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Glass Effect

Ben Marc

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDIL2086

Release Date:  13 May 2022

Label:  Innovative Leisure

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  810874024749

Genres:  Electronic  Electronic  

Release Date:  10 June 2022

Label:  Innovative Leisure

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  810874024732

Genres:  Electronic  Electronic  

  • Description

    Producer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Marc, who's emerged as a key figure of London's cutting edge jazz scene, has just announced his debut full length, a follow up to last September's widely acclaimed Breathe Suite EP (heralded by NPR, Pitchfork, The Wire, The Guardian, and more).

    Glass Effect is an assured and accomplished 13-track realization of a singular vision that unifies a multitudinous profusion of influences (free-jazz, broken beat, hip-hop, electronica and beyond) into a sublime whole, underscoring the evolution of his quest for a distinctive sound: lambent, low-key, and yet dizzyingly intricate.



    It's a rare talent that can link Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, Afrofuturists Sun Ra Arkestra, and grime legend Dizzee Rascal, but Marc has long blurred musical worlds and criss-crossed boundaries. One of the reasons that he started writing Glass Effect, says Marc, was going to nightclubs in Ibiza and experiencing the heady sun-dappled euphoria of a summery dancefloor, as well as the beat-driven production of artists like Four Tet, Bonobo, Machinedrum, DJ Shadow, and Madlib.



    "it's full of strength, beauty and speaks to the future" - NPR



    "The music swirls and floats past like a multicolored cloud" - STEREOGUM



    "swirling arrangements-which synthesize jazz, hip-hop, neoclassical, and electronic" - PITCHFORK




    FOR FANS OF:
    Bonobo, BADBADNOTGOOD, Four Tet, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Cinematic Orchestra

    Description

    Producer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Marc, who's emerged as a key figure of London's cutting edge jazz scene, has just announced his debut full length, a follow up to last September's widely acclaimed Breathe Suite EP (heralded by NPR, Pitchfork, The Wire, The Guardian, and more).

    Glass Effect is an assured and accomplished 13-track realization of a singular vision that unifies a multitudinous profusion of influences (free-jazz, broken beat, hip-hop, electronica and beyond) into a sublime whole, underscoring the evolution of his quest for a distinctive sound: lambent, low-key, and yet dizzyingly intricate.



    It's a rare talent that can link Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, Afrofuturists Sun Ra Arkestra, and grime legend Dizzee Rascal, but Marc has long blurred musical worlds and criss-crossed boundaries. One of the reasons that he started writing Glass Effect, says Marc, was going to nightclubs in Ibiza and experiencing the heady sun-dappled euphoria of a summery dancefloor, as well as the beat-driven production of artists like Four Tet, Bonobo, Machinedrum, DJ Shadow, and Madlib.



    "it's full of strength, beauty and speaks to the future" - NPR



    "The music swirls and floats past like a multicolored cloud" - STEREOGUM



    "swirling arrangements-which synthesize jazz, hip-hop, neoclassical, and electronic" - PITCHFORK




    FOR FANS OF:
    Bonobo, BADBADNOTGOOD, Four Tet, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Cinematic Orchestra

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Way We Are
      • 2. Sometimes Slow
      • 3. Dark Clouds
      • 4. Straight No Chasing
      • 5. Give Me Time
      • 6. Glass Effect
      • 7. First Batch
      • 8. Jaw Bone
      • 9. Keep Moving
      • 10. This Time Next Year
      • 11. Sweet Nineteen
      • 12. Mustard
      • 13. Make Way

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Way We Are
      • 2. Sometimes Slow
      • 3. Keep Moving
      • 4. Straight No Chasing
      • 5. Give Me Time
      • 6. Mustard
      • 7. Make Way