{"product_id":"common-primitives","title":"Common Primitives","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommon Primitives is the second collaborative album between Andy Bell (Ride guitarist, Oasis bassist) and Essex-based harp and synth duo Masal. It’s a stunning, meditative collection which veers from kosmische to astral jazz by way of Turkish folk tunes and all the way back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir first outing, 2023’s acclaimed Tidal Love Numbers, consisted of four lengthy and almost ambient tracks and is included here on vinyl for the first time as part of a two-record set with the new album. By contrast, the seven tracks that make up Common Primitives are almost concise, but also a lot more layered and complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We tend to work from initial, free-jammed ideas, building form and arrangement from there,” explains Masal’s Al Johnson. “Above all, we believe you should go where the vibe takes you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Andy, that vibe was very much jazz legend Pharoah Sanders’ classic 1977 album Pharoah, which was reissued a few years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It puts me into a hypnotic state,” he explains. “That’s why I worked with more guitar loops on this record. The Tisziji Muñoz part on ‘Harvest Time’ has had me in a vice-like grip for the last three years and it arrives here via the Vini Reilly filter.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Özlem Simsek, there is nostalgia, too, and she even adds vocals as well as her heavenly harp to the opening track, ‘After Kâtibim’, based on a traditional Turkish folk song she had sung as a child growing up in Istanbul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom there, the album takes us on a real journey, with the apt, impressionistic titles added by Andy once it had all been pieced together. There’s the beautiful, elegant ‘I Swear We Are Infinite’; the atmospheric ‘Yuzuki Fighting Spirit’ and the beatific ‘Soap And Water’. ‘Tower Of Babylon’ was named after the novelette by Ted Chiang, its structured creation reflecting that in the story; first single ‘The Morning Of The Trip’ finds Andy playing his guitar “as if it was a waterfall”. The journey ends with ‘Rudi’s Dream – The Third Bardo’, the trio accelerating onto the autobahn for a krautrock crescendo inspired by their studio’s resident cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecord 1 - Tidal Love Numbers\u003cbr\u003eA1. Murmuration Of Warm Dappled Light On Her Back After Swimming\u003cbr\u003eA2. The Slight Unease Of Seeing A Crescent Moon In Blue Midday Sky\u003cbr\u003eB1. Tidal Love Conversation In That Familiar Golden Orchard\u003cbr\u003eB2. A Pyramid Hid By Centuries Of Neon Green Undergrowth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecord 2 - Common Primitives\u003cbr\u003eA1. After Kâtibim\u003cbr\u003eA2. I Swear We Are Infinite\u003cbr\u003eA3. Yuzuki Fighting Spirit\u003cbr\u003eB1. Soap And Water\u003cbr\u003eB2. Tower Of Babylon\u003cbr\u003eB3. The Morning Of The Trip\u003cbr\u003eB4. Rudi’s Dream – The Third Bardo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. After Kâtibim\u003cbr\u003e2. I Swear We Are Infinite\u003cbr\u003e3. Yuzuki Fighting Spirit\u003cbr\u003e4. Soap And Water\u003cbr\u003e5. Tower Of Babylon\u003cbr\u003e6. The Morning Of The Trip\u003cbr\u003e7. Rudi’s Dream – The Third Bardo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CARGO","offers":[{"title":"Limited 2LP (Indies Starburst Vinyl)","offer_id":51936434159933,"sku":"SCR390LPI","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2LP (Transparent Blue \/ Violet Vinyl)","offer_id":51936434192701,"sku":"SCR390LP","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51936434225469,"sku":"SCR390","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0096\/1884\/9839\/files\/andybellandmasaicommonprimitivesSCR390CDfrontcover.jpg?v=1783433146","url":"https:\/\/sisterray.co.uk\/products\/common-primitives","provider":"Sister Ray","version":"1.0","type":"link"}