{"product_id":"mykki-blanco-stay-close-to-music-crystal-clear-vinyl","title":"Mykki Blanco - Stay Close To Music [Crystal Clear vinyl]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP, Crystal Clear vinyl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: TRANS580X\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5400863062880\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 14 Oct 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Hip Hop\/R\u0026amp;B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Stay Close To Music’, the forthcoming new studio album from Mykki Blanco is unlike anything they have released before. Adventurous and expansive, it shatters any previously held assumptions about Mykki’s artistry, leaving them free to define their sound for themselves.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Throughout their evolution, poet, artist, musician Mykki Blanco has\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtinuously blurred genres - pulling rave, trap, grunge and punk influences into a swirling pool of experimental hip-hop that celebrated queer and trans experiences.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Yet, Mykki admits that “at that point in my career, I didn’t know what my\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eown music sounded like without any kind of direct, outside reference. That’s not a bad thing; that’s how the majority of music is made.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Ultimately Mykki concluded they wanted to create their own sonic\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003euniverse from scratch. To facilitate this, they collaborated with producer and multi-instrumentalist FaltyDL, who allowed them to envision new soundscapes built from lush, live instrumentation. “It just transported me,” they admit. “It enabled me to dream in a way that I had never dreamed with my own songwriting. All of a sudden, I felt like I had this template where I could make that sound my own.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The songs spun together through numerous jam sessions, with writing taking place in Lisbon, Paris, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. By 2019, Mykki realized that they were working on two different records\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econcurrently. The first became 2021’s lauded mini album ‘Broken Hearts \u0026amp; Beauty Sleep’ and now Mykki readies the second collection of the sessions via ‘Stay Close To Music’.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e “I wanted to see what it would be like to go back and be a musician from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanother time where you had to start every ingredient raw from scratch. That process, ideology and that way of making has not only changed me as a musician, it has creatively changed me as a person.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Stay Close To Music’ features Michael Stipe, Saul Williams, ANOHNI,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDianna Gordon, Devendra Banhart, Jónsi and more.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Mykki Blanco is an artist revered for their fearless ability to evolve,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplacing their creative exploration at the forefront of their career. With ‘Stay Close To Music’, Mykki Blanco is levelling up. By stepping into unchartered territory untethered and free, they have fulfilled their ambitions and created a rich, complex and accomplished sound that belongs entirely to them and which only solidifies their status as one of the world’s most innovative musical pioneers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e LP pressed on crystal clear vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePink Diamond Bezel\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteps (feat. Saul Williams and MNEK)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrench Lessons (feat. ANOHNI and Kelsey Lu)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKetamine (feat. Slug Christ)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYour Love Was A Gift (feat. Diana Gordon)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFamily Ties (feat. Michael Stipe)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYour Feminism Is Not My Feminism\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(feat. Ah-Mer-Ah-Su)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLucky\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterlude\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrust A Little Bit\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou Will Find It (feat. Devendra Banhart)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarry On (feat. Jónsi)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrench Lessons (Single Version)\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(feat. 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