OUT NOW on all digi music platforms: CONSTITUTION by Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs
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Asher Gamedze
& The Black Lungs
Constitution
** Out Now ** on All Digital Music Platforms
“With every composition, Gamedze attempts to peel back layers of our forgotten past. He stands as a constant reminder of the beauty of living in hope and fighting for a liberated future. This music reflects the times we are living in — it’s urgent, it’s driving, it speaks to the soul.”
- Tseliso Monaheng, Okayafrica
“There's acknowledgement in the forms within the history of jazz, with stylistic detours reminiscent of the best work of composers and musicians we grew up on. Still, Constitution is the album where Asher Gamedze has become one of the greats himself.”
- Glenn Griffith, A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed
“This album solidifies Asher Gamedze’s place as a vital figure in contemporary jazz, blending historical influences with innovative approaches to create music that is both a reflection and an instigation of thought.”
- Joey Willis, Glide MAGAZINE
Molars on Constitution
By Kevin Hyde
"Asher Gamedze, South African drummer, composer, and bandleader, assembled a 10-piece ensemble, the Black Lungs, for his new album, “Constitution,” the follow-up to last year’s excellent “Turbulence and Pulse.” Gamedze’s second album for International Anthem, “Constitution” represents an expansion and elaboration on some of the forms and ideas from “Turbulence and Pulse.”
It’s just straight-up bigger in many ways—a longer album, with more players and more sounds—but it’s also more complex and more political, or more explicitly political. Gamedze and the Black Lungs present such a compelling vision with “Constitution:” struggle against oppression that also incites deep, enduring cooperation; the potential that comes from not just resisting against something but also using that energy to build something beautiful together when the chance comes."
((( photo by Lungiswa Gqunta )))
About Asher Gamedze
Asher Gamedze is a cultural worker based in Cape Town, South Africa, involved in music, education and history. As an independent musician he works as a drummer, composer and bandleader. A versatile drummer with an open sound and sensibility, Gamedze plays across and between multiple traditions of music including free improvisation, soul music, rock ‘n roll, and many locally situated traditions from Southern Africa. He has performed extensively in South Africa and other parts of the African continent including Egypt, Lesotho and Malawi. Gamedze has been on multiple European tours and has also played in the USA, particularly in Chicago where he has a big community. Gamedze has performed and recorded with: Angel Bat Dawid, Ben LaMar Gay, Nduduzo Makhathini, Alan Bishop, Salim Washington, Sharif Shenaoui, Donna Khalife, and many others.
<<< Upcoming Shows >>>
Asher Gamedze: Quartet
26 October - Jazz Jantar - Gdansk, Poland
27 October - Enjoy Jazz - Ludwigshafen, Germany
Asher Gamedze: Another Time Ensemble
8 November - Le Guess Who - Utrecht, Netherlands
** Deluxe Gatefold Double LP **
Constitution comes on two 140 gram Classic Black vinyl LPs inside a heavyweight reverse-board gatefold jacket (featuring stunning linocut artwork by Leila Khan of Kanaladorp Press) with IARC obi strip and poly-lined printed inner-sleeves. Lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST and pressed at Pallas in Germany..
We also have a compact disk option in a 4-panel digipack, which includes the digital pre-order of Constitution.
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