tracks

All Is Written
The Good Book Says
Clothed To The Land, Worn By The Sea
Dreamer Of Dreams
Always Say Your Name
Nema, Nema, Nema
A Single Man O' War
As Years Roll By
This Land Is Yours
Come Away
With Me Seek
J.P.

notes

Recorded and mixed at Hotel2Tango, Montreal QC, June 3-5, 2014.
Sound samples from #southernsojourn2014: a scaled-down field recording weave of Roberts' 25-day ramble in wintered Mississippi/Tennessee/Louisiana USA and a touch of a very chaotic New York City 21st century.

Also samples from:
Malcom X, "Confronting White Oppression", Feb 14 1965, Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI.
Gertrude, last name unknown, homeless and sweet, downtown Jackson, MS.

Text from:
Captain G.L. Sullivan, "Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters", 1873.

Public domain songs quoted throughout:
"Star Spangled Banner" - Francis Scott Key
"Beautiful Dreamer" - Stephen Foster
"The Pledge of Allegiance" - Mississippi State Senate
"My Country Tis of Thee" - Samuel Francis Smith
"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" - James Weldon Johnson
"All the Pretty Horses" - unknown origin

Made in Canada (sticker)

Comes on 180g vinyl and includes art print poster and a digital download code.

Pressing/cutting company and cutting engineer are derived from matrix.

credits

Alto Saxophone, Voice [Wordspeak], Synthesizer [Korg Monotron, Korg Monotron Delay, Korg Monotron Duo Analogue], Upright Piano [Early 1900s Archambault] – Matana Roberts
Lacquer Cut By – MK (11)
Lyrics By [Some] – W.M. Jones Sr.
Mastered By – Harris Newman
Recorded By, Mixed By – Radwan Ghazi Moumneh,
Text By – Captain G.L. Sullivan

companies

Mastered At – Grey Market Mastering
Recorded At – Hotel2Tango
Mixed At – Hotel2Tango
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BE71191
Lacquer Cut At – Optimal Media GmbH

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