“The world is hurting, forever wars. Feelings of hopelessness. Abandoned, I weep for humanity.” These are the thoughts that have compelled the celebrated Yazz Ahmed to release this music. In these troubled times she hopes to bring a little inner peace and to encourage reconnection with the sacred landscapes we all share on this planet. This collection of nature-inspired music was recorded remotely in 2020 - at home and with good friends in Denmark and the UK. The vinyl release is a limited 12" edition with a hand-numbered belly-band obi strip, with double-sided printed insert and packed in resealable PVC sleeve. Limited to 500 units worldwide. Yazz Ahmed has been hailed as one of the most influential trumpet players of her generation. An Ivor Novello award-winning composer who makes sweeping epics that are rich with storytelling, depicting evocative ancient worlds and mythological muses. With her recent fourth studio album, A Paradise in the Hold, the British-Bahraini musician dove even deeper into her dual heritage and came up with a treasure trove that draws on traditional music and stories from her childhood home. Ahmed wrote for the voice for the first time, with lyrics inspired by Bahraini wedding poems and the yearning songs of the pearl divers. Deeply textural, expansive and full of potent performances, the album charts the heroic voyages of the jewel-hunters of yore, who sailed home through rough seas with precious cargo, and Ahmed’s own voyage of self-discovery over the past decade.
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