In the past, the London jazz great Shabaka Hutchings has been one of the driving forces of bands like Sons Of Kemet and the Comet Is Coming.Shabaka is now a first-name-only guy, and he released his solo debut Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace earlier this year.
On that record, Shabaka worked with people like André 3000, Moses Sumney, and Floating Points.The album’s highlight might be “Body To Inhabit,” a poetic and incendiary collaboration with the abstract New York rap great ELUCID.
Have you heard this thing? You should really hear this thing.Next month, Shabaka will follow Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace with a new EP called Possession.
ELUCID will also appear on that record, as will Esperanza Spalding and an as-yet-unnamed special guest.On opening track “Timepieces,” Shabaka creates a contemplative instrumental, while ELUCID’s Armand Hammer billy woods gets intensely vulnerable.
It’s powerful, and it makes me wonder if there might be a full Shabaka/Armand Hammer record somewhere down the line.Below, check out “Timepieces,” the Possession tracklist, and Shabaka’s upcoming tour dates.
TRACKLIST: 01 “Timepieces” (Feat.billy woods) 02 “I’ve Been Listening” (Feat.
Elucid) 03 “To The Moon” (Feat.special guest) 04 “Cycles of Growth” (Feat.
Esperanza Spalding) 06 “Reaching Back Towards Eternity” (Feat.Nduduzo Makhathini) TOUR DATES: 11/16 – Katowice, Poland @ JazzClub Hipnoza 11/19 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Hertz 11/23 – Brussels, Belgium @ Flagey 11/27 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall 11/28 – Bristol, UK @ St.
Mary Redcliffe 11/39 – London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall 12/12 – Tokyo, Japan @ WWW X 12/14 – Beijing, China @ Omni Space 12/16 – Shenzhen, China @ B10 12/18 – Shanghai, China @ Modern Sky Lab 2/27 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note (True/False Film Festival) 3/01-02 – Durham, NC @ Missy Lanes 3/06 – Melbourne, Australia @ Northcote Theatre 3/07 – Brisbane, Aust...