{"id":19400,"date":"2022-10-20T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=19400"},"modified":"2022-10-20T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:45:00","slug":"ben-lamar-gay-announces-new-album-certain-reveries-and-shares-lead-single-agua-futurism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=19400","title":{"rendered":"Ben LaMar Gay announces new album, Certain Reveries<\/em>, and shares lead single ‘\u00c1gua Futurism’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Charles Bouril<\/p><\/div>\n

There’s wonderful news from musical polymath Ben LaMar Gay, who has yesterday announced the release of a new album, following last year’s outstanding and adventurous Open Arms to Open Us<\/em>. Entitled Certain Reveries<\/em>, the album will see the light of day on November 11th through International Anthem<\/a>. As the press release describes, Certain Reveries<\/em> is “a collection of work involving sound, fabric, movement, rivers, shadows, Lagosian memories, light and listening”.<\/p>\n

Performed in duo with percussionist Tommaso Moretti, the album was originally filmed by Chris Strong for EFG London Jazz Fest\u2019s live-stream program in 2020. At the time, the tremendously talented and versatile composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and poet presented Certain Reveries<\/em> in three parts, each divided by a short film conceptualized, choreographed, and directed by him, as a tribute to the late multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer Eddie Harris.<\/p>\n

Alongside the announcement, Gay has shared the album’s lead single, ‘\u00c1gua Futurism’, a staggering 11-minute piece offered with a live video directed by Chris Strong. Watch it now.
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