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Maurice Louca had previously shared the transcending lead single ‘Bidayat (Holocene)‘ from his upcoming album Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour). Now the incredible composer and producer is enticing us again with a magical new track called ‘Higamah (Hirudinea)’. Wrap your ears around it.
Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) is out on September 24th through Sub Rosa and Northern Spy
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There’s an exciting new release from American Dreams just around the corner. Come October 29th, Japanese American saxophonist and composer Patrick Shiroishi will release a new solo album titled Hidemi. In his previous record, Shiroishi explored themes of everyday life in Japanese-American concentration camps. “The concentration camps that Japanese Americans had to go through has been a major part of my work for the last couple of years,” he remarks. Named after his grandfather, Hidemi Pat Shiroishi, Hidemi is dedicated to him and focus on his personal experience after getting out of Japanese-American concentration camps.
A multilayered woodwind effort, Hidemi was written and performed in its entirety by Shiroishi, who recorded it mostly recorded in one take. The album, describes the press release, “brings the listener through tension and release, showcasing something unfiltered, beautiful, and ultimately hopeful, a testament to perseverance and grace.”
The compelling ‘Tule Lake Like Yesterday’ is the first single to emerge from the upcoming record. Speaking about it, Shiroishi comments:
“When I hear the phrase ‘I remember it like yesterday,’ I think of some sort of positive celebration or great time with friends/family. However, in this instance, it is through an opposite angle; a life changing event filled with uncertainty, chaos and hope slipping away. After my grandparents were imprisoned at Tule Lake and released four years later, that time stuck with them for the rest of their lives…even when i asked my grandmother to tell me about the time spent there when i was 16, 57 years after she was released, her affect totally changed as she shook her head and left it at that.”
Listen to ‘Tule Lake Like Yesterday’ below.
Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist and producer Kaye Loggins aka Time Wharp is gearing up to release a full-length album, Spiro World, in early 2022 through Leaving Records. Preceding the album, Time Wharp has shared a staggering and hypnotic double single, Ingenue, described as “a two-track song document of transfeminine splendor showcasing the genre-shifting artist: modern spiritual synth jazz a la Terry Riley & Don Cherry via the title track, and kraut band recordings with friends in the tradition of Neu! via ETGSS.”
If this double single is anything to go by, we’re in for a treat when the album lands next year. Here’s ‘Ingenue’ .
Luo have a new EP on the way titled Convoluted Mess Machine and they had already shared the superb and intoxicating opening track ‘Tightrope Tap Dancer’. Now the Brighton duo have released an accompanying video for the single directed by Diego Hernandez Lopez. Watch it below.
Convoluted Mess Machine arrives on October 15th through Art As Catharsis
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We weren’t familiar with Bristol based group Tara Clerkin Trio up until now but they caught our ears on first listen, with their experimental and hypnotic compositions, flirting with a lot of genres like jazz, folk, dub, trip hop and downtempo electronica. With an eponymous debut album under their collective belt, the trio of Tara Clerkin and brothers Sunny-Joe Paradiso and Patrick Benjamin have announced their second release, a 4-track EP titled In Spring. The EP is described as “a record of subtle contrasts, experimental yet familiar in its intimacy, obviously modern though tied to certain lineages, and driven by a pop logic which is also free-form and seemingly improvised.”
In Spring arrives on October 1st through World of Echo but we can already get lost in their music with the magnificent and mesmerizing title track.
London based multi-instrumentalist, beatmaker and producer Wonky Logic is one hell of a prolific musician, known for his membership and collaborations with the likes of Nubian Twist, GEO, Steam Down, Nubya Garcia, Theon Cross, Wiyaala, Afla Sakey, K.O.G., and I.G Culture. Among his current projects, he plays in his own band with Nache as well as The General Elation Soundsystem and also plays keyboards for Bryony Jarmon-Pinto and synth bass with afrofuturism band ONIPA.
Last month saw him release a new EP entitled Transdimensional Fuunk (Transposed For Human Consumption), which follows last year’s debut album 0113. The 6-track EP sees Wonky Logic “continue to showcase his passion for wonky beats and swirling synths” and is fuelled by blistering funk, soulful grooves and his mastery of beats. “As a service to clubbers and dancers of Planet Earth, he translated his banging space funk for human needs”, describes the label. “From steamy and dangerous to subtle and soulful, it’s all on his extraterrestrial palet. “
For an infectious and electrifying taste of what’s on offer, take a listen to one of the EP’s tracks, ‘Andromeda Style Fuunk’.
Transdimensional Fuunk (Transposed For Human Consumption) is out now through Super-Sonic Jazz Records
