Jimmy Edgar - Liquids Heaven [LP]

INNOVATIVE LEISURE

£25.18

Cat. no: LPIL2096
Format: LP
Barcode: 810874025593
Release Date: 11 Nov 2022
Genre: Electronic

JIMMY EDGAR's latest release for Innovative Leisure, LIQUIDS HEAVEN, is a psychedelic canvas of future R&B, euphoric bass, mutant tear-the-club-up rap, foundation-splintering noise, and gossamer soul

On a surface level, it is a starburst of avant-garde fusion, collecting a diverse cast of eccentric geniuses and re- confgured into an anthology of n - musique concrete. As with all of his work, there is a deeper and subversive intent.

Do not mistakenly believe that LIQUIDS HEAVEN is merely a technicolor dream of ethereal abstractions. It bangs as hard as anything to ever bump from a subwoofer. Over a polychromatic blast of crunk, bounce on Everybody like a rap rave inside a 31st century space station. Bite That 2 fnds Trinidad James spitting fames over booty- shaking, wall- crumbling bass. On Ya, 645AR chirps over a metallic chassis of booming industrial funk.For all the high energy propulsion, there is a counter-balance of melancholic beauty. The album's opener, Euphoria features a Liz Y2K vocal that levitates with plaintive longing. The Milk- aided Dreams 1000000 sounds like the chimerical soundtrack to a manga utopia that needs to be imagined. Milk also appears on the fnale, Never Leave, which captures a bittersweet sadness, the wistful emotion of the tide slipping away.

Jimmy's career has been a series of fascinating left- turns. Signed to Warp Records as a teenage electronic music prodigy, his work needs a scholarly bibliography to properly assess. He's recorded for the world's most respected imprints (Warp, K7, Hotfush, Innovative Leisure and his own New Reality Now). Raised in Detroit, there have been stints soaking up inspiration in Berlin, Atlanta, LA, and New York. His list of close collaborators includes the most innovative musicians of the millennium, including Hudson Mohawke, Danny Brown, SOPHIE, DAWN, Mykki Blanco, Vince Staples, and several full projects with Machinedrum as J-E-T-S.

LP Tracks: Euphoria / Everybody / Dreams 1000000 / Slip N Slide / Bite That 2 / Sideroom / Bunny Lava / No Antidote / Static / Ya! / Never Leave