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๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’Ž๐Š๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅโ€™๐™๐š๐›๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ญ โ€œ๐ฆ๐ฎโ€Spiritmuse Records and  present Let The Spirit...
26/09/2025

๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’Ž
๐Š๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅโ€™๐™๐š๐›๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ญ โ€œ๐ฆ๐ฎโ€

Spiritmuse Records and present Let The Spirit Out, Live at โ€œmuโ€, a unique concept of recording new material purposefully in a live audience environment, to capture the feeling of connectedness in the ancient ritual of communion through music.

The spiritual jazz master created new material for this album to be performed by the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble over two nights at .ldn an audiophile space for a healing, immersive experience.ย It conveys a powerful message to the world today, speaking about release, freedom, revelation and empowerment to โ€˜Let the Spirit Out.โ€™ย 

Leading the EHE with (trumpet), .harding.75054 (baritone sax) and (cello), theyโ€™re delivering stunning performances over two unforgettable evenings that became a landmark experienceโ€”refined, healing, and transcendentโ€”where improvisation and spirit merged, deepening the profound connection between artists and community.

Let the Spirit Out delivers the deep-listening experience of being present in the very moment of creation, a recorded ritual that sees the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble at their most powerful: raw, expansive, transcendent and deeply attuned to the healing energy of rhythm.

โ€œWe, the people of spirit, will rise to a higher consciousness beyond these darkest times, forging telepathic kinships of empowered Love. Jump and Shout, Let the Spirit Out!โ€ - Sir Kahil Elโ€™Zabar

OUT 21 NOV 2025
2xLP, CD, Digital w/ stunning art by Nep Sidhu

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Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music for the Spirit

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— ๐Ÿ’ŽToday weโ€™re celebrating the spirit and immeasurable legacy of John Coltrane, the father...
23/09/2025

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— ๐Ÿ’Ž

Today weโ€™re celebrating the spirit and immeasurable legacy of John Coltrane, the father of spiritual jazz and one of the giants in the history of jazz.

Both our label and our artists have strong ties to the incomparable legendโ€™s music - our label being dedicated to Music for the Spirit, for one.

The spiritual jazz legend , has been carrying forward Coltraneโ€™s legacy and spirit - being deeply inspired by the Great Master, who always resonates in Elโ€™Zabarโ€™s compositions, and reimagining Coltraneโ€™s music in offerings like โ€˜Sketches of a Love Supremeโ€™ (Spirit Gatherer), โ€˜Resolutionโ€™ (A Time for Healing) and the incredible โ€˜Sketches of an Afro Blueโ€™ (America the Beautiful).

took part in a tribute to John Coltrane last month, marking the anniversary of A Love Supreme, while always honouring Coltraneโ€™s legacy in his musical and spiritual explorations through his own sound, deeply connected to the vision and teachings of Swamini Turiyasangitananda.

No-one can compare to John Coltrane, heโ€™s the definition of Greatest Of All Time. We are humbled and grateful for his enlightening offerings to the world of spiritual and all music.

Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music For The Spirit

๐Ÿ’Ž ๐๐š๐ง๐๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  โ˜€๏ธWeโ€™re celebrating the end of an incredible summer, and for today onl...
05/09/2025

๐Ÿ’Ž ๐๐š๐ง๐๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  โ˜€๏ธ

Weโ€™re celebrating the end of an incredible summer, and for today only, on Bandcamp Friday, weโ€™re doing a flash sale across our entire catalogue, 20% OFF ALL DAY LONG!

Thereโ€™s some exciting upcoming projects coming up on Spiritmuse, so now itโ€™s a good time to grab a copy of our previous releases, while stocks last!

Donโ€™t miss your chance to get one of the few last copies of Chicago legendโ€™s ๐Š๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅโ€™๐™๐š๐›๐š๐ซโ€™s highly sought-after titles, incl. music by his phenomenal ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž, together with the stunning releases by ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ๐š ๐๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐š (produced by the mighty Carlos Niรฑo), alongside incredible music by ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ and ๐ƒ๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐•๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!

And if you havenโ€™t already, get a copy of the powerful recent landmark release of the beautiful Journey to Nabta Playa by ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ข๐ & ๐๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข โ™พ๏ธ

ALL DAY LONG
20% OFF ALL FORMATSโ€จLP - CD - DIGITAL

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Warm thanks to for being a champion of independent music, supporting such a wide diversity of art and sound!

To all of you who have been supporting our artists and releases, and sharing our labelโ€™s mission, thank you for the Love!

