{"product_id":"space-afrika-honest-labour-grey-black-smash-vinyl","title":"Space Afrika ~ Honest Labour [Grey Black Smash Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease date: 27th August 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormats: LPC3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLabel: Dais\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue Number: DAIS181LPC3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: LPC3: 0011586671911\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Experimental\/Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat Details: LPC3 – Grey Black Smash Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eManchester UK’s Space Afrika make music of what they term “overlapping moments” – oblique mosaics of dialogue, rhythm, texture, and shadow, half-heard through a bus window on a rainy night. Honest Labour, the group's first full-length since 2020's landmark hybtwibt? (have you been through what i’ve been through?) mixtape, expands the project's palette with classical strings, shimmering guitar, and visionary vocal cameos, leaning further into their enigmatic fusion of ambient unrest and cosmic downtempo. It's a sound both fogged and fragmented, at the axis of song craft and sound design, born from and for the yearning solitudes of life under lockdown.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album title is tiered, alluding to a legendary patriarch from co-founder Joshua Inyang's Nigerian family tree (who was lovingly called “Honest Labour” for his loyalty and resilience) as well as the nature of self-designated work, such as Space Afrika's music – a “labor of love” in its truest sense. With fellow co-founder Joshua Reid recently relocated to Berlin, the pair began sharing files last fall, piecing together poetic vignettes of looping haze and found sound, inspired by the notion of “records that leave an impression, and help the listener deal with their life.” As the isolation of Covid compounded with the worsening winter, the songs skewed increasingly introspective and emotive, reflecting a mood of dissipating futures and the infinite nocturnal unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe artists cite two core motivations for Honest Labour: to transcend the sum of their influences, and “to show what we're capable of.” Both ambitions are entirely realized. The collection's 19 tracks flow with a synergy and sophistication as rare as they are radical, untethered to the dusty dub-techno templates of Space Afrika's early years. These are interstitial anthems, expressionistic and open-ended, delirious but deliberate, attuned to the drift and dreamstate of the present moment: “Ultimately this is an homage to U.K. energy, and an album about love and loss.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e● Follows the duo’s acclaimed releases “Above the Concrete\/Below the Concrete” (Where to Now?, 2014), “Somewhere Decent to Live” (Sferic, 2018), along with the impactful 2020 mixtape “hybtwibt?”, named best ambient release of 2020 by Pitchfork and Bandcamp. \u003cbr\u003e● Scored the soundtrack for Tibyan Sanoh’s “Untitled (To Describe You)” short film which debuted at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and screened at Rewire Festival. \u003cbr\u003e● Well received featured mix (772) on Resident Advisor \u003cbr\u003e● Massive following of listeners from years as NTS Radio hosts and DJs \u003cbr\u003e● For fans of Andy Stott, Leila, Dean Blunt, Burial, Demdike Stare, Arca, Maurizio, Huerco S, Hiro Kone, FKA Twigs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003eLP SIDE A \u003cbr\u003eA1 yyyyyy2222 \u003cbr\u003eA2 Indigo Grit ft. guest \u003cbr\u003eA3 Lose You Beau \u003cbr\u003eA4 Solemn \u003cbr\u003eA5 LV \u003cbr\u003eA6 Preparing the Perfect Response ~ \u003cbr\u003eA7 Ny Interlude \u003cbr\u003eA8 Rings ft. guest \u003cbr\u003eA9 Noise Sweet \u003cbr\u003eA10 B£E ft. Blackhaine \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLP SIDE B \u003cbr\u003eB1 Like Orchids \u003cbr\u003eB2 Meet Me At Sachas \u003cbr\u003eB3 U ft. kinseyLloyd \u003cbr\u003eB4 \u0026lt;\u0026gt; \u003cbr\u003eB5 Girl Scout Cookies ft. bianca scout \u003cbr\u003eB6 Ladybird Drone \u003cbr\u003eB7 With Your Touch \u003cbr\u003eB8 Strength ft. LA Timpa \u003cbr\u003eB9 Honest Labour ft. HforSpirit\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dais","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40116840399004,"sku":"DAIS181LPC3","price":21.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/unnamed_ffa62108-e38b-4f0b-b64c-90795fcb90bd.jpg?v=1623301288","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/space-afrika-honest-labour-grey-black-smash-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}