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The long-awaited follow up to Washington’s debut The Epic, Heaven & Earth is comprised of two halves, which find Washington confronting quotidian realities with cosmic themes. A further investigation of Washington’s world building ideas, the new album explores his reckoning with current global chaos and his vision for the future.
Washington convened his band, The Next Step, as well as members of the long running collective The West Coast Get Down at Henson Studios in Los Angeles to record the 16 tracks on Heaven & Earth. The music was composed, written and arranged by Washington, with new arrangements of jazz and bebop legend Freddie Hubbard’s “Hubtones” and iconic kung fu film theme “Fists of Fury,” as well as one song by bandmate Ryan Porter. Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Ronald Bruner, Jr., Cameron Graves, Brandon Coleman, Miles Mosley, Patrice Quinn, Tony Austin and many more contribute to the album.
“The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.” This idea inspired me to make this album Heaven & Earth. The reality we experience is a mere creation of our consciousness, but our consciousness creates this reality based on those very same experiences. We are simultaneously the creators of our personal universe and creations of our personal universe. The Earth side of this album represents the world as I see it outwardly, the world that I am a part of. The Heaven side of this album represents the world as I see it inwardly, the world that is a part of me. Who I am and the choices I make lie somewhere in between.” Kamasi Washington
Tracklist
2CD Tracklisting:
Disc: 1
1 Fists of Fury
2 Can You Hear Him
3 Hub - Tones
4 Connections
5 Tiffakonkae
6 The Invincible Youth
7 Testify
8 One of One
Disc: 2
1 The Space Travelers Lullaby
2 Vi Lua Vi Sol
3 Street Fighter Mas
4 Song For The Fallen
5 Journey
6 The Psalmnist
7 Show Us The Way
8 Will You Sing
5LP Tracklisting:
Earth
A1 Fists Of Fury
9:42
A2 Can You Hear Him
8:54
B3 Hub-Tones
9:09
B4 Connections
8:23
C5 Tiffakonkae
9:24
C6 The Invincible Youth
9:52
D7 Testify
5:43
D8 One Of One
9:50
Heaven
E1 The Space Travelers Lullaby
10:31
E2 Vi Lua Vi Sol
11:06
F3 Street Fighter Mas
5:57
F4 Song For The Fallen
12:41
G5 Journey
8:50
G6 The Psalmnist
7:18
H7 Show Us The Way
6:51
H8 Will You Sing
10:12
The Choice
I1 The Secret Of Jinsinson
8:07
I2 Will You Love Me Tomorrow
9:40
J3 My Family
6:34
J4 Agents Of Multiverse
5:22
J5 Ooh Child
8:53