Co-curated Compilation for FPE Records out March 19
Far beyond NY, I’ve been paying close attention to the artists who are innovating, and I’ve co-curated a compilation for FPE Records of a few of them.
Honored to have new/unreleased tracks from:
members of Gabber Modus Operandi (mind-blowing electronic duo from Indonesia, who smashed it last year, and are soon playing at the CTM Festival in Berlin!)
Babani Soundsystem (roots/electronics from Mauritius-already grabbed by The Wire Tapper for the next one !)
BKGD Audio (DALEK- legendary +groundbreaking experimental Hip Hop+Noise/MRC Riddims, I&W)
Y-DRA (Indonesian producer who blends traditional Koplo music with forward thinking electronics- also performing at CTM!!! )
–sub-curation by OTONO (cutting-edge music platform based in Mexico City) to bring
Interspecifics (live-coding ensemble) and DZNA (a forward thinking electronic/jazz duo)
–also psyched to see the legendary Nicole M. Mitchell, Tatsu Aoki , Dereck Higgins , and producer EMB Dilo (Reunion island) amongst the other artists I already know, curated directly by the label 
https://fperecs.bandcamp.com/album/a-compilation-for-practically-everyone
DIGITAL ONLY
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 19, 2021
Tracklist:
1. Eat My Butterfly – Indi
2. Babani Soundsystem – Dan Bwa
3. Syna So Pro – listen to the RAIN and remember
4. Kamyar Arsani – Gham e-yar (Sunken Cages Remix)
5. Spires That in the Sunset Rise – Hypnagogic
6. Nicole Mitchell – Eshu’s Secret
7. Magic Carpet – Tuareg Fever
8. Dereck Higgins – Hit
9. Interspecifics – Untitled Data Composition
10. Problems That Fix Themselves – Chemical-y Culkin
11. Lisa E. Harris – Pythia Is a Black Girl’s Name
12. Bussy Kween Power Trip – On the List
13. Contra-Relevo – La Musique est la sagesse
14. Y-DRA – Jasuma Ekpres
15. In Place – Useless Tower
16. Bass Dreams minus b – Lacquer
17. DNZA & Ernesto M. Andriano – Extinto
18. Plack Blague – Joie de Blague
19. BKGD Audio – Big Breakfast
20. Gabber Modus Operandi – Parang
21. avery r. young – sis peaches
22. Colin Langenus – Grand Island Blues
23. MIYUMI Project – Dinner Plate, Diner Dish (Iron Curtis Leftover Mix)
24. Cyrus Pireh – Sending Positive Vibes
Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore chose Turning Jewels Into Water for his ‘Best of 2020’ Playlist
I was in total disbelief to find out that my childhood hero not only listened to a track I wrote, mixed, and produced, but also found it worthy of his “Best of 2020 Playlist”
What a way to end the year!
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/listen-to-martin-gore-of-depeche-modes-escape-2020-playlist/
TJIW Releases New Album on FPE Records!
So excited for the release of “Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars”! Val Jeanty contributed some spiritual electronic elements, and I ended up mixing and producing the tracks as well. It’s a bold new direction, a far more electronic one, for us!
New Album is Best of Winter 2019!
Map of Absences is, in short, intoxicating. Helmed by New York duo Val Jeanty and Ravish Momin, Turning Jewels Into Water is making music that is decidedly global with electronic production, ritualistic chants, and percussion. Percussionist Jeanty is of Haitian-descent and producer/drummer Momin is of Indian-descent and the two work in unity to marry the sounds of their respective cultures in this project. Map of Absences’s 11 songs flow into each other with their heavy percussive beats and futuristic synths. Opener “Lake Hums No More At Night” sounds disparate and ominous with heavy synths. “Azul (for Nidia)” turns the mood of the album up a notch with electronic sounds akin to early ringtones, beepers, and gaming consoles. The titular track sounds like a distant rave interspersed with recurrent drumming. “Our full-length record, ‘Map Of Absences’ is a reflection on the regressive state of human rights, deepening refugee crisis and the worsening impacts of climate change worldwide,” they say of the album. Map of Absences succeeds because Jeanty and Momin are dedicated to imagining a world without borders. –Diamond Sharp
Teaser for Upcoming Full-length album on FPE Records
Making a music video from scratch proved to be a lot trickier than I’d imagined. Once we got dancers Ivvy (infinite.byrnn) and Ranubi on board, the setting and narrative fell in place. Excited to have had my vision brought to life! Full video premiers in March 2019.