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The Softness Of The Present View on Youtube
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The Afterlife View on Youtube
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Lifeforce Part I View on Youtube
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Lifeforce Part II View on Youtube
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The Seven Planetary Heavens View on Youtube
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At nearly eight minutes, "All That Matters Is the Moments" is one of the set's longest cuts. It's introduced by sweeping outer space electronics and Shabaka Hutchings' spiraling tenor sax playing a cosmic, spiritual blues solo before guest poet Joshua Idehen begins his prophetic dissemblage above Dan "Danalogue" Leavers' low-tuned, fuzzed-out, dubwise bassline and Max "Betamax” Hallett's Nyabinghi-style tom-tom and cymbal drumming. After Idehen delivers a spiky prediction amid the notion that what he's doing is "daydreaming of a world I won't live to see," he offers a glimmer of hope as he speaks of holding onto cherished memories of the friendships that came during times of loss and destruction. King Shabaka's tenor horn slices in and wails the blues amid phase-shifted atmospherics and layered electronic textures fusing future jazz and reggae. "The Softness of the Present" stands in pillowy contrast as its interlocking grooves of layered keyboards and rolling snare frame Hutchings' hypnotic, melodic, Nigerian-inspired melody. The set shifts again in the title track's amorphous darkness informed by atmospheric and dynamic hints of menace via a minimalist, hypnotic four-note sax line, sine-wave oscillations, synth and organ ostinatos, and doomy drumming (reminiscent of Martin Hannett's production on Joy Division's Closer). The two-part "Lifeforce" is introduced by beeps and space blips, wafting keyboard chord voicings, and rolling cymbals and snares. Hutchings practices circular breathing in a seemingly unending flurry of insistent yet melancholy notes that crisscross Albert Ayler, Roland Kirk, and John Coltrane during the first half. Its latter part is an insistent, funky, pulsing rhythmic stomp using all the same elements. Closer "The Seven Planetary Heavens" is a processional, its slow march punctuated by slow, sweeping lyricism in a pronounced series of changes that highlight tension and release via the rhythm section's canny interplay and wonky Danalogue electronics. It eventually breaks wide open, signaling that the end of one thing -- cultures, planets, stars, galaxies -- always gives birth to another through disruption and evolution. Suffice to say, it, like Afterlife as a whole, ends in a very different place from where it began, leaving the listener to wonder if it's the introduction to Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery, or a provocative new beginning altogether. ~ Thom Jurek
1. All That Matters Is The Moments
- Composer
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King Shabaka
Betamax
Joshua Idehen
Danalogue - Drums
- Max Hallett
- Featured Artist
- Joshua Idehen
- Performer
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Joshua Idehen
Max Hallett
Kristian Craig Robinson
Shabaka Hutchings
Danalogue
Betamax - Synthesizer
- Danalogue
- Tenor Saxophone
- Shabaka Hutchings
- Lyricist
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Joshua Idehen
King Shabaka
Betamax
Danalogue - Engineer
- Jack Eveleigh
- Mastering Engineer
- Daddy Kev
- Mixing
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Danalogue
Betamax - Vocals
- Joshua Idehen
- Primary Artist
- The Comet Is Coming
- Producer
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Danalogue
Betamax - Recording Arrangement
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Kristian Craig Robinson
Danalogue
Betamax - Studio Personnel
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Betamax
Daddy Kev
Danalogue
Jack Eveleigh - Composer Lyricist
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Betamax
Joshua Idehen
Danalogue
King Shabaka
2. The Softness Of The Present
- Primary Artist
- The Comet Is Coming
- Drum Machine
- Max Hallett
- Composer
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King Shabaka
Betamax
Danalogue - Drums
- Max Hallett
- Percussion
- Max Hallett
- Performer
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Danalogue
Max Hallett
Kristian Craig Robinson
Shabaka Hutchings
Betamax - Mastering Engineer
- Daddy Kev
- Rhythm Programming
- Max Hallett
- Mixing
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Danalogue
Betamax - Recording Arrangement
