a more widescreen approach, uncharacteristically graced by viola and cello. From there, beginning with “A Title Comes,” the LP’s second half finds perfect balance between signal noise and cinematic sweep, with signature vibraphone pulses and swooning guitar progressions rubbing against blissed-out Terry Riley organ tones and motorik chug. The interstitial “Rated OG,” which might easily run double its length without losing steam, hurtles into a splatter groove, tag-teaming “Oganesson,” which maintains the propulsion, locking focus with a spidery bass line that ends with another plunge into gritty discord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Night Gang” is the big finale. It opens like an abstracted Shangri-Las ballad, but vocals never come. There are self-consciously anthemic synths and super-sized surf guitar that suggest David Lynch directing Ben-Hur, and the song goes out on a tease of lighters-up rock-god jamming just before the fade. It’s pretty funny, actually, and moving, too. You sense the in-jokes, the teenage pleasures dusted-off and sincerely lensed through distance and accrued wisdom. You feel the miles and styles these guys have traversed over 30-plus years of music making. And while the darkness of the record’s first half doesn’t get resolved, the frame has widened and you see the bigger picture. There’s some comfort in that. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/tortoise-touch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs on \u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e, the first new Tortoise music in nine years, are dramas without words. They’re elaborately appointed and carefully mixed to enhance a familiar feeling — a distinctly cinematic uneasiness. Close your eyes and you might see cars swerving around unlit rural roads, or cityscapes at night with bells clanging in the distance, or some abandoned warehouse where spies chase each other between towering stacks of boxes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe making of \u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e is an entirely different kind of film — a heartwarming story of musicians adapting to life circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTortoise operates as a collective; the five multi-instrumentalists make records by committee, seeking input on creative decisions large and small. All ideas are considered, and for most of the band’s influential three-decade run, the process has been straightforward: Each musician brings in songs or sketches, and as the group absorbs them, the players exchange ideas about the structure, instrumentation, different grooves or (more frequently, because they’re Tortoise) odd metric divisions that might stretch the initial conception of the song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese discussions have always happened in real time, face to face. Until Touch. As guitarist and keyboardist Jeff Parker explains, over the last decade, the members of Tortoise scattered geographically, making the pre-production rehearsal sessions if not impossible, at least more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s the first record we’ve done where everything wasn’t based in Chicago,” says Parker. “Two of us are in Chicago. Two of us are here in Los Angeles and John [McEntire] is in Portland, OR. We recorded in several different places. But the strange thing is, in a way it’s kind of the most cohesive session that we’ve done.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcEntire, who plays drums, percussion, and keyboards and serves as mixing engineer, had little doubt that the actual recording would be fine. His apprehension was about those more open-ended development sessions leading up to the recording, which, he says, have been known to yield moments of peak Tortoise inspiration. “We don't work remotely, unfortunately. We kind of all have to be in the room together. For me the trial-and-error stage is very important. I didn’t want to lose that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe percussionist and multi-instrumentalist John Herndon explains one reason why: The path to a “final” version of a Tortoise tune is not a straight line. “It becomes writing and arranging and editing and orchestrating and sort of getting things into a sonic space that feels good, all at the same time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was consensus about that; each of the musicians has a story about songs being transformed by the collaborative dynamic. Percussionist and keyboardist Dan Bitney recalls a session when they were working on one of his tunes. He wasn’t happy with it and promised to come up with a countermelody. “Right away somebody just asked “Does it need a melody? Like, why does this need a melody? And I’m like, “Yeah!” That’s the kind of thinking that can open your eyes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the initial planning for the new record, the band arrived at what seemed like a reasonable geographic compromise: They’d set up shop at studios in three different areas — Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago. They scheduled sessions with sometimes months in between, so that everyone could sit with the material and refine it further. The plan: To shift some of the wild idea-chasing of those development sessions from group work to individual work, building on Tortoise’s deep and iconoclastic lexicon of sounds — and on the trust between musicians that’s accrued over decades of music-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s like, humans adapt,” Herndon says flatly. In order to keep making music as a group, he explains, everyone needed to be flexible then and remain so now. “If you’re used to doing something one way, and then it flips, well, you have to adapt to another way of working. I think that that's what we all were aspiring to do with this, endeavoring to kick in our adaptation skills.