Joyfultalk - Familiar Science [Lp] (180 Gram) [Embargo Until 3/23] (LP)

- Joyfultalk - Familiar Science [Lp] (180 Gram) [Embargo Until 3/23] (LP) JOYFULTALK returns with its third album for Constellation; another vibrantly divergent stylistic take on the analog materiality and sensibility of electronic composer-producer Jay Crocker, whose previous two records forged trance-inducing polyrhythmic intricacy, each from a distinct angle and sound palette, each enlisting a single instrumental collaborator. Familiar Science rallies contributions from a larger cast of musicians into a looser, cosmic recombinant combo-still shot through with JOYFULTALK's singular mixing desk kinetics, but this time deep-diving into gnarled and twisted, spliced and diced out-jazz. Crocker draws inspiration from 1980s M-Base music and Ornette Coleman's harmolodic funk period, while his own prior history as an improv guitarist also resurfaces for the first time in many years-an element in this polyvalent artist's chemistry set that hasn't appeared prominently in his own music for over a decade. Tracklistings: 1. Body Stone 2. Take It To The Grave 3. Particle Riot 4. Familiar Science 5. Ballad In 9 6. Blissed For A Minute 7. Hagiography 8. Stop Freaking Out!