Working Progress, by groundsound

Working Progress

by groundsound

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Rebel Up SebCat great album of retro-modern rootsreggae & dub, with great production by Gavsborg as always. It' driven by strong lyrics about contemporary times, about decolonisation and social justice and borders. Favorite track: Visa.

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1.	Obeah 5 Train with Earth and the Fullness 02:36	buy track
2.	Visa 05:45	buy track
3.	Put on an Iron Shirt w/ KAT7 04:59	buy track
4.	Trod 02:54	buy track
5.	Tricky 04:10	buy track
6.	Dip, Sashay, Sway 04:21	buy track
7.	The Obeah Act 00:22	buy track
8.	Myal with Erna Brodber 00:19	buy track
9.	Elena 07:39	buy track
10.	Dubplate Dub Gate 00:32	buy track
11.	Equal Righters 05:02	buy track
12.	we had a QUALITY TIME dubbing these drums 11:20	buy track
13.	This is a PSA 04:40	buy track
14.	Losing My Mind... Decolonial Beat 06:20	buy track
15.	Sonic Uprising 07:10	buy track

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groundsound is a message-driven, Afrofuturist partnership between Gavsborg (of Equiknoxx) and Riddim Writer (word artist & cultural analyst). The founding member of the music collective Equiknoxx, Gavsborg has been breaking and disrupting how the world hears Jamaican music for nearly two decades. As a published dub scholar and educator, Riddim Writer has been using her voice to build community and understanding of Caribbean and African diaspora culture. The two first collaborated in 2019 for a single track exploring how African alienation in Jamaica’s hinterlands has survived in both rhythm and memory. There was an easy magic in their synergy, each feeding the other’s aesthetically grassroots musicality. groundsound was born from their mutual desire to make music that would be interactive, social sound art. Their full-length project is here to free-up how listeners hear, think of, and understand Jamaica, its people, its music, and its culture.

With a one-hour album, they deliver a dub, broken beats, futurist dancehall set that will move listeners. They bring an immersive natural landscape to life: wind, whispers, and water are palpable. Vocally, they meditate on the mundane and provoke the political: What is intimacy to an untouchable bleacher? Why is the visa application process so invasive? What is obeah? Can dancehall center queerness? groundsound stirs the body to nod, sway, and bubble to the melody of the message.

"working progress is broken beats meets black space, memory meets magic, and decolonial meets dub. Each track is an invitation to skank, spin, and slip with us through time" - Riddim Writer

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released February 29, 2024

Cover art by Lee Hodges (UK based visual artist).

Featured Vocalists - Isis Semaj-Hall performs vocals on all tracks except track 8. Gavin Blair (Tracks 2, 9, 10, & 14), Olivia Wilmot (Track 01), Clayton Johnson (Track 3), Tóke (Track 4), Nicole Burt (Tracks 5 & 9), Erna Brodber (Track 8), Mary Ann Shields (Track 13).

Featured Musicians - Gavin Blair plays on all tracks. Olivia Wilmot (Guitar, Track 01), Franklyn Waul (Synthesizer, Track 2), Delroy Hamilton (Bass, Track 3 & 12) Ordean Francis (Drums, Track 3), Demar Gayle (Synthesizer, Track 3), Courtland White, (Guitar, Track 3), Everol Wray (Brass, Track 3), Nicholas Allen (Kumina Drumming, Track 15), Nicholas Grosskoph (Guitar, Track 15).

Mixed by Hendrick Valera (Cali, Colombia) & mastered by Nik Sinna, (Manchester, UK).

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groundsound Kingston, Jamaica

groundsound is a message-driven, Afrofuturist partnership between Gavsborg (he/him) of Equiknoxx and Riddim Writer (she/her) a word artist & cultural analyst.

The duo hope to free-up how listeners hear, think of and understand Jamaica; its people, its music and its culture. ... more

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