Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition)In February 2010 the late, legendary musician, poet and author Gil Scott Heron released his thirteenth and last studio album. First conceptualised in 2005 and ultimately produced by XL Recordings head Richard Russell during New York recording sessions that commenced in January 2008, Im New Here was Scott Herons first album in thirteen years and found him sounding as vital, boundary pushing and insightful as ever before. On the tenth anniversary of Im

The sinister and explosive Red Right Hand has been covered by everyone from Arctic Monkeys to PJ Harvey

open caskets

It‰۪s also a kind of sonic venting

Aviary combines Holter’s slyly theatrical vocals and Blade Runner-inspired synth work with an enveloping palette of strings and percussion that reveals itself

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due in August 2019

he rubbed shoulders with Fela Kuti while studying in London in the Sixties

bouts of backwards laughter

"I Want to Take You Higher"

It climaxes in the Hendrix-fuelled six-string of Elgie Brown

Porto Alegre ‰ÛÒand even Paris

this album is considered one of their best with Allmusic claiming: “it is several steps ahead in terms of fresh musical ideas that wholly incorporate the band’s trademark humour within the otherwise serious and challenging sonic structures”