Ancestral Recall
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| Studio album by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | ||||
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1:01:28 |
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Louis Marks |
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Ancestral Recall is an album by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah . The recordings were made from April to December 2018 and appeared on Ropeadope Records in 2019.
background
The album is a follow-up to his critically acclaimed triptych called The Centennial Trilogy , which was released in 2017. Unlike the trilogy from 2017, however , Ancestral Recall is filled with a lot of guest posts. Scott explained that the title track and the entire album "were built as a map to decolonize the sound, to challenge previous misunderstandings about some musical cultures, to codify a new folkloric tradition and to begin work on creating a national rhythm set" . To this end, he has woven rhythms and styles from West Africa, the First Nations and the African Diaspora / Caribbean together.
Track list
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- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall (Stretch Music - 824833024022, Ropeadope - 824833024022)
- Her Arrival - Featuring Elena Pinderhughes (Christian Scott)
- I Own the Night - Featuring Saul Williams (Saul Williams, Christian Scott)
- The Shared Stories of Rivals (Keita) - Featuring Saul Williams (Saul Williams, Christian Scott)
- Forevergirl - Featuring Mike Larry Draw & Chris Turner (Christian Scott, Mike Ward Jr, Sarah Elizabeth Charles , Chris Turner)
- Diviner (Devan) (Christian Scott)
- Overcomer (Christian Scott)
- Songs She Never Heard - Featuring Logan Richardson (Christian Scott)
- Ritual (Rise of Chief Adjuah) (Christian Scott)
- Prophesy (Christian Scott, Saul Williams)
- Before - Featuring Elena Pinderhughes (Christian Scott)
- Double Consciousness (Christian Scott)
- Ancestral Recall - Featuring Saul Williams (Christian Scott, Saul Williams)
reception
The album received a Grammy nomination in the category of contemporary instrumental music (Best Contemporary Instrumental Album) in late 2019 .
According to Suzanne Lorge ( Down Beat ), trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah's playing on Ancestral Recall is so meaningful that you can almost make out the intended words. He repeats simple melodic phrases like a mantra over a rhythm machine taken from the African diaspora, and then rises from this polyrhythmic clay in a flying burst of sound. Scott's vision of an all-encompassing human race is expressed on this record, which is a quick sequel to his triumvirate of 2017 albums, collectively released as The Centennial Trilogy . Scott creates such a sound and works with an atypical mixture of acoustic elements: synthesizer percussion, bebop trumpet, pan-African drums, a roaring lion and Saul Williams' poetry recital from "The Shared Stories of Rivals (KEITA)". Scott is something of a musical multilingual who is fluent in all of these sound languages. But the big reveal, according to the author, is how skillfully he used vocals - unlike his previous releases, he uses vocals, vocals, or spoken word on almost every track. A brilliant next step.
According to Pitchfork's critic, the trumpeter and composer's present album further expands the language of jazz by incorporating electronics and an increasingly broader approach to rhythm; so there are only a few elements on Ancestral Recall that are tied to the tried and tested rules of jazz . However, as the title makes clear, the past remains of the utmost importance, and ancient global cultures are the preferred engines for the future.
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Graver: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah feat. Saul Williams: Ancestral Recall. Cool Hunting, February 19, 2019, accessed December 23, 2019 .
- ^ Anthony Dean-Harris: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - “Ancestral Recall” feat. Saul Williams (stream). Nextbop, February 5, 2019, accessed December 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall at Discogs
- ↑ Suzanne Lorge: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall. Down Beat, June 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Christian Scott at Tunde Adjuah: Ancestral Recall. Pitchfork, May 6, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .