{"product_id":"space-afrika-quiet-storm","title":"Space Afrika - Quiet Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpace Afrika, the Manchester\/Berlin-based duo of Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang, make raw, intensely detailed, visceral music with shades of ambient, trip-hop, techno, and modern classical, drawing spacious urban dubscapes from the contours of their city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet Storm expands on their sound and scale as a sprawling, collaborative vision shaped with profound patience and intention, embedding their own coming-of-age story within a moving suite of cathartic abstraction. Songs allude to spirituality and the human condition, the tension between boldness and softness, ambition and persistent inner demons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking to the multidisciplinary nature of the project is the involvement of celebrated artist Glenn Ligon, whose work deals with Black identity and queerness. A central inspiration at the onset of recording, Ligon offered his work Figure #30 (2009) for the cover artwork, and following the completion of recording, he agreed to provide the project's name—an unprecedented gesture from the pioneering artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListening to the final sequence, Ligon thought of \"Quiet Storm,\" the 1970s radio format known for smooth, late-night programming with themes of life and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet Storm brings the listener through various scenes, interludes, and arcs, marked by a sense that its movement is fluid and its characters are fleeting. Into-the-mirror monologues grapple with the existential and the immediate: survival, autonomy, purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with the explosive, string-backed “Vanity,” featuring Grammy Award winner Axelle Fanyo. At first fixated on the crevices of a quiet room, “Vanity” unfurls under Fanyo's expressive soprano, traversing a wide emotional spectrum from sublime contemplation to poignant, heart-piercing pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the record, words spoken and sung are placed sparingly to powerful effect. “2MLN”'s beauty and catharsis is a collective slow march, featuring British-Nigerian artist Tony Njoku, with guitar and lead bass by Gabriel Evans, London's PIKE on drums, and Copenhagen's GB on keys and strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeavy yet hopeful, Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang remind you of their journey so far. An appropriately cryptic and transportive outro for their open-ended opus, Quiet Storm is a landmark level-up: self-produced, self-funded, and manifested out of sheer drive and conviction. Through bent time and low-lit haze, undoubtedly, Space Afrika has arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLP FORMAT DETAILS:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDAIS232LP:\u003c\/strong\u003e standard weight, black vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDAIS232LP1:\u003c\/strong\u003e standard weight, blue ripple coloured vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DAIS","offers":[{"title":"Blue Ripple LP","offer_id":56856011538812,"sku":"HJM-10546","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":56856011571580,"sku":"HJM-10547","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56856011604348,"sku":"HJM-10548","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/9022\/0535\/files\/REP_20260609_1500_140201_642_p_Space_Afrika_Quiet_Storm_1_001.jpg?v=1781015482","url":"https:\/\/heyjoemusic.co.uk\/products\/space-afrika-quiet-storm","provider":"Hey Joe Music \u0026 Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}