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RUBY SINGH TEAMS UP WITH KHARI WENDELL MCLELLAND, HOLLY ECCLESTON, GORD GRDINA, CHIN INJETI AND MORE TO FORM THE FUTURE ANCESTORS
SELF-TITLED LP DUE OUT OCTOBER 14, 2022
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Prepare yourselves for the soulful celestial romp that is “Big Ol’ Bang”! Extending playfully into the present from the origins of the universe, the third single from Ruby Singh and the Future Ancestors casts musical conjurings for a “sweet escape” to mark the launch of the full length album, available everywhere this Friday.
Often our lives get tied up in what's in front of us. “Big Ol’ Bang!” invites us to lean back to take a wider perspective. ‘Now you see it unrefined | most ancient of designs | from the basis of your spine stretching out to the skyline.’ Much like our world around us we are formed by the breaking. “Big Ol’ Bang” reminds us that the broken parts of us are often where we learn and grow the most.
Khari McClelland and Holly Eccleston pepper this track generously with sultry vocals “speaking in tongues to your vertebrae.” Singh, with his soothsaying rhymes swinging, “keeps you in the shade while he brings the heat.” The rhythm section of Loewen and Schmitt, with Grdina and Finlay on guitar and turntables respectively, are formidable musicians honing a pocket that anyone can swing and move to. You're bound to join in singing this infectious hook by the end of the song.
The Flavourcel Collective have created yet another gorgeous animated video that pays homage to A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Somewhere between Milliways, Cafe Lou and the Big Bang, follow the fire water as it sets the screen ablaze.
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MORE ABOUT RUBY SINGH AND THE FUTURE ANCESTORS
For the past 15 years, Ruby Singh has been travelling the west coast bringing Hip Hop performances to festivals, small communities, detention centres, schools and universities, all in a minivan. Coming from humble beginnings, Singh has felt the magic that music can offer in one’s life and that is what has guided him to perform and lead workshops for thousands of youth.
Singh has assembled yet another formidable crew with long intertwined destinies to undertake these visions; Khari Wendell McClelland and Holly Eccleston bring deep soul and harmony with their gift of song; The JUNO Award winning talents of Gord Grdina on oud and guitar; holding down the rhythm section are the phenom Kenton Loewen on drums, typewriters, dried flowers and glass bottles with the deep grooves of Peter Schmitt on bass; Paul Finlay crossfades and scratches like a painter across a canvas; and rounding out the incredible talent on this album are the Grammy and JUNO award winning flavours of producer Chin Injeti. The album was recorded and mixed by the gift that is John Raham at AfterLife Studios on the the lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh Nations (Vancouver BC).
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Tales of home and wandering, love and longing, justice and hope envelop this album. Weaving together inspiration from the Delta Blues and Qawaali to golden era Hip Hop by chopping and stitching samples into a tapestry of spirit expressed. He then gathered this stellar matrix of artist kin to embody and elevate the sound and feel.
“This album has been brewing for some time, making sure we added all the right ingredients as needed,” says Singh. “For the better part of a decade, I've been writing these songs on napkins, in voice memos and on anything that could record or I could scribble on. When I initially started the project I brought in the amazing Allison Russell to sing the hook on ‘Coming Home’ and then she of course added her own spin to it, which we put into the scratching and mixing hands of Paul Finlay to treat those recordings as samples. Early in the process I brought in the talented Holly Eccleston and Khari Wendell McClelland to jam out the ideas and there was some serious chemistry bouncing between us in my small home studio. I knew I had to take my time to get the sound right and it's a dream to have these incredible artists all contribute their talents to this album.”
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Artwork : Marika Swan // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
RUBY SINGH AND THE FUTURE ANCESTORS
1. Shine
2. Coming Home
3. Big Ol' Bang
4. You Don't Even Know
5. Dog Bone
6. Careful
7. Baby Don't Play
8. Echoes
