There must be something in the water this Friday with a ridiculous amount of high quality music hitting us today and in the case of Grammy Award-winning artist Mura Masa‘s new album ‘Curve 1’ this is no exception with a thumping collection of sounds that’ll be on repeat for days on end.
‘Curve 1’ sees a focus on the lively foundations setting the tone for the duration of the track listing, with hard-hitting and concise beats intertwining themselves with robust synth bass that gives the soundscapes the podium they need for the energetic synths and sensational vocals to add plenty of vibrancy and electrification to the mix.
“Curve 1 is ultimately a manifestation of an attitude I’ve been cultivating in my personal life; ignore everything. All the content, all of the attention economy, all of it. In doing that, the really meaningful and vital parts of what’s around you make themselves known and unignorable, demanding your energy. It’s my first offering as an independent artist through my own record label, and as such I wanted it to be as free and anti-narrative as possible. Impressionistic.
Music as entertainment has in many cases, to me, become very advertorial and excessively sentimental in terms of creating narrative around albums and artists. I wanted to strip this away as much as possible to leave room for the music to create its own meaning in the lives of people who form connections with it. It’s hard for me not to explain away the intricacies and ideas contained within these records after having theorised and tolled and executed them over the course of nearly three years, but I think it’s far more fitting of the album’s intent to say simply: listen to it in the dark.” – Mura Masa