Amaro Freitas - Sankofa

Amaro Freitas - SankofaVinyl LP pressing. From the slums of Recife in Brazil's North East to international jazz icon, Amaro Freitas has worked tirelessly to become the artist he is today. Gaining international attention for "an approach to the keyboard so unique that it's startling" (Downbeat), his debut and sophomore albums Sangue Negro (2016) and Rasif (2018) arrived on a wave of instant acclaim. His new album Sankofa a spiritual quest into the forgotten stories, ancient

South Carolina's Chaz Bundick (aka Toro y Moi) first signed to Carpark Records

CONSTANTINE WEIR

paranoid characters on the edge

There's a palpable feeling of not knowing where the young producer might go next

the LP is a deeply personal and conceptual body of work using ambiguous harmony to discuss gender identity

that would become highly desirable in the deep soul/funk market and just now seeing the light of day in 2017

Featured guests include Q-Tip

Boris and Envy

now pressed on striking Turquoise vinyl that feels as timeless as the songs themselves

a mood-enhancer

genre-bending bass lines and powerful vocal performances

as there wasn't enough space for more on a fragile 78 rpm shellack