{"product_id":"alfa-mist-variables-cd","title":"Alfa Mist - Variables [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I’ve been focused on who I am in my music, but now I’m exploring where I am,” Alfa \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMist says. “I’m asking: how did I get here?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the journeying question that underpins Alfa’s fifth album, Variables. Travers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eing luscious, big band swing, head-nodding boom-bap rhythms and yearning vocal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emelodies, the record is expansive, soulful and moving, in both body and spirit. On \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVariables, his second release for ANTI-, Alfa achieves his most fully-realised, expres\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esive musical work to date, coupling his keen ear for looping, memorably emotive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epiano melodies with intuitive grooves and a free-flowing jazz improvisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince the release of his first full-length project Nocturne in 2015, Alfa has estab\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elished himself as one of the UK’s most focused, in-demand and distinct musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evoices. He has worked with the likes of Jordan Rakei and Tom Misch. Artists look to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehim for his unique blend of intimate bedroom production and expansive jazz group \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eorchestration, since Alfa is yet to be boxed into a specific genre. His music spans \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeverything from hip-hop beat-making to producing for artists such as rapper Loyle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarner, composing neo-classical works for the London Contemporary Orchestra, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand reworking tracks from composer Ólafur Arnalds and pioneering jazz label Blue \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote. The return to live shows has been a welcome one for Alfa and his fans, re\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esulting in an instantly sold-out run of debut US shows in 2022, as well as a headline \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egig at London’s Barbican in 2021, and an expanded run of US shows slated for 2023.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a balance between feeling and perfectionism that ultimately gives Alfa’s music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eits depth and capacity for repeated listening. It is also an ethos that has enabled his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eremarkable work-ethic to date. “I’ve never been a ‘one album every four years’ artist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– I want to put out new projects every year,” he says. “Music is an extension of my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elife; it is the practice of creating.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorderline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAged Eyes Feat. Kaya Thomas-Dyke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCycles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApho Feat. Bongeziwe Mabandla\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4th Feb (Stay Awake)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 045778795123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.21.23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rock Band Merch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59574392389713,"sku":"270540","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/4173139-2934330.jpg?v=1779937876","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/alfa-mist-variables-cd","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}