Gender Studies was recorded in just 3 days, and covers topics such as violence against women, the misogynistic music scene in Ireland and the UK, and trying to navigate life when you're not a cis straight white man. It’ll come with a hand signed postcard from the band, a glittery 'Ghost A Post- Punk Boy Today' sticker, and additional track. The 12” will be a Dinked Edition - a limited edition clear vinyl with 300 copies only. Gender Studies it the debut EP from Irish Post-Punk band M(h)aol via indie label TULLE which champions underrepresented voices in music.
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It's both a perfect artistic statement, and a wonderfully evocative listen, including some of the biggest names in modern soul and electronica. STAFF COMMENTS Barry says: A Stunning new LP from Simon Green's Bonobo, fusing the clattering percussion and smooth rolling basses of 2010's 'Black Sands' with the more soulful, smooth sounds of the more recent outings. But the positivity isn’t just in the uptempo rhythms: even the most introspective and melancholic pieces have joy in them. It's about the dancefloor in many ways, about how “I remembered all over again how much I loved crowds and movement and people connecting with each other,” Green reflects. Somogyi's harp and Atwood-Ferguson's strings mingle together on the beatless “Elysian.” Two ballads flesh out the second half of the record: “Day by Day” featuring Kadhja Bonet and “From You” featuring Joji. “Rosewood,” “Closer” and “Counterpoint” each start with an ecstatic snap to them, but snake down surprisingly different paths.
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Recording orchestral musicians in actual studios helped bring the songs “out of the box” even more.Ī rhythmic framework started to come together too: the structures of UK bass music and rave began to seep into beats that would become tracks like “Otomo” (eventually co-produced by O’Flynn and featuring a sample of the Bulgarian choir 100 Kaba-Gaidi), and “Sapien.” The ”old school, Detroity, Moodymann and Theo Parrish inspired” “Shadows” was recorded with friend Jordan Rakei. Working with arranger and string player Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, musical themes began to emerge. “I knew I had a centrepiece, I knew how it was all going to sound,” he says. “Tides,” featuring Chicagoan singer and poet Jamila Woods, acted as a catalyst, and the album began to click into place around it. The album also came into focus as he sought refuge on solo adventures into nature, away from the shutdowns and wild fires and into the blazing California desert. Musical themes began to arise through Green’s exploration of modular synthesis, recordings he had made of harpist Lara Somogyi, his work with arranger and string player Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, his own playing of the Fender Rhodes and more, as the album was created, recorded and mixed by Green over the past two years. The constantly-touring Green creates best while on the move the global shutdown forced him to stand still. Coaxing the ideas out initially took some hard work. The ballads are perfectly placed throughout they capture a world in flux and glow with hope.
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Born first out of fragments of ideas and experimentation, the album ultimately was fused together in a burst of creativity fuelled by both collaboration and Green’s escape into the wild.įragments is a series of 12 sonic affirmations, featuring some of the hardest and most hip-shaking grooves that Green has ever created. The album features Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakei, O’Flynn and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.
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It’s no surprise that it’s also his masterpiece. Fragments is the most emotionally intense record that he - aka Simon Green - has ever had to make.