The Brkn Record - The Architecture Of Oppression Part 1

1LP Vinyl - MRBLP240

The Brkn Record is a new project led and produced by Jake Ferguson, the co-founder and bass player for the UK’s foundational deep jazz outfit the Heliocentrics. With fellow Heliocentrics co-founder and legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has been a regular collaborator with globally recognised artists including Archie Shepp, Mulatu Astatke, Melvin Van Peebles, Orlando Julius and many others.

The Architecture of Oppression Part 1 represents Ferguson’s debut as a bandleader and orchestrator, and manifests as a committed and soulful response to ongoing and systemic anti-black racism, social oppression and state violence both at home in London and across the globe. Combining poetry, testimony and song with rich and cinematic backdrops, Ferguson has produced a sui generis sound that conjures flavours of Arthur Verocai, Ennio Morricone, classic library productions, Madlib-style deep-jazz beat science, and psychedelic soul. With bandmate Malcolm Catto on drums, Ferguson draws on their long years of collaborative experience in the Heliocentrics to build an album of striking texture and depth.

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Mint (M)

Track List: 

A1. Assimilation
A2. His Mother's Eyes
A3. The Investigator
A4. Break The Chains
A5. A Police Service, Not A Police Force
A6. Hackney Ain't Innocent
B1. On The Daily
B2. Say Black
B3. The Babylon Encounter
B4. Witness The Whiteness
B5. Lifeline