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, it wasn’t smooth sailing. “I’m going to be honest, I think that we had some doubts” after the first set of sessions, McEntire recalls. Noting that four years elapsed from the beginning of Touch to its completion, he adds that “it took a long, long time for the music to coalesce. There was some ‘what are we doing?’ questioning going on along the way.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas McCombs, who plays guitar, bass, and the deep-voiced bass VI guitar that adds a noir luster to “Night Gang” and other Touch songs, believes that questioning would have happened regardless of the geographical challenges. “In the best circumstance, there’s a flow when we’re working on a tune. Everyone’s sparking ideas and inspired. It’s not work.” He adds, “In the worst moments, when we just absolutely don’t know what to do with something, it’s torturous.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerdon points to the early versions of “Vexations,” which became the new album’s opening track, as one such slow-torture situation. “We were confounded as to figuring out an arrangement, and things were just stuck,” he recalls. During one of the long lulls between the studio sessions, Herndon says, he got an idea for the tune. “I asked John if I could have the stems [the individual track files] for the song, and then I kind of did a reworking in the garage. Re-did the drums completely and made a breakdown section in the middle. I sent it and was like, ‘I don't know if this is anything, but here.’ And those guys seemed really excited about it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerndon quickly adds that every Tortoise record has benefitted from similar experimentation. In fact, it’s the key thing, a defining characteristic: “Sometimes doing an edit will leave a space open for something else, and we’re all into that idea of, ‘What happens next?’ It’s this attitude of ‘Let’s make some music together and see what happens.’ We're all comfortable with the not knowing, with letting an idea go through many permutations.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with that is the knowledge that this open-ended exploring can be time-consuming. And might possibly end in futility. McCombs says that though the band’s approach changed with Touch, the players still needed the mindset they’d used in those brainstorming rehearsals. “When I get frustrated or when we seem like we're stalling out a little bit, I just have to remember that patience is one of the things that makes this band work.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsked to recall a moment that required patience, McCombs doesn’t hesitate. “It seems to happen a lot with the drummers,” McCombs says. “Somebody will be like, ‘Hey John [McEntire] why don’t you play this?’ And he’ll be like, ‘I don’t wanna play it cause I hear Herndon here.’ It’s like McEntire hears Herdon and Herndon hears Bitney… That happens a lot, and then they’ll come to a consensus. Sometimes half the song will be one drummer and half the song will be another drummer. That’s kind of the way it works.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore about Tortoise:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt must be said: When things click into place, Tortoise is a rare force. Whether cranking out a foursquare rock backbeat or chopping time into polyrhythmic shards that defy counting (and logic), the band challenges accepted notions of what rock music can be, what moods it can evoke — that’s part of the reason the band is revered so widely, among musicians working in many genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTortoise’s indescribable sonic arrays have grown more intense — and more influential — over time. Early works — the 1993 debut and the 1996 Millions Now Living Will Never Die, which opens with a twenty-one-minute suite — contrast the thick harmonic schemes of Krautrock with the similarly impenetrable densities of musique concrete, adding jarring spears of electric guitar as spice accents. The commercial breakthroughs that followed, TNT (1998) and Standards (2001) found Tortoise further expanding its toolkit: Rather than orient each piece around declarative single-line melodies, the musicians let the vast, lush, inviting scenes become a hypnotic wordless narrative, built from overlapping layers and interlocking rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach step in the discography underscores a truth about Tortoise: The questions about arrangement and orchestration are foundational, defining the scope of the canvas and the density of the band’s exactingly precise soundscapes. There can, as McCombs notes, be multiple drummers on a track, and their beats can be supported by acoustic percussion or random electronic blippage. Likewise, on any given track, there can be multiple mallet parts, sometimes sustaining gorgeous washes of color, at other times pounding out intricate Steve Reich-style interlocked grids of harmony. There can be multiple guitars, each with its own earthshaking effects profile. (Parker laughs when he says “I’m kind of like the straight man with the guitar sounds.”) There can be multiple synthesizers — darting squiggles of lead lines crashing into asymmetrical arpeggios, or bliss-toned drones hovering in the upper-middle register like a cloud in a landscape painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there can be noise, all kinds of it: While the working method of Touch meant Tortoise sacrificed some spontaneous sparks, it encouraged the musicians to explore the thickening textural possibilities of different flavors of noise (white, pink, etc). The band recently issued a set of remixes for the single “Oganesson.” The more austere, stripped-down interpretations offer telling insights about the deployment of noise as well as the track-by-track assembly process, the ways Tortoise uses open space, textural layers, and dissonances to create drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcEntire believes those little devices are essential to the sound. “Because we don't have a singer, we have to have a different vocabulary for creating interest. So we use all the little things, like dynamics, texture, orchestration.