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MUSIC FOR THE SPIRIT



๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐Ÿ’ŽToday, we gather in celebration of the 88th solar return o...
27/08/2025

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐Ÿ’Ž

Today, we gather in celebration of the 88th solar return of Swamini Turiyasangitananda, whose teachings and channeling of music as a spiritual force continues to globally inspire and illuminate.

Swamini Turiyasangitananda - aka Alice Coltrane, has only expanded in influence over the years. Her music is appreciated not only for its stunning creativity but also its healing properties. As one of her students, is honouring his upbringing and musical teachings in the tradition of Swamini Turiyasangitananda, by the spiritual jazz colossus Herself, at Her Sai Anantam Ashram in California. Surya has experienced the power of Her music better than most. โ€˜People would pass out,โ€™ he says. โ€˜People would burst into tears of joy. This music completely went directly through the souls of everyone.โ€™

As part of a community event organised with the environmental organisation , Surya and close collaborator will celebrate the life and music of Swamini Turiyasangitananda with a devotional gathering at S. Mark Taper Amphitheatre, hosted, produced and documented by .la. In honouring Swaminiโ€™s eternal legacy, this yearly event allows her everlasting light to shine bright.

We are continually thankful for the presence of Swaminiโ€™s teachings and musical offerings in our lives, as well as all of those who carry her vision forward.

Infinite thanks โ™พ๏ธ

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https://www.livingearth.la/gatherings/turiyasangitananda-solar-return-2025

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Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music For The Spirit

๐Š๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅโ€™๐™๐š๐›๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐Ÿ’ŽThis weekend, the spiritual sounds of Kahil Elโ€™Zabarโ€™s Ethn...
12/08/2025

๐Š๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅโ€™๐™๐š๐›๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐Ÿ’Ž

This weekend, the spiritual sounds of Kahil Elโ€™Zabarโ€™s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble returns to Europe. The Chicago legend will be leading masters on trumpet, .harding.75054 on baritone sax and on cello, bringing their bold, transcendent sound that continues to evolve, inspire and uplift.

Join us on this ritual of liberation through rhythm, soul, and collective energy as the EHE honour ancestral wisdom, celebrate Spirit and creativity and create a healing sonic experience, uplifting audiences with their unique sound:

16 August โ€“ Norwich Arts Centre, UK
17 August โ€“ We Out Here Festival, UK
20 August โ€“ Mรฉtรฉo Festival, Mulhouse, France

Whether in an intimate arts space or under open festival skies at the brilliant We Out Here, this is an invitation to witness a legacy in motionโ€”music that doesnโ€™t just entertain, but transforms ๐ŸŒŠ

Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music For The Spirit

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๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐Ÿ’ŽObscure, rare spiritual jazz and deep folk  sounds from the French โ€˜70s - โ€˜80s under...
08/07/2025

๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐Ÿ’Ž
Obscure, rare spiritual jazz and deep folk sounds from the French โ€˜70s - โ€˜80s underground

Spirit of France is celebrating the French artists who pushed the boundaries of creative music. Recording in caves during the full moon, with fascinating, peculiar instruments, with sounds influenced by Indian, African, Arabic and Eastern cultures, this is what makes this album so unique.

Spirit of France is a journey of imaginary folklore into Franceโ€™s underground melting pot music scene, ft. Jef Gilson, Workshop de Lyon and Ghรฉdalia Tazartรจs and an ode to the extraordinary unacknowledged heroes such as Lโ€™Empire des Sons, Rรฉmy Couvez, Andrรฉ Fertier, Pรขn-Rรข and many more.

Weโ€™re proud of this anthology that celebrates the French avant-garde scene by blending spiritual jazz influences with deep folk, at the crossroads of the tribal, the secular, and the universal.

Released on this day in 2022, this landmark, collectorsโ€™ item compilation, brought together timeless tracks and rare gems from visionary French artists who helped shape a new sound in the realm of avant-garde, boundary-pushing jazz music.

In celebration, weโ€™re offering 20% OFF on the last few copies of Spirit of France throughout the week!

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https://spiritmuserecords.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-of-france

Our thanks to Tom Val, who helped curate the album with us.

