Credits:

Son

Description:

The first CD release of the much-talked-about 2021 album by multi-instrumentalist Duval Timothy, who is also the subject of Kendrick Lamar's latest major work, meets Rosie Lowe, a hot genre-crossing singer-songwriter. 32-page full-color picture book + CD special edition. Recorded in London and Freetown between 2019 and 2021, the album was inspired by a shared "love of choral music" and began as an experiment to explore the use of voice in more creative ways, using multiple vocal recordings as an instrument to follow piano harmonies, arrangements, and sampling. The project began as an experiment to explore the use of the voice in a more creative way. We were interested in incorporating our surroundings into the recordings. We would record in different spaces and places, leaving the doors open, and document the process, allowing the listener to experience life as it happens around us." The project began in London, where the title track led to a story about a world that hides its true "color" in order to blend in with its surroundings. A mother tells her son that he must fit in in order to survive, only to realize that he is fitting into the same mold that she herself inherited as a child.As a result, the mother encourages her son to stick to his dreams and not to listen to what others say about him not being what he chooses to be. Rosie joined Duval for a week in Freetown in February 2020, and with the help of friends like Daniel Koroma, Kandeh Bangura, Valentine Coker, Chino Greene, and Tom Herbert, the rest of the project The rest of the project was written, composed, performed, and produced by D The music was written, performed, and produced by Duval Timothy and Rosie Lowe, mixed by Marta Salogni, and mastered by Heba Kadry. The main artwork was designed by Duval Timothy. The domestic CD is limited to a special edition and includes an original picture book (32 full-color pages) that they themselves created inspired by their work.

Tracklisting:


1. Da
2. Don
3. Play Along
4. He Hu
5. Son
6. Furah Bay
7. Say
8. Always
9. Gonna Be