{"product_id":"paradise-cinema-paradise-cinema-standard-black-vinyl","title":"Paradise Cinema Paradise Cinema [Standard Black Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Vinyl LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e GONDLP040\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 5050580749443\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 20th November 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJazz (Crossover Jazz)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01: Possible Futures\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e02: It Will Be Summer Soon\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e03: Casamance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e04: Utopia\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e05: Liberté\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e06: Digital Palm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e07: Paradise Cinema\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e08: Eternal Spring\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStandard black vinyl edition now available!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAirplay from Mary Ann Hobbs, Liz Alker and Tom Ravenscroft and beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews in Mojo, The Wire, Quietus, Uncut and more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn October 9ththe multi-instrumentalist Jack Wyllie (Portico Quartet\/Szun Waves) presents his new project Paradise Cinema. It was recorded in Dakar, Senegal in collaboration with mbalax percussionists Khadim Mbaye (saba drums) and Tons Sambe (tama drums).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe impressionistic and dream-like quality of 'Paradise Cinema' is a stunningly effective realisation of Wyllie's experience, in ahypnagogic state of aural consciousness:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I had a lot of nights in Dakar, when the music around the city would go on until 6am. I could hear this from my bed at night and it all blended together, in what felt like an early version of the record.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtmospherically 'Paradise Cinema' is vaporous and enigmatic, but also percussive; existing in a paradoxical sound-space that's amorphous,yet still purposeful, serene, but propulsive and aesthetically sharp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhadim Mbaye and Tons Sambe, provide the rhythmic backbone of the record. There are traditional elements of mbalax rhythm, but it is often deconstructed or played at tempos outside of the tradition, so while it hints at a location it occupies a space outside of any specific region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Paradise Cinema' is also informed by notions of hauntology – a philosophical concept originating in the work of French philosopher Jacques Derrida– on possible futures that were never realised andhow directions taken in the past can haunt the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the album's title Wyllie comments, \"there are a handful of old cinemas in Dakar – these big modernist buildings dotted around the city built around independence. They're old and derelict now, but feel to me like monuments to that period, when the city was flooded with utopian ideas about its potential futures.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs such it sits closely to 4thworld music – situated in an imagined culture and time that never came to pass. And while it contains rhythmic references to Senegal it combines these elements with ambient and minimalist music to produce a sound that sits outside of any tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSetting the tone for the long-player's themes is the optimism-driven, balmy beauty of 'Possible Futures', where rich-toned drums throb and levitate in a stratospheric ether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike a time-lapse video of plants in bloom, 'It Will Be Summer Soon' is the sound of anticipation and growth. Rhythmically it flickers and flutters, evoking rainfall, or the blurred wings of a bird in in flight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasamance moves through field recordings drifting in and out of focus, beats pitched-down low and unfurling saxophone, whilst the ambient 'Utopia' was made mainly with processed saxophone and suggests a longing for a perfect world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalloping percussion juxtaposes with a wistful mood on 'Liberté' – a title that referencesa derelict modernist cinema in Dakar of the same name– a hauntological landmark, made more poignant by the its name being part of the French national motto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTying into the cover artwork, Jack explains, \"the 'Digital Palm is a telecommunications mast disguised as a palm tree in central Dakar. As a modern piece of technology that on first glance looks natural, it mirrors the combination of modern and acoustic elements.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps eliciting a time that never came, or maybe still in hope of it yet to come, 'Eternal Spring' concludes the LP's otherworldly beauty with hypnotic drums powering a subtly-building, sparkling and powerful crescendo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack Wyllie is a musician, composer, electronic producer who draws on influences of jazz, ambient, and the trance-inducing repetition of minimalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWyllie performs and records in Portico Quartet, Szun Waves (withLuke Abbott and Laurence Pike)and Xoros. He has also collaborated with Charles Hayward, Adrian Corker and Chris Sharkey and released on Ninja Tune, Babel, Leaf, Real World and Gondwana.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhadim Mbaye and Toms Sambe play in various mbalax groups in Dakar. Khadim has also toured internationally with Cheikh Lo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gondwana Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36549889097884,"sku":"GONDLP040","price":18.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/ParadiseCinema-ParadiseCinema_682a2f04-9e36-4d80-a5de-35e87da74afc.jpg?v=1603185212","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/paradise-cinema-paradise-cinema-standard-black-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}