| Release Date | 23/07/2021 |
| Format | 2LP Coloured/ 2LP |
| Label | Movementt |
| Catalogue Number | MVMTT04LPC/ MVMTT04LP |
The debut album by Emma-Jean Thackray feels exactly like the sort of thing we’ve all been longing for over the last 12 months: a transcendent, human, shared experience. Across its 49 minutes, ‘Yellow’ draws glowing lines between 1970s jazz fusion and P-Funk, the cosmic invocations of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane and the gorgeous orchestration of the Beach Boys.
“I wanted the whole thing to sound like a psychedelic trip,” explains Thackray. “You put on the first track, it takes you through this intense experience for almost an hour, and then you emerge on the other side transformed.” The result is an album that speaks the language of positivity, as rich lyrically as it is musically.
One might best understand what Thackray does through reference to auteur figures like Brian Wilson or Madlib, who straddle instrumentation, arrangement and production in order to bring the sound in their head to fruition. As a composer, producer, singer, multiinstrumentalist and DJ, Emma is just as at home working with the London Symphony Orchestra as she is hosting her show on Worldwide FM.
2LP in colour printed gatefold sleeve with 6mm spine. Includes digital download card.
Tracklisting
Mercury
Say Something
About That
Venus
Green Funk
Third Eye
May There Be Peace
Sun
Golden Green
Spectre
Rahu & Ketu
Yellow
Our People
Mercury (In Retrograde)