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Sorathy Korwar | KALAK - Green Vinyl
BAY125VX
11/11/22
Limited edition green vinyl
Includes 8 page booklet
Includes download code
“Rare talent… his rhythmically intense, entrancing vision adds a whole new spin to the Indo-jazz continuum” - 5/5 Mojo
“Absolutely of the moment: a psychedelic, electronic, jazzy odyssey that deals with issues of racial identity. It’s fabulous” - 4/5 The Guardian
“A vibrant cacophony of Indian classical music, jazz and hip-hop that takes aim at cultural stereotypes and negative attitudes to immigration” - The New York Times
“Korwar takes in the political and radical history of jazz as a voice of the disenfranchised, and applies it to the Indian diaspora experience in contemporary Britain” - The Vinyl Factory
“One of the best things we’ve been able to play on the radio for a very long time” - Gilles Peterson, BBC 6 Music
“A remarkable meeting of jazz, hip-hop, Indian classical music and radical politics” - The Quietus
Tracklisting
- A1. A Recipe To Cure Historical Amnesia
- A2. To Remember (feat. Kushal Gaya)
- A3. Utopia Is A Colonial Project
- A4. Back In The Day, Things Were Not Always Simpler (feat. Noni-Mouse)
- A5. The Past Is Not Only Behind Us, But Ahead Of Us
- B1. Kal Means Yesterday And Tomorrow
- B2. Remember Begum Rokheya
- B3. That Clocks Don’t Tell But Make Time (feat. Kodo)
- B4. Remember Circles Are Better Than Lines
- B5. Remember To Look Out For The Signs
11. B6. KALAK - A Means To An Unend