Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull The Rope

Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull The RopeBlack, Red & Blue Vinyl Pull the Rope, the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine, casts the Eno Williams and Max Grunhardled outfit in a new light. The hope, joy, and sexiness of their music remain, but, further honing the edge of their acclaimed 2022 album Electricity, the connection they aim to foster has shifted venues from the sunny buoyancy of a sunlit festival to a sweat soaked, all night dance club. Williams and Grunhard attribute this shift to a

The album features guest appearances from Gashi

“for literally a decade

Kiefer is a Grammy-winning producer who has worked with the likes of Drake and Anderson

” Sasami says

Andy Jenkins and Man & The Echo

“Pow” channels Curtis Mayfield and enter stage centre

The finished aloum is an international patchwork of futuristic cyber-rap experiments fastened together by Yallah's unforgettable personality and elastic flow

deconstructed and reassembled by one of the world’s most renowned producers

for starters

with the angst-y gravitas of Undertow

alongwith pedal steel guitarist Russ Pahl among others

It's thumping rhythmic science