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Artist: GL4M
Album: Pesado
Catalogue Number: CRTQ005
Release Date: February 25th, 2022
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From the foggy outskirts of Washington, D.C. and based in the Blade Runner-esque neighborhood of Koreatown, Los Angeles, Richard Kepler aka: GL4M is a Peruvian-German electronic producer focused on various forms of IDM stretching from adrenaline-rushed dance tracks to solitary, sluggish bass topped by rhythmic knocks and exasperated vocals. Against the backdrop of the darkest corners of our city, GL4M offers in his debut album a sonic autobiography of love lost and found, illustrated through heavy club tracks and atypical songwriting woven together by anecdotal interludes. “Pesado” embodies and carries the weight of love’s emotional highs and lows before arriving to the musical conclusion of real happiness coming from within rather than our surroundings or circumstances.

The tracks in their linear order navigate all the stages of an uprooted relationship, from initial shock and denial to grief and reluctant acceptance, and finally healing and self-affirmation. Compared to most other electronic records, “Pesado” is uniquely human and personal in its form and function; an account of mental health during a period that has adversely affected billions of people living all over the world.

Side A sets the stage for the saga; “Coming (Apart)” is a prologue of epic, mythological proportions followed by three chapters of rising action. “Transient” reflects the numbing and drifting state of shock followed by the title track “Pesado”, grappling with the futile efforts of moving on from a great loss. “Alone” acknowledges and confesses to the toxic apathy responsible for the ruin of something beautiful, pure, and fleeting.

Side B captures the full downward spiral while maintaining a sliver of hope for the pendulum to swing in the other direction. “Insane” is a rapid yet brutal backlash as sadness starts to get confused with anger. The mood changes transitioning to “Vor”, where delusion gives birth to hope that regresses back into the jaded abyss of “Katatonisch”. “The Edge” indicates rock bottom; it is a final recognition of the difference between the past and present.

Acceptance is the driving energy behind Side C, but the emotional scars are still fresh and influencing decisions made for better or for worse. The contrasting but equally invigorating styles of “Honeycomb” and “It’s All Around” wrestle with each other the same way that one takes turns suppressing and confronting their own psyche. This climax makes way for a new beginning like a phoenix rising from the ashes and taking flight.

The musical narrative is brought to the present moment on Side D where “Pelagia” signifies the beginning of the healing process born out of new inspiration. It is a moment of clarity that recovers the ability to appreciate beauty and be at peace with the world again. Memories of pain are replaced with those of joy, and apathy is overcome by thankfulness in the penultimate track “Forever Us”.

As internal stability is finally reached, the therapeutic epilogue of “Rhythm (Escape)” retrospects the full course of Pesado and serves as an affirmation of overcoming the heavy, mental burdens identified and addressed throughout the album’s chronicles. It subsequently becomes a mantra for preaching coexistence with the rhythm of the universe as a means of escape from the vicious cycles of mental illness.

A1 - Coming (Apart)
A2 - Transient
A3 - Pesado
A4 - Alone
B5 - Insane
B6 - Vor
B7 - Katatonisch
B8 - The Edge
C9 - Honeycomb
C10 - It's All Around
D11 - Pelagia
D12 - Forever Us
D13 - Rhythm (Escape)

Produced and arranged by: Rich Kepler
Executive Producer: Zach Asdourian
Illustration: runners
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Mastering: Ten Eight Seven
Manufacturing: TBD
Distribution: Lobster Distribution

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BBE Music is proud to present the latest J Jazz Masterclass Series reissue, 1978 soul/jazz tour de force album ’Push’ by Noriko Miyamoto.

For the first time, this critically acclaimed series that delves deep into the history of Japanese Jazz will be releasing an album by a Japanese female singer, Noriko Miyamoto produced by one of the legendary figures in Japanese Jazz, Isao Suzuki.

The release of her incredible debut album, ‘Push’, coincided with a surge in popularity for local female jazz singers such Kimiko Kasai, Yasuko Agawa, etc. that crossed over into the pop market. It was originally released by the now-defunct label, Yupiteru Records in 1978. Since then, it has been reissued a few times in Japan but recently, along with a surge of worldwide interest in old Japanese music, ‘Push’ has been gaining a cult status among foreign music heads, with the price for an original pressing skyrocketing in the second hand record market. This reissue of ‘Push’ will be the first time ever that this album will be officially released worldwide.

