Sydney - Ode to eSwatini
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MP3 release | £7.00 | |
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DOWNLOAD 7 tracks
1. Ode to Ralph Feat. Ralph Smit - Sydney | |||
1. Ode to Ralph Feat. Ralph Smit - Sydney | MP3 Track £1 | ||
2. Ode to Matambo Feat. Guy Hobley - Sydney | |||
2. Ode to Matambo Feat. Guy Hobley - Sydney | MP3 Track £1 | ||
3. Ode to eSwati Groove Feat. Smiles & Guy Hobley - Sydney | |||
3. Ode to eSwati Groove Feat. Smiles & Guy Hobley - Sydney | MP3 Track £1 | ||
4. Ode to the Journey Feat. Alex Alkins & Guy Hobley - Sydney | |||
4. Ode to the Journey Feat. Alex Alkins & Guy Hobley - Sydney | MP3 Track £1 | ||
5. Ode to the Interlude - Sydney | |||
5. Ode to the Interlude - Sydney | MP3 Track £1 | ||
6. Ode to Velemseni Feat. Velemseni & Smiles - Sydney | |||
6. Ode to Velemseni Feat. Velemseni & Smiles - Sydney | MP3 Track £1 | ||
7. Ode to the Wizard Feat. Smiles, Matambo & Guy Hobley - Sydney | |||
7. Ode to the Wizard Feat. Smiles, Matambo & Guy Hobley - Sydney | MP3 Track £1 |
Written after a trip home to Swaziland, now known as eSwatini, Sydney recorded the sound of life there after completing studies of sonic signatures and comparison of traditional instruments around the world. When there, the third generation Brownswood Future Bubbler artist hooked up with local man Ralph who took him on some rich journeys and to meet amazing local musicians, all with the aim of making a body of work that used traditional worldly sounds in authentic new ways.
"The creative energy in eSwatini is so healthy and powerful that there's too many projects to list, but one that stood out was Mr Freddy, involving Ralph Smitt and Mwesigwa Kisaakye, a mixing bowl of psychedelic world improv which I helped record at Semitone Records, and later was mixed by myself and Louise Grainger and released via Stay Put, a small collective I am part of who run parties in Bristol and host a fortnightly radio show on Noods Radio. The Intro to the Album played by me and Ralph became the intro to this album as we shared the journey!"
The richly atmospheric tracks are spiritual, organic affairs with indigenous percussion, tumbling drums and spoken word samples that are beautifully earthy. Broken beats with drifting sax lines, lazy deep house and jazzy hip hop that oozes soul all feature and make this record a perfectly escapist and immersive listen.