The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits [2CD]

The Leaf Label

£13.48

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: BAY104CDX
Barcode: 843190010486
Release Date: Jun 2022
Genre: Psychedelic Jazz-Punk

Repress: Sep 2023

“Powered by Arkestral cosmic forces, The Comet Is Coming. Brace for impact" The Guardian
“If intergalactic jazz voyager Sun Ra had relocated to Cologne in 1971, he may well have made an album like this” Mojo

“The Comet Is Coming embraces stargazing psychedelia on its maiden voyage, outfitting spacey synth arrangements with taut saxophone riffs that spiral off into the inky abyss” Time Out, New York

"The raw beauty of the ambitious 42-minute album is a joy to behold" 9/10 The Line of Best Fit

"A perfectly realised and full-blooded debut that surprises at every turn. A rare find. Hail their bop" 8/10 Uncut

"Perspiring, physical energy that pules through almost everything" The Quietus

“Great fire will fall from the sky, the cause will appear both stupefying and marvellous. Very soon after, the earth will tremble.”
The arrival of The Comet as prophesised by Nostradamus. And the earth did tremble.

Our saviours Danalogue The Conqueror, Betamax Killer (both Soccer96) and King Shabaka (Sons Of Kemet, The Ancestors) bestowed upon us their debut album Channel The Spirits on April 1st 2016CE, soon to be shortlisted for Mercury’s prize. From simpler times, this was a prophetic document. A celebration. The beginning of the end.

For those recent converts, here is Channel The Spirits (Special Edition). Here is the universe in a microcosm; the life-force distilled down to its raw essence: sex and dancing. Here is a package that includes the debut Prophecy EP from 2015CE. Here are three previously unheard tracks: the fabled Ancient Tapes.

And lo, from afar, a vinyl repress. Glimpse it while you can, as it traverses our star system. The Comet Is Coming.

CD: LP:
A1. A1. The Prophecy
A2. A2. Space Carnival
A3. A3. Journey Through The Asteroid Belt
A4. A4. Nano
A5. A5. New Age
A6. A6. Slam Dunk In A Black Hole
A7. B1. Cosmic Dust
A8. B2. Star Furnace
A9. B3. Channel The Spirits
A10. B4. Deep Within The Engine Deck
A11. B5. Lightyears (feat. Joshua Idehen)
A12. B6. End of Earth

B1. Neon Baby
B2. Star Exploding In Slow Motion
B3. Do The Milky Way
B4. Cosmic Serpent
B5. Final Days Of The Apocalypse (feat. Joshua Idehen)
B6. Slammin
B7. Transmission
B8. Closing Credits