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Ramachandra Borcar’s expanded score for The Melt Goes On Forever explores the life and work of American artist David Hammons through spiritual jazz, dub and influences from across the African diaspora. The soundtrack features Shabaka Hutchings, Marshall Allen, Idris Ackamoor, Mulatu Astatke and Umar Bin Hassan among its cross-generational cast of musicians.
Inspired by Hammons’ love of jazz and unconventional use of found objects, Borcar combines African instruments and styles with amplified kalimbas, vintage synthesizers and dub-inspired effects. Found objects become percussion and melodic instruments, echoing the artist’s approach to sculpture, performance, drawing, video and body prints.
This expanded soundtrack presents extended film cues alongside previously unreleased material. The gatefold LP includes a download card with bonus tracks, while the CD is housed in a deluxe slipcase. Both editions include a 28-page booklet tracing Hammons’ career and work through extensive liner notes and rare photographs.
Tracklist
Vinyl
Side A
A1. The Melt Goes On Forever - Ft. Idris Ackamoor
A2. Last Train To Kinshasa – Part 1 - Ft. Shabaka Hutchings
A3. Body Prints
A4. The Flag Was Red, Black And Green - Ft. Shabaka Hutchings
A5. Flash Of The Spirit - Ft. Umar Bin Hassan, Marshall Allen
Side B
B1. Afro Asian Eclipse
B2. Fur Coats: Two Minks, A Fox, A Sable And A Wolf - Ft. Shabaka Hutchings
B3. Basketball And Kool-Aid
CD
1. The Melt Goes On Forever - Ft. Idris Ackamoor
2. Last Train To Kinshasa – Part 1 - Ft. Shabaka Hutchings
3. Body Prints
4. Injustice Case
5. The Flag Was Red, Black And Green - Ft. Shabaka Hutchings
6. Flash Of The Spirit - Ft. Umar Bin Hassan, Marshall Allen
7. He Wore His Tribe - Ft. Kibrom Birhane
8. Afro Asian Eclipse
9. Flight Fantasy
10. Fur Coats: Two Minks, A Fox, A Sable And A Wolf - Ft. Shabaka Hutchings
11. Last Train To Kinshasa – Part 2 - Ft. Shabaka Hutchings
12. Basketball And Kool-Aid
13. Fur Coats (The "Burnt Fur" Rework) - Ft. Mulatu Astatke