{"product_id":"space-afrika-quiet-storm-black-vinyl","title":"Space Afrika - Quiet Storm [black vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: DAIS232LP\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 0683950558984\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 25 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpace Afrika, the Manchester\/Berlin-based duo of Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang, make raw, intensely detailed, visceral music with shades of ambient, trip-hop, techno, and modern classical, drawing spacious urban dubscapes from the contours of their city. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet Storm expands on their sound and scale as a sprawling, collaborative vision shaped with profound patience and intention, embedding their own coming-of-age story within a moving suite of cathartic abstraction. Songs allude to spirituality and the human condition, the tension between boldness and softness, ambition and persistent inner demons. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking to the multidisciplinary nature of the project is the involvement of celebrated artist Glenn Ligon, whose work deals with Black identity and queerness. A central inspiration at the onset of recording, Ligon offered his work Figure #30 (2009) for the cover artwork, and following the completion of recording, he agreed to provide the project's name—an unprecedented gesture from the pioneering artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListening to the final sequence, Ligon thought of \"Quiet Storm,\" the 1970s radio format known for smooth, late-night programming with themes of life and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet Storm brings the listener through various scenes, interludes, and arcs, marked by a sense that its movement is fluid and its characters are fleeting. Into-the-mirror monologues grapple with the existential and the immediate: survival, autonomy, purpose. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with the explosive, string-backed “Vanity,” featuring Grammy Award winner Axelle Fanyo. At first fixated on the crevices of a quiet room, “Vanity” unfurls under Fanyo's expressive soprano, traversing a wide emotional spectrum from sublime contemplation to poignant, heart-piercing pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the record, words spoken and sung are placed sparingly to powerful effect. “2MLN”'s beauty and catharsis is a collective slow march, featuring British-Nigerian artist Tony Njoku, with guitar and lead bass by Gabriel Evans, London's PIKE on drums, and Copenhagen's GB on keys and strings. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeavy yet hopeful, Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang remind you of their journey so far. An appropriately cryptic and transportive outro for their open-ended opus, Quiet Storm is a landmark level-up: self-produced, self-funded, and manifested out of sheer drive and conviction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough bent time and low-lit haze, undoubtedly, Space Afrika has arrived. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING\u003cbr\u003eVSIDE A \u003cbr\u003eVanity (ft. Axelle Fanyo) \u003cbr\u003eCrying Never Had a Voice ~ (ft. Vanessa Bedoret) \u003cbr\u003eFrom the Heart of Knowing (ft. Alto Aria) \u003cbr\u003eBallad for A'G' (ft. RXK Nephew, Klein) \u003cbr\u003eBlack and Gold \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE B \u003cbr\u003eH00D Ambient Validation (ft. Any1) \u003cbr\u003e2MLN (ft. Tony Njoku) \u003cbr\u003eWe Live. Joy \u003cbr\u003ePretty Gospel (ft. Kiala Ogawa) \u003cbr\u003eIf This Is Hell (ft. Deuén Regards) \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dais Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155773374620,"sku":"DAIS232LP","price":24.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/blac.jpg?v=1783182441","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/space-afrika-quiet-storm-black-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}