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Ben LaMar Gay
Certain Reveries
Lead single
“Água Futurism”
IARC0063: Ben LeMar Gay - Certain Reveries
Released November 11, 2022
((( photo by Charles Bouril )))
In the tradition of toddler crayon scribbles on perfectly painted bedroom walls, multi-instrumental multi- freshness composer Ben LaMar Gay expands on the teaching of Alabama star spirits and presents a collection of work involving sound, fabric, movement, rivers, shadows, Lagosian memories, light and listening. Certain Reveries is a long-form composition by Gay, performed in duo with percussionist Tommaso Moretti.
It was originally filmed by Chris Strong for EFG London Jazz Fest’s 2020 live-stream program. This new album release is the first time the unedited audio from the live performance portion of that program is made available. Gay presented the original Certain Reveries visual program for EFG LJF in three parts, with the live performance portions dissected by a mesmerizing short film (or “revery”) he conceptualized, choreographed, and directed, alone in his Chicago apartment, as a tribute to the late inventor/composer Eddie Harris.
Notes
All compositions by Ben LaMar Gay (Tobany G Sound ASCAP)
Ben LaMar Gay – cornet, synth, voice
Tommaso Moretti – drums
Recorded & Mixed by Neil Strauch
Mastered by David Allen
Visual Direction by Chris Strong
Photography by Charles Bouril
Design by Craig Hansen
TRACKLIST
1) You Ain’t Never Lied
2) Parade Debris
3) To Be Behaved Upon
4) Salt Air
5) Lingering Orb #11
6) The Bioluminescence of Nakedness
7) Warmth Be Unto You
8) Drunkard’s Path
9) Skin
10) Água Futurism
11) New Tongues Tell Old Fibs.
About Ben LaMarr Gay
Ben LaMar Gay is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, poet, and patently eclectic polymath who Afropunk has called “strikingly original,” Pitchfork has called “uncategorizable,” and Jeff Parker has called "hands down, one of my favorite musicians on the planet today.” He channels a radical array of sound, color, and space through the universal language of folklore; but despite the widely attributed genius of his work, his artistic approach and general demeanor are characterized by an endearing humbleness and warm humanity.