Ben Lamar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition) - VINYL LP
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There is no one universe for Ben Lamar Gay, he just sonic booms from one sound to another. - NPR MusicBen Lamar Gay's de facto debut album, Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun, was our attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer / improvisor / renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from Inch7 albums he made over 7 years but never made the effort to actually .Inch The material showcases Gay's penchant for genre-hopping-from Reich-ian soundscape voyages to Don Cherry-esque polyrhythm treks to Jorge Ben-style vocal-and-string earworms-while keeping his singular musical voice in focus.In the years since it's , this long OOP collection has become a touchstone, foreshadowing the breadth and scope of Ben Lamar Gay's output since. The songs-between-the-songs warped Soul Americana madness and beauty of Open Arms To Open Us, the unhinged long form freedom of Certain Reveries-each fresh mode would defy expectation if without the context established by Downtown Castles. To quote the OG press , Inchto call it 'eclectic' would only scratch the surface. This music is everything.InchLP comes packaged in the deluxe International Anthem style - heavyweight jacket, IARC OBI strip, poly-lined inner-sleeve, insert booklet (new for 2025), and re-cut lacquers, on classic black vinyl.1 Vitis Labrusca2 Muhal3 Music for 18 Hairdressers Braids & Fractals4 Jubilee5 A Seasoning Called Primavera6 Miss Nealie Burns7 Me, Jayve & The Big Bee8 Uvas- side split - 9 Galveston10 Swim Swim11 Kunni12 Melhor Que Tem13 Gator Teeth14 7th Stanza15 Oh no... not again!
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- GenreJazzDescriptionThere is no one universe for Ben Lamar Gay, he just sonic booms from one sound to another. - NPR MusicBen Lamar Gay's de facto debut album, Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun, was our attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer / improvisor / renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from Inch7 albums he made over 7 years but never made the effort to actually .Inch The material showcases Gay's penchant for genre-hopping-from Reich-ian soundscape voyages to Don Cherry-esque polyrhythm treks to Jorge Ben-style vocal-and-string earworms-while keeping his singular musical voice in focus.In the years since it's , this long OOP collection has become a touchstone, foreshadowing the breadth and scope of Ben Lamar Gay's output since. The songs-between-the-songs warped Soul Americana madness and beauty of Open Arms To Open Us, the unhinged long form freedom of Certain Reveries-each fresh mode would defy expectation if without the context established by Downtown Castles. To quote the OG press , Inchto call it 'eclectic' would only scratch the surface. This music is everything.InchLP comes packaged in the deluxe International Anthem style - heavyweight jacket, IARC OBI strip, poly-lined inner-sleeve, insert booklet (new for 2025), and re-cut lacquers, on classic black vinyl.1 Vitis Labrusca2 Muhal3 Music for 18 Hairdressers Braids & Fractals4 Jubilee5 A Seasoning Called Primavera6 Miss Nealie Burns7 Me, Jayve & The Big Bee8 Uvas- side split - 9 Galveston10 Swim Swim11 Kunni12 Melhor Que Tem13 Gator Teeth14 7th Stanza15 Oh no... not again!ArtistBen Lamar GayTitleDowntown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition)FormatVINYLLabelInternational Anthem
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There is no one universe for Ben Lamar Gay, he just sonic booms from one sound to another. - NPR MusicBen Lamar Gay's de facto debut album, Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun, was our attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer / improvisor / renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from Inch7 albums he made over 7 years but never made the effort to actually .Inch The material showcases Gay's penchant for genre-hopping-from Reich-ian soundscape voyages to Don Cherry-esque polyrhythm treks to Jorge Ben-style vocal-and-string earworms-while keeping his singular musical voice in focus.In the years since it's , this long OOP collection has become a touchstone, foreshadowing the breadth and scope of Ben Lamar Gay's output since. The songs-between-the-songs warped Soul Americana madness and beauty of Open Arms To Open Us, the unhinged long form freedom of Certain Reveries-each fresh mode would defy expectation if without the context established by Downtown Castles. To quote the OG press , Inchto call it 'eclectic' would only scratch the surface. This music is everything.InchLP comes packaged in the deluxe International Anthem style - heavyweight jacket, IARC OBI strip, poly-lined inner-sleeve, insert booklet (new for 2025), and re-cut lacquers, on classic black vinyl.1 Vitis Labrusca2 Muhal3 Music for 18 Hairdressers Braids & Fractals4 Jubilee5 A Seasoning Called Primavera6 Miss Nealie Burns7 Me, Jayve & The Big Bee8 Uvas- side split - 9 Galveston10 Swim Swim11 Kunni12 Melhor Que Tem13 Gator Teeth14 7th Stanza15 Oh no... not again!
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