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Jerk, Brooklyn producer releases his new album “Some Cosmic Shift” on DeepMatter Records

Jerk, Brooklyn producer releases his new album “Some Cosmic Shift” on DeepMatter Records. Jerk is the brainchild of composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Kinney. The project is an exploration of the connection between jazz and hip-hop with compositions blurring the lines between hip hop beats and instrumental jazz compositions.

As a band, Jerk is Joshua Kinney on Saxophone, Carey Ozmun on Trumpet, Jean Matthieu Carvin on Keyboards, Mikey Migliore on Bass, and Martine Wade on Drums. Jerk’s releases include a trio of EPs (Pink, Yellow, and Green), a full-length beat tape entitled “Pressing On”, and his forthcoming live jazz album entitled ‘Some Cosmic Shift’, releasing August 14th via DeepMatter Records.

Watch below a video to Jerk songs “In Orbit” and “Celestial Voices”, the first two singles from his forthcoming album “Some Cosmic Shift”:

“In 2018 I had graduated college, moved to my first place in Brooklyn, and was teaching music and playing gigs professionally. This new independence provoked an emotional response that I didn’t expect and wasn’t ready for. Sitting in traffic two hours a day, working for less than ideal employers, and dealing with fluctuating wages was stressful. Sitting at a piano in between the lessons became my coping mechanism. In fact, I composed the majority of this album on the pianos of my employers. This transitional period of my life permeated into my music. Composing and playing became less academic and more cathartic, and it was a balance between the two I had never experienced. It was a change in worldview - “Some Cosmic Shift”, said Jerk about his new album.

 

Listen below to Jerk songs “In Orbit” and “Celestial Voices”, the first two singles from his forthcoming album “Some Cosmic Shift”:

Jerk album “Some Cosmic Shift” came out 14 August 2020, via DeepMatter Records

 

Personnel:

Joshua Kinney - Saxophone, Piano, Synthesizer

Carey Ozmun - Trumpet

Jean Matthieu Carvin - Keyboards

Mikey Migliore - Bass

Martine Wade - Drums

Matthew Krane - Synthesizer Solo

 

Tracklist:

  1. Some Cosmic Shift
  2. In Orbit
  3. Phasing
  4. One And The Same
  5. Celestial Voices
  6. Redux
  7. Earthrise

Other wicked songs and projects worth checking this week:

Alabaster DePlume - The Good Wine

Eddie Henderson - Smile

Raffy Bushman - Look Up

Moonfish, Maria Chiara Argirò, Riccardo Chiaberta - Drop of Water

Jaga Jazzist - Tomita - Edit

Jerk - Celestial Voices

Web Web - Safar - Flip Remix

Pugs Atomz, Inkswel, Blu, Georgia Anne Muldrow - Origami Dollars

Jimi Tenor - Sugar and Spice

Lee Fields & The Expressions - The One Who's Hurting Is You

Immanuel Wilkins - Grace And Mercy

72-Hour Post Fight - Unglued

Pachakuti, young.vishnu, Masha Kashyna - Power

Steam Down, Afronaut Zu - Etcetera

Gaidaa, Saba, Jarreau Vandal - Stranger

Wandering Monster - Metropolis

Nine Sparks Riots, Apocalyptic Brass Collective, MASAKA - The Antidote

The Lions, Alex Désert, Black Shakespeare - The Loser

Sevana - If You Only Knew

Lotek, Daddy Speedo - This Is (The Rebirth of Rude)

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