Mon 25 Jun 2018 to Sun 1 Jul 2018

by Kamasi Washington

 

Kamasi Washington releases new album Heaven and Earth, the long-awaited follow up to his debut The Epic.

 

Recorded in Henson Studios in Los Angeles with The Next Step, as well as members of The West Coast Get Down. The music was composed, written and arranged by Washington, with new arrangements of Freddie Hubbard’s Hub-Tones and kung fu film theme Fists of Fury, as well as one song by bandmate Ryan Porter. Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Ronald Bruner, Jr., Cameron Graves, Brandon Coleman, Miles Mosley, Patrice Quinn, Tony Austin and many more contribute to the album.

Heaven and Earth is comprised of two halves, which find Washington confronting quotidian realities with cosmic themes. A further investigation of Washington’s world building ideas, the new album explores his reckoning with current global chaos and his vision for the future.

FEATURED TRACKS

Waak Waak Djungi - Djambaku

Marisa Anderson - Cloyd Corner

The Bamboos feat. Urthboy - Broken

Vilde - Warm Milk

Habits - Salty

Dirty Projectors - That's a Lifestyle

Pinch Points - Jellybrain

Squaring Circles - Movement

Corin/Justin Shoulder - Carrion

CARRION ( 8 min excerpt 2017 ) from Justin Shoulder on Vimeo.

 

This week's Top 10:

 

Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Waak Waak Djungi - 'Djambaku'
Marisa Anderson - 'Cloyd Corner'
The Bamboos feat. Urthboy - 'Broken'
Vilde - 'Warm Milk'
Habits - 'Salty'
Dirty Projectors - 'That's a Lifestyle'
Pinch Points - 'Jellybrain'
Squaring Circles - 'Movement'
Corin/Justin Shoulder - 'Carrion'