Jherek Bischoff – Composed [Best Fit Exclusive]
Collaborative LPs always open themselves up to a lot of cynicism. Flooding your tracklisting with one featured name after another could be seen by some as a distraction from your own meritocracy. My own theory is that Kanye West invites just about anyone to collab on a track just to remind everyone how much greater he is by means of comparison.
But Composed, a new orchestral project from one Jherek Bischoff, is a very fluid and natural record. And Bischoff is rather picky when it comes to fellow musicians enlisted, with each famous name seeming fitting to their corresponding track, complimenting the piece perfectly.
With a list of personnel that varies from the likes of Talking Heads’ David Byrne to Parenthetical Girls’ frontman Zac Pennington, it’s something of an eclectic affair that cannot be truly pinned down.
In the composing artist’s own words:
I love the idea of not knowing what I am. I work on music all day everyday and it seems to naturally evolve. If you would have told me that I would have an orchestral record with David Byrne and Caetano Veloso singing on it four years ago, I would have thought you were crazy. I just keep teaching myself new skills and keep moving forward.
Jherek Bischoff – Composed is out next Monday (28 May) on CD/LP/digital via Leaf/Brassland. You can pre-order it here.
Until then, take a listen below:
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- Courting announce new album, Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story
- Horsegirl announce Cate Le Bon-produced second album, Phonetics On and On
- Maribou State share a new single, “Dance on the World”
- Seminal Swedish underground duo Studio's lost 2006 debut will hit streaming next year
- Lambrini Girls present new single, "Love"
- Chloe x Halle, Kehlani and Bree Runway feature on deluxe version of FLO's debut album
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