Album Design and Art Direction by Nep Sidhu

โ€œThe London-based labelโ€™s recent Spirit of France compilation showcases โ€˜obscure, rare spiritual jazz, deep folk and psychedelia sounds from the French โ€˜70s-โ€˜80s undergroundโ€™ and is everything that tantalizing description promises.โ€œ Aquarium Drunkard

Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music For The Spirit

๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐›๐ญ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐›๐ญ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š โ™พ๏ธโ€œWhat other ancient sites lie buried across the motherland, an...
26/06/2025

๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐›๐ญ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐›๐ญ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š โ™พ๏ธ

โ€œWhat other ancient sites lie buried across the motherland, and what other ancient knowledge lies buried with them? We must perform sonic archaeology to rediscover the eternal truths that not only manifest in this ancient site, but which also live and breathe through us!โ€ - Dr. Adam Zanolini

The album Journey To Nabta Playa from and is rooted in a shared inquiry into the ancient astrological stone circle of Nabta Playa in Nubia, dating to 8th millenium BCE.

Nabta Playa - the worldโ€™s oldest astronomical site - connects the rise of Sirius and Orion with knowledge from the ancient Nile valley, demonstrating how African science and knowledge flowed northwards long before the pyramids were built. As Dr. notes, Nabta Playa rewrites the narrative of where human civilisation truly began, defying Eurocentric notions that deprive Sub-Saharan Africa of its history.

โ€œThe site symbolises being in tune with nature,โ€ explains Naima Nefertari. โ€œItโ€™s about a holistic way of understanding we are part of a much bigger existence: where stars [like Sirius] are connected to when a plant might bloom, when water flows and human beings feel the need to have gatherings. Itโ€™s about balance.โ€

However, Nabta Playa is under threat from a canal project endangering its landscape and legacy. โ€œThe fate of this ancient site is precariously un-balanced,โ€ writes Angel Bat Dawid, prompting urgent conversations around heritage preservation.

Journey To Nabta Playa is a cosmic procession, reclaiming the obscured history of Africaโ€™s brilliance.

Slide 2: Sketch of Nabta Playa

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Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music For The Spirit

๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž: ๐€ ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ’ŽThis Saturday, Worlds Alive and  invite you to A Celebration of Divine Inspiration,...
19/06/2025

๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž: ๐€ ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ’Ž

This Saturday, Worlds Alive and invite you to A Celebration of Divine Inspiration, Joy and Transformation in honor of John Coltraneโ€™s musical gift to the world of โ€˜A Love Supremeโ€™ - his deeply powerful and adventurous declaration of spiritual gratitude, devotion and expression, which continues to resonate across generations and genres to this day.

Taking place at in LA, the event features performances from and the Chosen Few and , along with an opening invocation by our own and the incredible voice of Dwight Trible in a moving tribute to Coltraneโ€™s extraordinary gift to the world.

A Love Supreme, the epitome of spiritual jazz, is one of the most honest and historic musical offerings. Few recordings have garnered as much universal praise and reverence, beloved by artists as musically diverse as Flea, Patti Smith, Kamasi Washington, Four Tet, to Henry Rollins, Carlos Santana and our very own Kahil Elโ€™Zabar.

We are very happy to be supporting this not-to-be-missed celebration, which admirably is also free to the public! We will also be selling beautiful records by Surya Botofasina and Cosmic Vibrations featuring Dwight Trible at this remarkable event, so come and say hi!

See the full line-up below:

6:00pm - Jeremy Sole โ€˜mood selectorโ€™ & narrative throughout
6:30pm - Sound Healing by Jimmy Chan
7:00pm - Opening Invocation by Surya Botofasina
7:45pm - Michelle Coltrane Introduction
8:00pm - Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation
8:45pm - Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few โ€˜Lift Every Voice and Singโ€™
9:00pm โ€“ Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few โ€˜A Love Supremeโ€™

Photos by Ian Squint for Botofasina and Joseph Berg for Drible



Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music for the Spirit

โ€œ๐‰๐š๐ณ๐ณโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€: ๐Š๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅโ€™๐™๐š๐›๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’ŽEmbodying the heart and soul of jazz for over five decades, ...
10/06/2025

โ€œ๐‰๐š๐ณ๐ณโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€: ๐Š๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅโ€™๐™๐š๐›๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’Ž

Embodying the heart and soul of jazz for over five decades, is celebKahil El'Zabarsic of by journeying through the spiritual jazz masterโ€™s brilliant output during recent years.

