{"product_id":"pre-order-09-10-26-bell-andy-masal-common-primitives-coloured-vinyl","title":"Pre-Order 09\/10\/26 - Bell, Andy \u0026 Masal: Common Primitives - Starburst (Coloured Vinyl 2xLP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vzs4eQkSzTA?si=_fD8EIHfo2TPj2gU\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis item is available for pre-order only and will be dispatched on or around its release date (09\/10\/26)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommon Primitives\u003c\/em\u003e is the second collaborative album between Andy Bell (Ride guitarist, Oasis bassist) and Essex-based harp and synth duo Masal. It’s a stunning, meditative collection which veers from kosmische to astral jazz by way of Turkish folk tunes and all the way back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir first outing, 2023’s acclaimed Tidal Love Numbers, consisted of four lengthy and almost ambient tracks and is included here on vinyl for the first time as part of a two-record set with the new album. By contrast, the seven tracks that make up \u003cem\u003eCommon Primitives\u003c\/em\u003e are almost concise, but also a lot more layered and complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We tend to work from initial, free-jammed ideas, building form and arrangement from there,” explains Masal’s Al Johnson. “Above all, we believe you should go where the vibe takes you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Andy, that vibe was very much jazz legend Pharoah Sanders’ classic 1977 album Pharoah, which was reissued a few years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It puts me into a hypnotic state,” he explains. “That’s why I worked with more guitar loops on this record. The Tisziji Muñoz part on ‘Harvest Time’ has had me in a vice-like grip for the last three years and it arrives here via the Vini Reilly filter.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Özlem Simsek, there is nostalgia, too, and she even adds vocals as well as her heavenly harp to the opening track, ‘After Kâtibim’, based on a traditional Turkish folk song she had sung as a child growing up in Istanbul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom there, the album takes us on a real journey, with the apt, impressionistic titles added by Andy once it had all been pieced together. There’s the beautiful, elegant ‘I Swear We Are Infinite’; the atmospheric ‘Yuzuki Fighting Spirit’ and the beatific ‘Soap And Water’. ‘Tower Of Babylon’ was named after the novelette by Ted Chiang, its structured creation reflecting that in the story; first single ‘The Morning Of The Trip’ finds Andy playing his guitar “as if it was a waterfall”. The journey ends with ‘Rudi’s Dream – The Third Bardo’, the trio accelerating onto the autobahn for a krautrock crescendo inspired by their studio’s resident cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndies only Starburst vinyl version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMurmuration Of Warm Dappled Light On Her Back After Swimming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Slight Unease Of Seeing A Crescent Moon In Blue Midday Sky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTidal Love Conversation In That Familiar Golden Orchard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Pyramid Hid By Centuries Of Neon Green Undergrowth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter Kâtibim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Swear We Are Infinite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYuzuki Fighting Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoap And Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTower Of Babylon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Morning Of The Trip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRudi’s Dream – The Third Bardo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54403546841434,"sku":"SCR390LPI","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/andy-bell-masal-common-primitives.jpg?v=1783607379","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/pre-order-09-10-26-bell-andy-masal-common-primitives-coloured-vinyl","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}