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Nnamdi - Are You Happy EP [Vinyl]

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Format: Vinyl
Rel. Date: 03/10/2023
UPC: 617201805152

Are You Happy EP [Vinyl]
Artist: Nnamdi
Format: Vinyl
New: Available to Order $21.98
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DISC: 1

1. Barely Reason for a Smile
2. Glass Casket (Remix)
3. Doing Too Much
4. Backseat
5. You Don't Know (Feat. Sen Morimoto)

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Pop Matters said that Nnamd's sounds are a testament tothe continual melting away of genre distinctions in thecurrent era of (particularly Black) music. His extensivecatalog includescovers significantground in hip-hop,pop,rock,punk, orchestral, and experimental music. In 2021,NNAMD expanded his freewheeling sonic explorations for anentreintothe world ofpop-infused dance andelectronicawith the release oftheAre You Happy EP on November 12,2021.

Notably,Are You Happyis the only NNAMD project to datethat he did not produce, perform, and record by himself.Tothe surprise ofhis fans,NNAMD bucked that self-imposedprecedent to work with Chicago producer Lynyn. Lynyn is thealias of composer Conor Mackey, NNAMDϒs longtimebandmate in the jazz-fusion quintet Monobody.Are YouHappy released shortly before Lynyns 2022 debutelectronicLPlexicon(Sooper Records),which went on to garnersignificantacclaim.DJ Magazinesaid thatlexicon is likely toset him apart as one of IDM's next visionaries.

Lynyn producedAre You Happyin its entirety, drawing on hisextensive vocabulary of electronic music and masterfulproduction chops to create the dense, finely detailed compositions at the core of theproject. The songs onAre YouHappy integrateIDM,drum and bass,dub,and a kitchen-sinkof electronicgenres resulting in one of the freshest and mostsingularly unique projects in NNAMDϒs extensiveand shape-shiftingcatalog.

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