Fyah is a Jazz album by Theon Cross, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.
About
Following up 2015's solid <i>Aspirations</i> EP and a featured track on Gilles Peterson's 2018 survey of modern club jazz <i>We Out Here</i>, London tuba player Theon Cross returns with something considerably more in-your-face on his full-length debut, <i>Fyah</i>. It’s deeply beat-oriented, with heavy, almost blown-speaker-type grooves and agitated looping riffs, the kind of huge sound one wouldn’t expect from such a pared-down trio (tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia and drummer Moses Boyd, Cross’ partners from <i>Aspirations</i>, return here). Similar in a way to his work with Shabaka Hutchings in Sons of Kemet, Cross retains in his own music a relentless funk intensity—“CIYA” being an exception, a lilting theme movingly harmonized by tenor saxophonist Wayne Francis, a.k.a. Ahnansé, and trombonist Nathaniel Cross (Theon's brother), with head-turning, Lionel Loueke-influenced guitar from Artie Zaitz. Yet amid the overall density of the sound, Cross finds room for subtle expression as an improvising soloist, notably on “Letting Go.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Activate4:49
- A2The Offerings4:41
- A3Radiation4:47
- A4Letting Go7:12
Side B
- B1Candace Of Meroe5:46
- B2Panda Village5:43
- B3CIYA8:25
- B4LDN’s Burning3:56
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- warm
- intense
- urban
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Comes in a single sleeve, housed in a resealable outer plastic sleeve.
Sticker with QR code.
Includes plain black polylined inner sleeve.
Recorded at Soup Studios on 26th-27th Jan 2017 and 12th June 2018.
Cut on a Haeco Scully lathe with Westrex RA1700 series amps, Westrex 3DIIA cutting head and Telefunken U73B tube limiter; Decca valve equalisation; monitored on Audio Note equipment.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Moses BoydDRUMS
- Theon CrossTUBA
- AhnanséARRANGED BY TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Artie ZaitzELECTRIC GUITAR
- Nathaniel CrossARRANGED BY TROMBONE TROMBONE, ARRANGED BY
- Nubya GarciaTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Tim DoylePERCUSSION
- Wayne FrancisARRANGED BY TENOR SAXOPHONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 4 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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