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Pop / Rock 19/10/2022

Tom Skinner Releases "The Journey," From Upcoming Album 'Voices Of Bishara,' Shares Live Performance Video

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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Drummer, composer, and producer Tom Skinner (The Smile, Sons of Kemet) has released "The Journey," the latest single from his forthcoming new album, Voices of Bishara, out November 4 via Brownswood / International Anthem / Nonesuch.

Skinner has also released a live performance video of "The Journey," featuring himself on drums and percussion, Tom Herbert on acoustic bass, Kareem Dayes on cello, Chelsea Carmichael and Robert Stillman on tenor saxophone, and Paul Camo on samples. The video, filmed last month at St. Luke's Church in West Holloway, London, may be seen on Top40-Charts.com.

The first recording under Skinner's own name is a reference to an album he listened to repeatedly during the COVID-19 lockdown: cellist Abdul Wadud's 1978 solo album By Myself, which was privately pressed on Wadud's label, Bisharra. The common Arabic name has the intention or meaning of "good news" or "the bringer of good news."

Voices of Bishara began life when Tom Skinner asked some musician friends to join him for a Played Twice session at London's Brilliant Corners. These regular sessions had a simple format: play a classic album in full through the venue's audiophile system and then have a live ensemble improvise a response. The night in question focused on drummer Tony Williams' 1964 Blue Note album, Life Time, and the music conjured that night inspired Skinner to write an album's worth of new music.

Skinner recorded an album of that music with a cellist, bass, and two saxophonists subsequently putting it aside, occasionally bringing it out for some attention in between his many other creative projects. Gradually, the record began to take shape as he embraced the studio recordings and accentuated their idiosyncrasies.

"This record is an attempt to put something truthful into the world, through collaboration and community, at a time of rising dishonesty and disinformation," says Skinner. "Bishara is the bringer of good news, and by bringing the musicians on this album who are very dear to me together, we pay homage to that idea by collectively spreading light where there is increasing darkness."

Based in London, Tom Skinner has been a vital and central figure in the underground music scene throughout the last twenty years. He is presently a member of The Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. Their debut album A light for attracting attention was released to critical acclaim earlier this year, and the trio tours the United States this November and December.

In 2012, Skinner, under the alias Hello Skinny, released his self-titled debut solo record. MOJO described it as "existing in that fertile zone where jazz, dub, techno and avant-pop deliquesce into an exhilarating free-for-all." The second Hello Skinny album, Watermelon Sun, released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label in 2017, featured a collaboration with acclaimed veteran New York composer and trombonist Peter Zummo.

Skinner is also an original member of award-winning band Sons of Kemet alongside bandleader and frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings. Their third album, Your Queen Is a Reptile, garnered worldwide critical acclaim, including a Mercury Prize 2018 nomination, while their latest album, Black to The Future, received a five-star review from NME, which deemed the album to be the band at their "most dynamic and urgent."

Skinner has performed and recorded with notable musicians such as Jonny Greenwood, Graham Coxon, Grace Jones, Kano, Zero 7, Floating Points, The Invisible, and many more. In addition to his performing career, Skinner curates a bi-monthly live music night at The Pickle Factory in East London and hosts a monthly radio show on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide FM.






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