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Renaissance

by DoomCannon

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worre11 Vinyl just arrived today and on listening to properly as someone said the whole album is really good but the track Times is my current favourite.
majhium
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majhium Love the rolling rhythms running through this album. Gorgeous saxophone work. Still to land on a favourite track as they are all so good!
damianmc
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damianmc Love, love, love this!!
John Seltenreich
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John Seltenreich This is a mature effort where the compositions provide plenty of freedom for the artists and plenty of structure for the listener. A to really fantastic offering that will reveal more the more you out listen to it.
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mattskaggs I open my live jazz DJ sets with this song and it ALWAYS blows the audience away. Favorite track: Black Liberation.
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Thesis 01:58
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Amalgamation 07:00
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This Too 02:38
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Brownswood Recordings are happy to present the debut album ‘Renaissance’ by South-London virtuoso DoomCannon. In the first solo project brimming with free jazz compositions and new contemporary flare, and as a pioneer of the nascent UK Jazz scene, DoomCannon presents a meticulously crafted debut album journeying through an awakening and reimagining of the young Black British experience. Garnering early support from Gilles Peterson & Tom Ravenscroft at BBC 6Music, Jazz FM, Worldwide FM, NTS, Rinse France, FIP, Radio Nova plus features on Spotify & Apple. ‘Renaissance’ is available on 12” vinyl LP, CD and digital formats on 15th July 2022.

‘Renaissance’ signifies the birth of a new era in DoomCannon’s trajectory, inspired by an accumulation of experiences over the past four years and defined by significant events like the global pandemic to the worldwide outcry of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020. DoomCannon aspired to create a concept album, fashioning accessible music and home to a powerful universal message of equality and humanity, where listeners are invited to conceive a world beyond the society we currently live in. A world far from the UK’s colonial past and present, where human experience and compassion is at the epicentre of Government agendas, free from systemic injustice - where equality and community spirit reigns supreme.

Sequentially moving through a rich breadth of soundscapes, opening with ‘Dark Ages’ that introduces the current state of the world consumed by greed and confusion, with distorted echoes of ‘I want more’ swirling through a dense sonic atmosphere. In contrast, the serenity of ‘Entrance To The Unknown’ is a solitary moment of reflection. DoomCannon likens this to the start of an apocalyptic movie, where the main character breaks the fourth wall, directly addressing the audience, and the lines between fiction and reality are blurred. A balladic moment ushering in this new aforementioned era. ‘Amalgamation’ is a commentary on depleting measures of community spirit in society, signified by the frantic, disjointed opening that culminates into one unified symphonic climax. With the light of optimism and hope shining through on ‘This Too’ - uplifting dilla-esque drum beats pulsate throughout, continuing this illumination through an intimate piano solo in ‘Times’ that builds like the warmth of a sunrise, featuring distinctive vocals by Lex Amor, slowly infiltrating with quietly reassuring whispers and enchanting saxophone riffs. ‘Renaissance’ draws to a close with a succinct prologue that powerfully addresses DoomCannon’s ambition, creating the perfect conditions to absorb its impactful message of ‘Black Liberation’ - expressing a deep wish for equality, an end to police brutality, social injustices and a call for a profound sense of community in UK culture; as DoomCannon expresses:

“When writing the album, it felt like a transition from writing in other bands and being a part of other people’s projects to having my own voice and to speak about my Black British experience growing up around London. There are things I had to “unlearn”, ways I had to shape myself and my views on the world; greed, corrupt governments and police brutality within the UK and my stance on it all. ‘Renaissance’ is my letter to London about how it raised me and shaped who I am today.”

As a London-based composer, producer & multi-instrumentalist, DoomCannon spearheaded a plethora of forward-thinking, improvised Jazz-inspired outfits (Project Karnak, Triforce). DoomCannon dabbled in flute and percussion from the age of eleven and classically trained in piano as a teenager where he joined the prestigious Kinetika Bloco youth performance group and training programme, a rite of passage for many of the catalysts of the British Jazz explosion such as brothers Theon & Nathaniel Cross, Mark Kavuma, Sheila Maurice Grey to name a few. Under the watchful eye of musical mentors Matt Fox (Kinetika Bloco) and Gary Crosby (Tomorrow's Warriors), DoomCannon mastered his craft and endeavoured on the Kinetika Bloco Leadership Programme becoming a teacher himself. Attending a fateful Jazz Re:freshed weekly session at MauMau bar, DoomCanoon encountered saxophonist Ahnansé, they started playing together soon afterwards. DoomCannon garnered the attention of award-winning vocalist, Celeste, where he was invited to become Musical Director performing live at the Brit Awards and Later with Jools Holland. Gaining respect as a leader in the scene, DoomCannon has toured internationally as a member of Nubya Garcia’s band and invited in his own right to curate a residency at the legendary Ronnie Scotts. Presenting his solo project at Abbey Road Studios, selected via Jazz Re:freshed as part of the SXSW/ British Council collaboration, and a headline show at Peckham Audio on 30th April, the stage is set for DoomCannon to raise the bar again in 2022 and beyond.

DoomCannon’s debut album ‘Renaissance’ will be available in 12” vinyl LP, CD and digital formats on 15th July 2022 via Brownswood Recordings.

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released July 15, 2022

DoomCannon - Piano / Synth / Vox / Wurli / String Arrangement
Kaidi Akinnibi - Tenor Sax / Soprano Sax / Fx
Daniel Rogerson - Guitar
Jamien Nagadhana - Bass
Oscar Ogden - Drums
Emmanuel Ayeni - Vocal Arrangement
Sienna Hamilton - Vox
Marsha Skinns - Violin 1
Saskia Horton - Violin 2
Natalia Senior-Brown - Viola
Wayne Uquhart - Cello
Thea Sayer - Double Bass
Elias Jordan Atkinson - Flugelhorn

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DoomCannon is a London-based composer, producer & multi-instrumentalist spearheading a plethora of forward-thinking, improvised jazz-inspired outfits. Exhibiting free jazz compositions with a new contemporary flare, unveils DoomCannon’s trailblazing sensibilities. ... more

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