Help Us Press Sélébéyone On Vinyl - Self-Titled Debut Recording
Due to overwhelming demand and the response to Sélébéyone’s sophomore release Xaybu: The Unseen, we have started a BandCamp campaign to print the group’s 2016 debut, Sèlébéyone, on vinyl.
Featuring HPrizm (English vocals,) Gaston Bandimic (Wolof vocals,) Steve Lehman (alto saxophone & sequencing,) Maciek Lasserre (soprano saxophone & sequencing,) Carlos Homs (keyboards & piano,) Drew Gress (acoustic bass) and Damion Reid (drums), Sélébéyone was described as “legitimately new” and a “revelation” by Pitchfork. The group’s eponymous 2016 debut was universally hailed as a game-changing synthesis of underground hip-hop, modern jazz and live electronic music.
Sélébéyone stands apart from almost every other jazz/hip-hop collaboration that preceded it: this is not an album where live musicians imitate repetitive samples in 4/4 time. Instead, the musical elements shifting rhythms, electro-acoustic harmonies, and contemporary sound design are wholly integrated with the lyrical content. Add to that the unique juxtaposition of English and Wolof that permeates the record, and one gets the sense of the development of a whole new musical universe.
In Wolof, the word “Sélébéyone” refers to an intersection; a liminal terrain where two fixed entities meet and transform themselves into something heretofore unknown. As Steve explains: “Hip-hop is like every other musical genre. There are fierce individualists, people that are more marketplace oriented, and every shade in between. I’ve always gravitated towards artists like Company Flow, MF Doom, Pharoahe Monch, Freestyle Fellowship, and Antipop, artists who are really trying to innovate on every level. This record is very much trying to follow that mold. I think regardless of musical milieu jazz, classical, rap the way we work with rhythm, harmony, timbre, and compositional form, is as elaborate and personal as anything I’ve done.”
estimated delivery March 2023; delays possible due to COVID-19.
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Includes a pre-order of the full digital album, Sélébéyone.
Includes the full digital album, Sélébéyone.
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or more7″ Vinyl Record 7″ Vinyl Record + Digital Album 12″ Vinyl Record 12″ Vinyl Record + Digital Album 12″ Double Vinyl LP 12″ Double Vinyl LP + Digital AlbumLimited ( remaining) Sold OutIncludes:
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- Vinyl Record – One 7″ vinyl record of Sélébéyone. One 12″ vinyl record of Sélébéyone. One 12″ double vinyl LP of Sélébéyone. One 7″ vinyl record of Sélébéyone with an estimated delivery of March 2023. One 12″ vinyl record of Sélébéyone with an estimated delivery of March 2023. One 12″ double vinyl LP of Sélébéyone with an estimated delivery of March 2023. One 7″ vinyl record of Sélébéyone if the vinyl campaign is successful. One 12″ vinyl record of Sélébéyone if the vinyl campaign is successful. One 12″ double vinyl LP of Sélébéyone if the vinyl campaign is successful.
- Digital Album – Pre-order of Sélébéyone. The moment the album is released you’ll get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
- Digital Album – unlimited streaming of Sélébéyone via the Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC, and more.
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$ USD ( or more)Your pledge will include a digital copy of Sélébéyone. You’ll get 9 tracks now and the full digital album the moment it is released. Would you like the digital copy of Sélébéyone regardless of whether the campaign succeeds? Your pledge includes a digital copy of Sélébéyone. Would you like it now, or only if the campaign succeeds?
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