Listing all of the releases and new recordings with Spiritmuse Records, including his electrifying collaboration with David Murray on โ€˜Spirit Grooveโ€™, his inspiring message on โ€˜America the Beautiful,โ€™ and a epic celebration of the 50th anniversary of the powerhouse group the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble on โ€˜Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit.โ€™

Bandcamp Daily hails the EHE as โ€œnot only one of the greatest jazz groups of the past half-century, but an important and moving social and political project.โ€

A glowing showcase for the Chicago jazz legend, read the whole article and discover key recordings from Elโ€™Zabarโ€™s catalog that showcase his powerful blend of groove and spiritual improvisation through the link in bio.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/the-music-of-kahNirbhai (nep) Singh Sidhur-jazzs-elder-statesman

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Spiritmuse Records ๐Ÿ”ด Music For The Spirit

๐€๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ขโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’ŽIf every milestone album has a journey attached...
09/06/2025

๐€๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ขโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’Ž

If every milestone album has a journey attached to it, Journey To Nabta Playaโ€™s began in Sweden. Blending the sacred and the experimental, and recorded the album between Chicago and Southern Sweden, at the family home of Don and Moki Cherry - drawing deep from the well of community, lineage, and spiritual practice.ย 

It was here that Naima Nefertarti and Angel Bat Dawid surrounded themselves with โ€œvintage books on the blues and history, candles, Egyptian busts, and myriad instruments, many belonging to Naimaโ€™s grandfather, the late Don Cherry...they sketched out their fantasies on the schoolhouse blackboard and the family piano. Beautifully painted by Naimaโ€™s grandmother.โ€

The location of this recording channels Don and Moki Cherryโ€™s unique spirits and unwavering dedication to intercultural connectedness. The refuge of this space enabled the undaunted creative expression present on the album.

โ€œIt needed to happen there,โ€ says about the album creation, โ€œin that big room that has harnessed and carried our family and so many of our people with its powerful creative energy over time.โ€

You can read more about the process of recording Journey To Nabta Playa in the beautiful booklet included with the LP, featuring texts by ,, , Neneh Cherry, Angel Bat Dawid and artworks by Naima Nefertari, and .

Photos taken during the recording session in Sweden
Photo 1: Dawid by Nefertari
Photo 2: Nefertari by Dawid
Photo 3: Don Cherryโ€™s piano in Swedenย 
Photo 4: Journey to Nabta Playa creative blackboardย 

Quote from Tej Adeleye
Track: Bishmillah composed by Don Cherry

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๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐›๐ญ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐. ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ!๐Ÿ’ŽCongratulations to Angel Bat Dawid and Naima Nefertari for their...
30/05/2025

๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐›๐ญ๐š ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐. ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ!๐Ÿ’Ž

Congratulations to Angel Bat Dawid and Naima Nefertari for their phenomenal collaboration, with calling it โ€œa triumph of discreet experimental jazz music.โ€

Rooted in the artistsโ€™ shared inquiry into the ancient astrological stone circle of Nabta Playa in Nubia, the album weaves together spiritual jazz, celestial electronics, ancestral instruments and storytelling, blending the sacred and the experimental.

The response to Journey To Nabta Playa has been remarkable, with hailing it โ€œa stunning albumโ€ and describing it โ€œa powerful exploration of ancient African cosmologiesโ€.ย 

Journey to Nabta Playa is in all quality record shops throughout US and Canada and in all our favourite shops๐Ÿ’Ž

Big shout to Chicago for the amazing write up!

Drop us a message to let us know where youโ€™ll be picking up your copy!

Journey to Nabta Playa โ™พ๏ธ


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๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐‘๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ’ŽToday, we celebrate the life and legacy of the incomparable Sun Ra on his solar retur...
22/05/2025

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐‘๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐Ÿ’Ž

Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of the incomparable Sun Ra on his solar return day, whose vast output of innovative jazz shifted music forever.

Sun Ra remains an immense presence within the world of spiritual jazz - named after Ra, the ancient Egyptian sun god, Sun Ra infused African localities into both his music & the Thmei broadsheets he composed with Alton Abraham, pulling from book culture on Chicagoโ€™s South Side and the works of historians such as Constantin- Franรงois Volney and J. A. Rogers. Nubia, a region in Northeast Africa and the location of the ancient site of Nabta Playa, was also a significant part of his worldview, representing ancient African civilization & culture.

Emily Pothast, writing for The Wire, sees Journey To Nabta Playa as part of โ€œthe same African-American spiritual tradition that fed the likes of Sun Ra and the Coltranes & which continues to spring up in places like Chicago.โ€

Just as Ra and his Arkestra would incorporate instruments creatively, such as the inclusion of Pat Patrickโ€™s โ€œspace lute,โ€ to craft this image of Nubia, Angel Bat David and Naima Nefertari also invented their own sounds when making Journey To Nabta Playa, the Winds of Jupiter and Winds of Saturn, merging them with acoustic instrumentation.

Gail Tasker of Jazzwise explains: โ€œThe result is along the lines of Sun Raโ€™s work, both alien and earthly, with a liberating, spiritual undertone, transporting the listener through the cosmos.โ€

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