Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun Ben Lamar Gay SKU: LPIARC0017 Barcode: 0603784912059 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: International Anthem Recording Released Date: 11th May 2018 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun is as much a greatest hits as it is a debut album for Ben LaMar Gay. It’s his first solo album, and its a collection of music compiled from 7 albums he made over the last 7 years but never released. If you’re a follower of Chicago music, Downtown Castles is likely not the first you’ve heard from him. One of the most prolific collaborators in the city’s creative music community, he makes active contributions to Nicole Mitchell’s EarthSeed, Joshua Abrams’s Natural Information Society, Bitchin Bajas & many more. And he’s well present in the International Anthem catalogue. Beyond being the brains behind Bottle Tree the future funk suite we released in April of 2017 that was named #1 Best Album of the Year by Londons EZH Magazine and on NPRs Sound Opinions (c/o producer Ayana Contreras) Ben LaMar Gay plays on both of our biggest 2017 releases, Makaya McCraven’s Highly Rare and Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die. Ben LaMar Gay is already almost omnipresent in the current zeitgeist of progressive jazz sounds sprouting from Chicago, but the release of Downtown Castles will be his first moment squarely in the centre of the spotlight. Ben’s musical vision covers a whole amazing sonic universe. He is, hands down, one of my favorite musicians on the planet today. – Jeff Parker Recommended if you like… Don Cherry, Tom Ze, Big Boi, Thundercat, Abner Jay, Steve Reich, Archie Shepp, Raymond Scott, Daedelus. Artist Ben Lamar Gay Genre Jazz Label International Anthem Recording Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Vitis Labrusca Muhal Music For 18 Hairdressers: Braids & Fractals Jubilee A Seasoning Called Primavera Miss Nealie Burns Me, Jayve & The Big Bee Uvas Galveston Swim Swim Kunni Melhor Que Tem Gator Teeth 7th Stanza Oh No...not Again! 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