Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement (Colored Vinyl)
- Label:
- Young, Shoto Mas
- Art.No.:
- 09555020
- Cat.No.:
- YO350LPE / YO350LP
- Released:
- 2024
- Cover:
- Picture Gatefold
- Format:
- 2LP
- Pressing:
- UK - Original
- Genre:
- Black Grooves + Jazz
Limited Edition on Red & Blue Colored Double Vinyl in Gatefold Sleeve.
Washington calls Fearless Movement his dance album. “It’s not literal,” Washington says. “Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it’s the same thing as music—expressing your spirit through your body. That’s what this album is pushing.” Dance as an embodied form of expression signals a shift in focus for Washington. Where previous albums dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, Fearless Movement focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. This change in scope is due in large part to the birth of Washington’s first child a few years ago. “Being a father means the horizon of your life all of a sudden shows up,” says Washington. “My mortality became more apparent to me, but also my immortality—realizing that my daughter is going to live on and see things that I’m never going to see. I had to become comfortable with this, and that affected the music that I was making.” The album features Washington’s daughter—who wrote the melody to “Asha The First” during some of her first experimentations on the piano—as well as a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, the twin sons of West Coast legend Ras Kass. Washington further enlisted lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat and more. The album also features “The Garden Path,” a song Washington performed for the first time ever, making his late-night television debut, on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Title | Featuring | Producing | Time | ||
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A1. | Lesanu | Kamasi Wash... | |||
A2. | Asha The First | Ras Austin,... | Kamasi Wash... | ||
A3. | The Visionary | Terrace Martin | Brandon Col... | ||
A4. | Get Lit | D Smoke, Ge... | Daniel Farr... | ||
B1. | Computer Love | Brandon Col... | Kamasi Wash... | ||
B2. | Dream State | Andre 3000 | Andre Benja... | ||
B3. | Interstellar Peace (The Last ... | Brandon Col... | |||
C1. | The Garden Path | Kamasi Wash... | |||
C2. | Road To Self | Kamasi Wash... | |||
D1. | Together | BJ The Chic... | Bryan Sledg... | ||
D2. | Lines In The Sand | Kamasi Wash... | |||
D3. | Prologue | Kamasi Wash... |