Stream: http://tinyurl.com/aspectralturn
Vinyl: https://numagama.bandcamp.com/album/a-spectral-turn
Catalog no: BI32

In an unusual collaboration between a Brazilian artist and a Chinese label, Numa Gama returns with a left-field take on her music-making, A Spectral Turn. Inspired by Derrida’s Hauntology, and the post-capitalist instigations of Anna Tsing, she weaves an eerie and cold subtropical soundscape that explores themes of freedom and imagination amidst the ghosts that inhabit today’s world.

Each track here unfolds like a vignette, as translucent synth lines float independently, accompanied by abstract sounds and glitches. This amalgamation creates a rational yet cozy stream of consciousness, guiding the listener through the haunted corridors of the memories of the past, ideas of the present, and miscarriages of the future. To summon these ideas, Numa Gama draws a parallel between negotiating political change and making kin with her own creative desires.

Rather than providing nostalgic sensations or futuristic insights, A Spectral Turn acknowledges that history ends at every moment, and gives way to new beginnings, swarming with ghosts.
credits
released January 31, 2024

All tracks were composed, produced, and mixed by [numa] Gama and mastered by Brandenburg Mastering

A Spectral Turn (Snippets)

NO WEAPON IS ABSOLUTE is Cosmo Vitelli & Dj Sundae's monthly radio show on NTS2
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No Weapon is Absolute by Cosmo Vitelli - NTS 2 June 1st 2022

This fifth episode is provided by the artist/DJ Brandon McMahon, straight from Phoenix, AZ, USA. For this episode, Brandon delivers nearly an hour of flawless, carefully selected AOR music.
I've been wanting Brandon to record a mix for this show for quite a while, and I'm super glad to finally introduce you to this brillant mix. If you like this one, I seriously encourage you to follow Brandon's work on the excellent Bristol radio based NOODS with his show "Horizons", as well as his other shows on NTS, Radio Nova and his work for New Commute.

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Veteran NTS host Hampus brings you Doing Time: a genre-agnostic monthly trip through quality records from around the world’s past and present, featuring regular appearances from musical friends and family. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/doing-time/episodes/doing-time-12th-november-2023

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Rick Shiver from whom you can expect everything, from Jazz to Dubstep, is keeping us in a realy cosy and warm atmosphere with cuppers and drums.
Let’s go Maestro.


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Canela En Surco 198 - Damián Botigué  b2b Breixo Martinez

Heels & Souls Recordings roll into reissue number eight with a double dose of early '90s UK street soul magic, splitting the sides between two sought-after cuts from Elaine Vassell and 3rd Zone.

Step back to 1993, house music has hit, UK Soul is in full flow and its rawer, DIY street soul sibling is making its mark across the UK’s underground. Fuelled by accessible, affordable production gear and ignited through enthusiasm and an influx of ideas and sounds, two acts drew inspiration from a melting pot of genres they were exposed to, providing their take on soul as they saw it.

Up first, Elaine Vassell - ‘Never Give Up’. A rough breakbeat-driven, mid-tempo groover from a North West London production triple threat, made up of Longsy D, Pinky and Murray. Utilising Pinky’s home studio with its DX7, Juno 106, LinnDrum and 808, they masterminded a track that sits at the intersection between soulful house, hip hop and R&B. Its crunching drum loop, chest-rattling low-end and serene synth lines, lay the foundation for Elaine’s powerful yet emotive voice to take centre stage. ‘Never Give Up’ should have been a future classic, but never quite found its feet.

On the flip side another 1993 gem, as Sansel Ali and twin brothers Mark and Stephen Anglin joined forces to form 3rd Zone. Conceived in Mark’s makeshift bedroom studio, the trio laid down their first foray into recorded music, ‘You Stole My Heart’. Originally promoed as a limited whitelabel in 1991, it officially landed on the group's one and only EP ‘No Real Reason' in '93.

Armed with a handful of synth modules, a drum machine and a Korg M1, Mark, Stephen and Sansel hit with a tough but tender, underground triumph. Part dance, part romance, layering synth strings, chunky breaks and M1 stabs underneath Sansel’s heartstrung vocals and Stephen’s hip house rap interlude, it provides another perfect example of house seen through the street soul prism.

Two timeless tracks that fly the flag for the fact that big studios and big budgets aren't necessary to create songs that really resonate. Each side also contains an alternate version, with the A housing a beatless reprise of ‘Never Give Up’ and the B a tougher, bassier remix of ‘You Stole My Heart’.

Licensed from Pinky Music and 3rd Zone respectively and remastered from the original DATs by Justin Drake.

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3rd Zone - You Stole My Heart (Remix)

Vinyl: https://numagama.bandcamp.com/album/a-spectral-turn
Stream: https://tr.ee/zrjAhww_9e
Catalog no: BI32

In an unusual collaboration between a Brazilian artist and a Chinese label, Numa Gama returns with a left-field take on her music-making, A Spectral Turn. Inspired by Derrida’s Hauntology, and the post-capitalist instigations of Anna Tsing, she weaves an eerie and cold subtropical soundscape that explores themes of freedom and imagination amidst the ghosts that inhabit today’s world.

Each track here unfolds like a vignette, as translucent synth lines float independently, accompanied by abstract sounds and glitches. This amalgamation creates a rational yet cozy stream of consciousness, guiding the listener through the haunted corridors of the memories of the past, ideas of the present, and miscarriages of the future. To summon these ideas, Numa Gama draws a parallel between negotiating political change and making kin with her own creative desires.

Rather than providing nostalgic sensations or futuristic insights, A Spectral Turn acknowledges that history ends at every moment, and gives way to new beginnings, swarming with ghosts.
credits
released January 31, 2024

All tracks were composed, produced, and mixed by [numa] Gama and mastered by Brandenburg Mastering

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In memory of John "Juan" Mendez

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Tonal Fiction with Abby Echiverri and Matthew Patterson Curry @ The Lot Radio 02-01-2024

GODO RADIO : PUPPYSTYLE

I managed to get a few subtle guitar licks in there. Will hopefully be able to integrate my guitar playing and production further soon :) 

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