Georgia Anne Muldrow - Overload on CD

Description

During her 12 year career she has earned the respect and admiration of listeners and peers alike via her incredible talent not only as a vocalist and songwriter spanning jazz, soul and hip-hop, but her long standing role as a producer and musician. "You're my Jay Electronica… you take it there," declares Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest. He is one of a long list of admirers including Mos Def ("She's incredible. She's like [Roberta] Flack, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, she's something else."), Erykah Badu, Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange ("She is one of my favourite musicians in the world"), Bilal and Robert Glasper who invited Georgia to perform on his "Miles Ahead" OST in 2016. "Music is my discipline. It's my way of meditating, it's my way of thanking God, it's my way of communicating… It's my way of life," Georgia explains. Typically working alone, her new album flips that dynamic and takes Georgia out of her comfort zone for the first time since "Seeds" (2003) which was entirely produced by Madlib. "Overload" bears the fruits of numerous collaborations, most notably with duo Mike & Keys (50 Cent, Nipsey Hustle, Snoop Dogg, G-Eazy) who contribute production to four tracks including the sleek, anthemic title track - Pitchfork 'Best New Track' on 25 June 2018 - alongside Khalil (Dr Dre). "Overload [the album] is an experiment in restraint," she explains. I pack myself into something as clear as possible with the help of gifted artists from all over the world. The live show is an experiment in interpretation. That's when [my band] The Righteous and I unpack into a joyful noise. Both of these dynamics have been striving to balance themselves within me since birth… since wanting to record anything. And by the grace of Patience, Discipline and Devotion, a sweet spot has started to appear." Elsewhere Dutchman Moods and Manila's Lustbass bring the slo-mo funk heat on 'Aerosol' and 'Vital Transformation' respectively, and Shana Jenson (Muldrow) and Georgia's partner Dudley Perkins crop up on 'You Can Always Count On Me' (a cover of the Gap Band classic) and 'These Are The Things I Like About You'. Flying Lotus, Aloe Blacc and Dudley Perkins share Executive Production credits on the album. Themes of Love, Spirituality, Self-Actualisation are woven into Georgia's music, but she also does not shy away from politics and has been loudly and vigorously critical of the persistent state of inequality between Black and White in the US. Nowhere more directly than on 'Blam' - a song about self-defence. "I believe that it has the bones of spiritual song," says Georgia. "It's an updated negro spiritual in aesthetic".

Track List:

I.o.t.a. (Instrument of the Ancestors)
Play It Up
Overload
Blam
Williehook (Skit)
Aerosol
Vital Transformation
You Can Always Count on Me
These Are the Things I Really Like About You
Canadian Hillbilly
Conmigo (Reprise)
Bobbie's Dittie
Ciao