I want to be incredibly clear that this is not a club album made by a DJ - I couldn’t feel further away from that description right now. There are hooks but finding them all requires effort from the listener. This is an intentionally heavy and dense album, the edges frayed by flames. There’s a way through but it involves keeping the important people in your life close to you and navigating the darkness together. For me this album is about looking directly into the fire, not running away from it. My previous albums have all focused on the idea of music being an escape or a distraction from the world but that’s not the case this time. And you’re part of it” - Ache Ultra Truth finds me in a very different place to where I’ve been before. “I’m in the middle of something I can’t wake up from. Where I’m Meant To Be is a shot of pure feel good energy and you can’t fail to be swept up in their positive vibrations. They’ve thrown in a little Latin flavour and a whole heap of guest musicians this time around too. STAFF COMMENTS Laura says: Infusing afrobeat, funk, dub and hip hop into their jazz foundation, Ezra Collective bring the party once again. Full of call-and-response conversations between their ensemble parts, a natural product of years improvising together on-stage, the album - which also features Sampa The Great, Kojey Radical, Emile Sandé, Steve McQueen, and Nao - will light up sweaty dance floors and soundtrack dinner parties in equal measure. The songs marry cool confidence with bright energy. 'Where I’m Meant To Be' is a thumping celebration of life, an affirming elevation in the Ezra Collective’s winding hybrid sound and refined collective character. Ezra Collective’s new era, a venture in discovered maturity and raised stakes, will be defined by the anticipated second album.
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