The Smile’s Tom Skinner announces solo album ‘Voices of Bishara’, shares first song
nme.comThe Smile and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner has announced a new solo album, titled ‘Voices of Bishara’, that will arrive on November 4 on Brownswood, Nonesuch and International Anthem.
See the album’s artwork and tracklist below.While Skinner has released solo albums previously under the name Hello Skinny, ‘Voices of Bishara’ marks the drummer’s first record under his own name.
Recorded alongside accompanists in the same room, Skinner took a “liberal approach with the scissors” to cut and rearrange parts, taking cues from the likes of DJ Theo Parrish “chopping up tunes and looping sections”.Coinciding with the announcement, Skinner has shared the first track, titled ‘Bishara’.
It’s a free-jazz kaleidoscope that begins slow and dirgelike before quickly evolving into a wild swirl of drums, saxophone, clarinet, cello and bass.
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