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the intricacy of the music, McEntire explains, every little sound starts as a decision in the recording studio, and then, subsequently, becomes a logistical decision for live performance — after all, the many parts have to be executed by the five players. — (via\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/touch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e Label\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/38xLFACKJBodx4HiYqwfUi?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6BFiC-KJ8pU?si=BswESlxtmm2Pe0et\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Rock, Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Alternative Rock, Post-Rock, Abstract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Rock \/\/ Shoegaze \/ Post-Rock\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46186621993118,"sku":"789993995899","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a_a8430540-4761-471e-9e70-c5cf0d4fa220.jpg?v=1762959075"},{"product_id":"tom-skinner-kaleidoscopic-visions","title":"Tom Skinner – Kaleidoscopic Visions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaleidoscopic Visions\u003c\/em\u003e showcases London born\/based drummer\/composer\/bandleader Tom Skinner drawing together the many threads of his career as one of the UK’s most versatile and free-thinking contemporary musicians. Performing and recording with Sons of Kemet, The Smile, David Byrne, Meshell Ndegeocello, Alabaster DePlume, Floating Points and Peter Zummo as well as a wide range of collaborations across London’s vibrant improvised and electronic scene, Skinner’s diverse touchpoints are brought together in an album of quiet power and profound truths, reflecting his journey so far and opening the road towards what is to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere Skinner’s 2022 debut Voices of Bishara drew inspiration from Abdul Wadud’s 1978 cello masterpiece By Myself, \u003cem\u003eKaleidoscopic Visions\u003c\/em\u003e shifts toward more personal, fully composed material — brought to life by the intuitive improvisations of both long-time bandmates and new high-profile collaborations. As writer Piotr Orlov reflects in his notes on the album, the result is a record that chronicles “the importance of considering the view from the middle of one’s own life, taking stock alongside memories and family, heroes and friends new and old.” On \u003cem\u003eKaleidoscopic Visions\u003c\/em\u003e, one of London’s most vital musical figures gives us a sparkling glimpse of the multi-coloured lens through which his unique sound is now refracting. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.intlanthem.com\/news\/tom-skinner-shares-new-single-margaret-anne-a-deep-living-tribute-to-his-mother-z7z9p#:~:text=Where%20Skinner's%202022%20debut%20Voices,writing%20on%20his%20secondary%20instrument.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eThe drummer and composer’s first studio album since 2022 features Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Meshell Ndegeocello, and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e“‘Kaleidoscopic Visions’ was the first piece I wrote for the album,” Skinner said of his new single. “Based around an intuitive piano improvisation, it set the tone for my approach and the sound I wanted to achieve in the creative process. Showcasing the conversational and collaborative dynamic of the music and my band, it foregrounds a moody, cinematic flow within a hazy, psychedelic backdrop.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eSkinner made \u003cem\u003eKaleidoscopic Visions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e—his first album since 2022’s Voices of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eBishara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e and its live companion—with bassist Tom Herbert, cellist Kareem \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eDayes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e, and woodwinds players Robert Stillman and Chelsea Carmichael. In addition, Portishead’s Adrian Utley plays electric guitar on two songs, while Meshell Ndegeocello is on “The Maxim” and Contour’s Khari Lucas features on “Logue.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf3\"\u003e— (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/the-smiles-tom-skinner-announces-new-album-kaleidoscopic-visions-shares-song-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7EgLUbhdetpkReNwffYjpM?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7TubSzfrZc?si=Im4R4yDI9x-sS2U-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: International Anthem Recording Company \/ Brownswood Recordings\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic, Jazz, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Psychedelic, Modern\/Future Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: International Anthem Recording Company\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Anthem Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46261100150942,"sku":"5060180327415","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/Tom-Skinner---Kaleidoscopic-Visions.jpg?v=1764998724"}],"url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/collections\/label-international-anthem.oembed?page=3","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}