Glass Effect

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Producer and multi-instrumentalistBenMarc, whos emerged as a key figure of Londons cutting edge jazz scene, has just announced his debut full length, a follow up to last Septembers widely acclaimed Breathe Suite EP (heralded by NPR, Pitchfork, The Wire, The Guardian, and more). Glass Effect is an assured and accomplished 13-track realization of a singular vision that unifies a multitudinous profusion of influences (free-jazz, broken beat, hip-hop, electronica and beyond) into a sublime whole, underscoring the evolution of his quest for a distinctive sound: lambent, low-key, and yet dizzyingly intricate.

Its a rare talent that can link Radioheads Jonny Greenwood, Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, Afrofuturists Sun Ra Arkestra, and grime legend Dizzee Rascal, butMarchas long blurred musical worlds and criss-crossed boundaries. One of the reasons that he started writing Glass Effect, saysMarc, was going to nightclubs in Ibiza and experiencing the heady sun-dappled euphoria of a summery dancefloor, as well as the beat-drivenproductionof artists like Four Tet, Bonobo, Machinedrum, DJ Shadow, and Madlib.