When We Are
A four-track EP, two compositions and two remixes, supported by the Steve Reid award.
Nubya Garcia, 2018
Garcia plays tenor saxophone with Joe Armon-Jones on piano and Wurlitzer, Daniel Casimir on double bass and Femi Koleoso on drums. Giles Barrett engineered at Soup Studios, David Wehinm mixed it and Cicely Balston mastered it at Air. The Bandcamp page describes a move into electronic experimentation and a positive evolution from her last EP: K15 made a mellow, expansive reworking of the title track and Maxwell Owin a club-oriented version of "Source". Sam Shepherd of Floating Points mentored her. She told Bandcamp Daily that she wanted to use electronics out of interest in different sounds, that Shepherd helped her explore what she heard in her head, and that she wants people to dance to her music; she told the Quietus the theme was being yourself and that being financially in control of her own work was rewarding, and hard.
Track listing
- When We Are6:39
- Source8:51
- When We Are (K15 remix)6:26
- Source (Maxwell Owin remix)4:51
More from Nubya Garcia
Source ⧺ We Move (2021), Odyssey (2024)
Sources
- When We Are, Nubya Garcia
- Nubya Garcia interview, Bandcamp Daily (2018-03-22)
- Nubya Garcia interview, The Quietus (2018-06-01)