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We Are Not The First

Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl

2015 · Electronic, Jazz

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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We Are Not The First by Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl

We Are Not The First is a Jazz album by Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl, originally released in 2015. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.

About

Chicago's Hieroglyphic Being explores techno's Afrofuturist outer limits in this freeform set recorded with a surprising group of collaborators, including members of Sun Ra's Arkestra, Cecil Taylor's ensembles, and Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog. "Cybernetics Is an Old Science" balances rugged drum programming with sax skronk and unfettered modular synth, while "F**k the Ghetto / Think About Outer Space" pairs poet Rafael Sanchez's utopian verse with a stripped-down machine groove. The triumphant title track is an improv free-for-all driven by the drummer Greg Fox; it moves like a river of quicksilver.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Apes & Ages
  2. A2Civilization That Is Dying
  3. A3Cybernetics Is An Old Science

Side B

  1. B1Brain Damage
  2. B2Three Days More
  3. B3Fuck The Ghetto / Think About Outer Space

Side C

  1. C1Universe Is A Simulation
  2. C2Pussy Thumper
  3. C3Cimetière Des Innocents
  4. C4Root Of

Side D

  1. D1We Are Not the First

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
  • raw
  • chaotic
  • cerebral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

We Are Not The First features the interstellar ensemble of Marshall Allen, Daniel Carter, Greg Fox, Shelley Hirsch, Shahzad Ismaily, Elliott Levin, Rafael Sanchez, and Ben Vida directed in deep dialogue through humans' hidden sound history by Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being. Hieroglyphic Being & the J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Bul demonstrate that vitality lives in its collectivity and a sonic-consciousness exists somewhere in the primordial ooze.

Credits

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Performers

  • Ben VidaFEATURING SYNTH
  • Daniel CarterFEATURING SAXOPHONE FLUTE, SAXOPHONE, TRUMPET
  • Elliott LevinFEATURING FLUTE, SAXOPHONE FLUTE
  • Greg FoxDRUMS FEATURING
  • Jamal MossCONDUCTOR, SPEECH, SYNTH FEATURING ELECTRONIC DRUMS, SYNTH
  • Marshall AllenALTO SAXOPHONE, KEYBOARDS FEATURING HORNS
  • Rafael SanchezFEATURING VOCALS
  • Shahzad IsmailyFEATURING GUITAR BASS
  • Shelley HirschFEATURING VOCALS

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