Variables, by Alfa Mist

Variables

by Alfa Mist

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Camelus Dromedarius Easily one of the most important works of contemporary jazz. Favorite track: Foreword.

michal-horansky He's done it again Favorite track: Foreword.

luizpo Beautiful music, with a soft voice, carrying a lot of feeling. Favorite track: Apho (feat. Bongeziwe Mabandla).

maramald0 So excited for their new work. Can't wait. Alfa Mist always deliver

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1.	Foreword 06:43		buy track
2.	Borderline 02:02		buy track
3.	Aged Eyes (feat. Kaya Thomas-Dyke) 04:06		buy track
4.	Cycles 01:25		buy track
5.	The Gist 07:46		buy track
6.	Genda (Go Away) 02:36		buy track
7.	Apho (feat. Bongeziwe Mabandla) 02:58		buy track
8.	Variables 06:15		buy track
9.	4th Feb (Stay Awake) 03:00	lyrics	buy track
Why is this all you know? Today I laugh at whatever’s said Cos in the past I was left for dead They were wiping out the path I was yet to tread If I’m in beef don’t worry your little precious head And if you request backup I have to decline No one had my back it would shatter your spine I ain’t got a light, I ain’t grabbing a pint Staying sober so I keep track of my lies Here’s a wire tap to the back of my mind I just mind the gap when the panic arrives Avoid matters if they don’t matter to mine Is that a crime? Why? Greetings with pride have tragic goodbyes If I don’t feel alive I don’t give a damn if he dies In fact, look into his eyes for vanishing light.. Oh that’s kinda dark... Laugh at trauma, laugh at trauma Part personality, part disorder Too much time out in the darkest corner That’s all I thought of Why is this all you know?
10.	BC 07:30	info	buy track

about

"I've been focused on who I am in my music, but now I'm exploring where I am," Alfa Mist says. "I'm asking: how did I get here?"

This is the journeying question that underpins Alfa's fifth album, Variables. Traversing luscious, big band swing, head-nodding boom-bap rhythms and yearning vocal melodies, the record is expansive, soulful and moving, in both body and spirit. On Variables, his second release for ANTI-, Alfa achieves his most fully-realised, expressive musical work to date, coupling his keen ear for looping,

memorably emotive piano melodies with intuitive grooves and a free-flowing jazz improvisation.

Since the release of his first full-length project Nocturne in 2015, Alfa has established himself as one of the UK’s most focused, in- demand and distinct musical voices. He has worked with the likes of Jordan Rakei and Tom Misch. Artists look to him for his unique blend of intimate bedroom production and expansive jazz group orchestration, since Alfa is yet to be boxed into a specific genre. His music spans everything from hip-hop beat-making to producing for artists such as rapper Loyle Carner, composing neo-classical works for the London Contemporary Orchestra, and reworking tracks from composer Ólafur Arnalds and pioneering jazz label Blue Note. The return to live shows has been a welcome one for Alfa and his fans, resulting in an extensive tour throughout UK and Europe. Including a sold-out headline show at the Barbican in London. Alfa Mist will be touring Europe, UK and North America in 2023 again.

It is a balance between feeling and perfectionism that ultimately gives Alfa’s music its depth and capacity for repeated listening. It is also an ethos that has enabled his remarkable work-ethic to date. "I've never been a ‘one album every four years’ artist – I want to put out new projects every year," he says. "Music is an extension of my life; it is the practice of creating.''

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released April 21, 2023

Produced and mixed by Alfa Mist
Engineered by Ed Deegan & Giles Barrett
Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

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Variables

Apr 2023
Two For Mistake

Nov 2021
Bring Backs

Apr 2021
Epoch

Apr 2020
On My Ones

Feb 2020
Structuralism

Apr 2019
7th October (Epilogue)

Oct 2018
Antiphon

Mar 2017
Nocturne EP

Jul 2015

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