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Bandcamp download includes Jay "Double Tiger" Spaker's remix of Blue and White, only available here!
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Here it is- your very own, unique, hand silk-screened copy of the "Blue and White" record, featuring the gorgeous cover design by Robert Swainston! We only printed 500 and they're hand-numbered. Each one is unique and gorgeous, and you can even choose the full blue-red-and-white cover, or just the blue or red screened covers.
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Cassette + Digital Album
Limited edition cassette, the same beautifully designed cover (not hand-printed, but still beautiful!) and gorgeous printed tapes! "Blue and White" was recorded entirely onto analog tape reels, so why not keep the vibe going by playing it on cassette? This one sounds beautiful in your Camaro, cranked up in the boom box, or oh yeah, downloaded with the MP3 card that comes with your cassette purchase.
Includes unlimited streaming of Blue and White
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Super Hi-Fi's fifth album and second of (almost) entirely original material is a blast of dueling trombones, gut-rattling bass lines and West African- inspired rhythms. In this sense the band maintains their signature dub-heavy sound but manages to explore new sonic territory by embracing elements of rock and improvisational jazz. Another aspect of Blue and White that separates the album from previous Super Hi-Fi releases is the presence of band leader and bassist Ezra Gale’s distinct voice. Where previous Super Hi-Fi releases- starting with 2012's Du was strictly instrumental, this latest effort features Gale singing on half the tracks. The vocal element marks a clear evolution in the band’s musical aesthetic and demonstrates both creative growth and fearless experimentation.
In classic analog fashion the entire album was recorded directly to tape, giving the songs a sticky, rich warmth and a bottom-end that feels heavy and natural. The twelve track album which will be released by Brooklyn-based Very Special Recordings consists of all original material with the exception of a dubbed-out cover of The Police’s “Hole In My Life”. Lending his creative hand to the album artwork is acclaimed artist Rob Swainston who will be screen printing a run of 500, one-of-a-kind covers to compliment the forthcoming vinyl release. No two album covers will be the same which Gales says “echoes the aesthetic of dub music, where you have all these variations – versions of the same song – spun out from the same source material”
credits
released March 9, 2018
Recorded by Nicola Stemmer at 9 Lives, Jersey City
Mixed by Nicola Stemmer and Ezra Gale
except "Space Needle" mixed by Victor Rice at Studio Copan, Sao Paolo
Additional recording by Quinn McCarthy at the Creamery, Brooklyn
and by Ezra Gale and by Seth Paris
Mastered by Kevin Blackler
Produced by Ezra Gale
Ezra Gale- bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
Rick Parker- trombone
Jon Lipscomb- guitar
Madhu Siddappa- drums
Alex Asher- trombone (except track 5, 8, 10 and 12)
Robert Stringer- trombone (track 5, 8, 10 and 12)
Jeff Lampert- pedal steel guitar ("Fergie")
Drew Fleming, Vincent Giangola- vocals ("Fergie")
Erica Rutt Gale- vocals ("Blue and White")
Mitch Marcus- keyboard ("Blue and White"), organ ("Gale Caution")
Mamadou Konate- djembe, talking drum ("Little Black Book")
Vera Sousa Marina, Bryan Benninghove- vocals ("Little Black Book")
John Blevins- trumpet ("Gale Caution")
All songs written by Ezra Gale and pub. by BMI
except "Hole In My Life" written by Sting and pub. by EMI Blackwood Music Inc, and "Revenge of the Whales" and "Son of Revenge of the Whales" written by Gale/Lipscomb/Parker/Siddappa/Stringer
Brooklyn-based Super Hi-Fi mixes trombones, Jamaican dub and touches of afrobeat and funk for a unique and heady mix
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