Ibibio Sound Machine – Chopping Mountain (CD)
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Ibibio Sound Machine has spent a decade threading Ibibio language, West African rhythms, and UK club electronics into something that resists easy categorization but rewards deep listening. Bringing production back in-house with Grunhard marks a return to the kind of direct, unfiltered creative control that defined their earlier work, and Eno Williams remains one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary afrofunk, her delivery carrying real emotional weight whether the track is built for the dancefloor or something more contemplative.
Chopping Mountain, the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine - out September 11, 2026 - is the clearest rendering yet of the London collective's longstanding mission to promote love, unity, and resistance through music. It is the band's sixth full-length record, and the first to feature the band's Max Grunhard as producer since 2019's Doko Mien. Following their Hot Chip-produced breakthrough Electricity (2022) and the darker, clubbier inflection of the Ross Orton-produced Pull the Rope (2024), Chopping Mountain feels like it was pulled directly from the hearts and experiences of the Eno Williams and Grunhard-led band.
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UPC: 673855088624
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: 9.11.26
Format: CD