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Danalogue
Betamax
Kristian Craig Robinson - Studio Personnel
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Danalogue
Betamax
Daddy Kev - Producer
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Betamax
Danalogue - Synthesizer
- Danalogue
- Tenor Saxophone
- Shabaka Hutchings
3. The Afterlife
- Drum Machine
- Max Hallett
- Composer
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King Shabaka
Betamax
Danalogue - Drums
- Max Hallett
- Percussion
- Max Hallett
- Performer
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Sylvia Hallett
Danalogue
Max Hallett
Kristian Craig Robinson
Shabaka Hutchings
Betamax - Rhythm Programming
- Max Hallett
- Mastering Engineer
- Daddy Kev
- Mixing
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Danalogue
Betamax - Recording Arrangement
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Kristian Craig Robinson
Betamax
Danalogue - Primary Artist
- The Comet Is Coming
- Strings Arrangement
- Danalogue
- Studio Personnel
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Danalogue
Betamax
Daddy Kev - Synthesizer
- Danalogue
- Tenor Saxophone
- Shabaka Hutchings
- Viola
- Sylvia Hallett
- Violin
- Sylvia Hallett
- Producer
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Danalogue
Betamax
4. Lifeforce Part I
- Primary Artist
- The Comet Is Coming
- Drum Machine
- Max Hallett
- Drums
- Max Hallett
- Performer
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Betamax
Max Hallett
Kristian Craig Robinson
Danalogue
Shabaka Hutchings - Synthesizer
- Danalogue
- Tenor Saxophone
- Shabaka Hutchings
- Composer
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King Shabaka
Betamax
Danalogue - Mastering Engineer
- Daddy Kev
- Mixing
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Betamax
Danalogue - Producer
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Betamax
Danalogue - Recording Arrangement
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Danalogue
Betamax
Kristian Craig Robinson - Studio Personnel
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Daddy Kev
Betamax
Danalogue
5. Lifeforce Part II
- Composer
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King Shabaka
Betamax
Danalogue - Clapping
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Vels Trio
The Comet Is Coming - Drum Machine
- Max Hallett
- Drums
- Max Hallett
- Percussion
- Max Hallett
- Performer
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The Comet Is Coming
Max Hallett
Kristian Craig Robinson
Vels Trio
Shabaka Hutchings
Danalogue
Betamax - Rhythm Programming
- Max Hallett
- Mastering Engineer
- Daddy Kev
- Mixing
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Danalogue
Betamax - Synthesizer
- Danalogue
- Tenor Saxophone
- Shabaka Hutchings
- Producer
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Betamax
Danalogue - Recording Arrangement
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Kristian Craig Robinson
Danalogue
Betamax - Primary Artist
- The Comet Is Coming
- Studio Personnel
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Danalogue
Betamax
Daddy Kev
6. The Seven Planetary Heavens
- Primary Artist
- The Comet Is Coming
- Drum Machine
- Max Hallett
- Composer
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King Shabaka
Betamax
Danalogue - Drums
- Max Hallett
- Percussion
- Max Hallett
- Performer
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Danalogue
Max Hallett
Kristian Craig Robinson
Shabaka Hutchings
Betamax - Mastering Engineer
- Daddy Kev
- Rhythm Programming
- Max Hallett
- Mixing
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Danalogue
Betamax - Recording Arrangement
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Danalogue
Betamax
Kristian Craig Robinson - Studio Personnel
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Danalogue
Betamax
Daddy Kev - Producer
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Betamax
Danalogue - Synthesizer
- Danalogue
- Tenor Saxophone
- Shabaka Hutchings
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 6 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 32 minutes and 21 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 3000x3000 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
CD Quality (Lossless)
16bit / 44.1 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- No lyrics found
- Synchronized Lyrics
- No synced lyrics found
- Genres
- Jazz
- Label
- Impulse!
- Music Distribution Service
- UMG Global
- Country
United States
- Language
- English (United States)
- Popularity
- Popularity 0/10
- Release Date
- Sep 26, 2019
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 602508148897