Gil Scott-Heron – We're New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven (LP Vinyl)
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Makaya McCraven's approach here is rooted in his signature "organic beat music" process, building new compositions by layering and sculpting recorded material rather than simply remixing it. Scott-Heron, who died in 2011, spent decades bridging spoken word, soul, and jazz into something that resisted easy categorization, and McCraven honors that restless spirit by treating the source recordings as raw material for something genuinely new rather than nostalgic reconstruction.
To mark the tenth anniversary of the release of I'm New Here , the thirteenth - and last - studio album from the legendary US musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron, XL Recordings will release a unique reinterpretation of the album by acclaimed US jazz musician Makaya McCraven. Titled We're New Again, the album will be released on 7th February 2020; exactly a decade after the release of Scott-Heron's original Richard Russell-produced recording. It's set to follow in the footsteps of Jamie xx's highly acclaimed 2011 remix album We're New Here and will be McCraven's first release of 2020, following the huge global acclaim heaped upon his 2018 album Universal Beings. One of the most vital new voices in modern jazz, McCraven is described by the New York Times as a Chicago-based drummer, producer and beat maker, [who] has quietly become one of the best arguments for jazz's vitality.
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Side B
UPC: 191404100615
Label: XL Recordings
Release Date: 2.7.20
Format: LP Vinyl