Long before R&B music went onto enjoy mainstream success in Japan, a soul music and disco loving lady, Noriko Miyamoto who started her music career working as a dancer at the legendary Tokyo disco, ‘Mugen’, was inspired by Tina Turner’s performance there and decided to became a soul singer. It was at a time in the early 1970s when there were only a handful of female songstresses who sang soulfully in Japan. In 1977, Miyamoto was scouted by Isao Suzuki to join his band, Soul Family and subsequently, with their backing, he produced Push, an album that kickstarted her career. It is an album that exquisitely combines her jazzy and soulful vocals with Suzuki’s acoustic bass and precocious playing from his youthful and vibrant group at the time.

Along with Sadao Watanabe, Terumasa Hino, Masabumi Kikuchi and George Otsuka, bassist, cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer and band leader, Isao Suzuki was considered to be one of the most influential figures in Japanese jazz history. Beloved by many in the Japanese jazz scene as “Oma-san”- Suzuki was renowned for developing young talent. Noriko was one of his prodigies, and so ‘Push’ became a vehicle to showcase her and his band as well, which featured notably future renowned players such as keyboardist, Masanori Sasaji, who went on to back Yasuaki Shimizu and guitarist, Kazumasa Akiyama, who played with many major Japanese Jazz musicians. According to Noriko, these young musicians in the group helped Suzuki create a brand new sound, mixing orthodox jazz with the crossover / fusion sound that was popular at the time, coming together supremely on ‘Push’.

For ‘Push’, Suzuki focused on Noriko’s unique prowess of singing songs in English, somewhat a rarity in the Japanese music scene at the time. She sang two jazz standards, ‘Everything I Have Is Yours’ and ‘Stella By Starlight’ on the album. Noriko also wrote English lyrics for two original compositions of Suzuki’s, an instrumental piece, ‘Cadillac Woman’, and ‘My Life’, a song that he composed for Kimiko Kasai, who’d originally sung it in Japanese on her 1977 album, ’Tokyo Special’.

Noriko fulfilled her long-held dream of becoming a soul singer after she moved to the US in 1990 and subsequently joined a number of prestigious outfits, such as Eddie Murphy’s band, Graham Central Station, the Brothers Johnson and Side Effect, but ‘Push’ is the album that paved the way for her career and hopefully, with this first time ever, worldwide reissue, it will attract more listeners. Sadly the producer of this album, Isao Suzuki sadly passed away recently at the age of 89. It is unfortunate that he was not able to see the reissue of this special album that he produced for Noriko Miyamoto.

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P.U.M.P. showcases Ali Love’s talents as one of the UK’s leading electronic songwriters and vocalists. The album combines up-tempo psychedelically infused house tracks such as ‘Emperor’, ‘Deep Into The Night’ & ‘Perfect Picture’ along with the more cosmic disco leanings of ‘Cosmic Top Secret’ and ‘Egyptian Spaceman’ and the more soulful down-tempo ‘P.U.S.S.Y., ‘Surrender’ & ‘Ride On’ (featuring Kenny Glasgow of Art Department). A veritable tour-de-force, P.U.M.P. showcases Ali’s talents as one of the UK’s leading electronic songwriters and vocalists.

Often referred to as the voice of Modern British Dance Music - Ali's the front man of the Hot Natured collective and one half of the Infinity Ink. Ali’s last seven releases, whether with aforementioned acts or as solo artist, were all Radio One Essential New Tunes. Produced and co-written alongside Steve Dub (Chemical Brothers / Primal Scream) and Mark Ralph (Hot Natured / Hot Chip), P.U.M.P. is a consummate body of work destined for great things.

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One year after its release, Quartet Series proudly presents the remix EP of Nachtbraker’s successful debut album When You Find a Stranger in the Alps. A collection of remixes by some serious talent. These three producers were carefully selected by Nachtbraker because of their impeccable reputation and ability to bring something unique to the world of music.

Humble Danish maestro Central (Help, Dekmantel) flips “Flambo” into a Jori Hulkkonen’esque summer anthem with a highly addictive bassline. Preacher of wonkiness Frits Wentink (Wolf, Heist, Bobby Donny) took “LOL” and brought it some serious keys on a solid breakbeat while maintaining its jolly character. Flipping the record, Nachtbraker brings us the evolution of “Just Doing My Thang” turning it into a quirky dance floor tune whilst also showcasing his ear for detail. Up and coming talent Nemo Vachez (Forest Ill, Opia Records, Rakya) dives deep into “Horsepony” as if he’s cruising the depths of a rainforest in a submarine. His surreal dub mix is the perfect final track of this fine piece of wax.

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