[Machine Translation] Shabaka ( Hutchings ), who continues to update the forefront of the contemporary UK jazz scene, has released his third album as a solo artist. This is his first album to be released on his newly established label, Shabaka Records. Shabaka himself composed, produced, performed, and mixed the entire album, making it an extremely personal work. The album is a very personal work, written, produced, performed, and mixed by Shabaka himself. Shabaka's approach to music is a dance-oriented/rhythm-oriented one that he has developed in Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming, and that he has pursued in recent solo works ("Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace," "Afrikan Culture"), Shabaka's new contours as an instrumentalist and producer are clearly presented, organically linking the dense and textural sound worlds he has pursued in his recent solo works ("Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace" and "Afrikan Culture"). Beats and loops created on portable equipment while on tour form the foundation of the music, over which soaring choral flute melodies soar. The electronic rhythmic sequences depict a diasporic tale of progression. Shabaka also takes on rapping in this work, saying, "Andre 3000 is a song about fear and the need to be afraid. I was inspired by Andre 3000's willingness to explore new dimensions with sincerity and without fear or self-consciousness. So I decided to find my own voice with this album. In mid-2025, Shabaka ended his self-imposed hiatus from saxophone playing with a performance at a memorial concert for South African drum master Luis Moholo. This is the first recording made after a year and a half of not playing the saxophone, and it is also a recapitulation of the time spent focusing on the flute, and what the future holds for our relationship with the instrument. Brown Sugar was the first CD I ever bought, and it sparked a long-lasting curiosity about the emotional possibilities of a self-produced/self-performed album. It is a record that celebrates freedom in creative self-expression. Before Corona, I could only play clarinet and saxophone and knew nothing about music making or how to play the flute. So this is a learning journey and a reflection on the music that resulted. ' - Shabaka / Domestic CD/Includes commentary. Includes additional bonus tracks. This product will be available for sale on Friday and will be released at the same time worldwide.