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Product:Limited Edition 12" Black Double Gatefold Vinyl.
Released:Pre-Order shipped from9.5.22.
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Description:
Alt-rap dissident Jam Baxter's newest solo venture, Fetch the Poison. Conceived during a state-wide alcohol ban in Mexico, the album is Baxter’s first to be composed in complete sobriety — though his hallucinatory style of storytelling and cast of monstrous characters make a welcome return.
Lyrics on Fetch the Poison meld Baxter’s Latin American experience with visions of a grisly alternate dimension: sun, sea and glittering vistas are sullied by hollow-eyed addicts, shady bar tenders and duplicitous lovers. Amongst deft bars, the rapper includes a number of spoken word pieces that echo the prose in his now sold out book Off-Piste. The album also features Blah Records' Nah Eeto and Black Josh, as well as DJ Sammy B-Side and Jehst, alongside Brazil’s NOG, Black Alien and Xamã. Baxter reunites with frequent collaborator Chemo on production — now under the moniker Forest DLG — for much of the album with appearances from Jack Danz, Dr Zygote, Wundrop (CMPMD) and Midlands' electronic stalwart Lenkemz. Despite its diverse credits tracks are connected by icy, spaced-out electronics, with beats twisted through tape distortion and anchored by chest-rattling bass.
Baxter began writing the album in Mexico just before the pandemic began, and was holed up in the city of San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, as the world shut down. “All the streets were eerily empty and it was amazing. I had the city to myself,” he says. “Then suddenly there was a state-wide alcohol ban and I could no longer casually sip tequila as I went about my business. I didn’t really have a choice but to write”
Fetch the Poison is Baxter’s seventh solo album, available now for pre-order.
Tracklist:
SIDE A A1. Bright And Shiny Things Produced by Forest DLG
A2. Ulidhani Minajali Manze Ft. Nah Eeto Produced by Forest DLG
A3. Blink Twice For Yes Produced by Jack Danz
A4. Mama Cuishe Produced by Doctor Zygote
SIDE B B1. Cherry Red Paint Job Produced by Forest DLG
B2. Go On Produced by Jack Danz
B3. Every Pool Of Stagnant Water Produced by Forest DLG
B4. Stand Back Little Timmy Produced by Wundrop
SIDE C C1. All Sprawled Out In The City Produced by Forest DLG
C2. Flickers On The Fourth Floor Produced by Jack Danz
C3. The Infamous Gatwick Meltdown Of 2016 Produced by Lenkemz
C4. I Belong Elsewhere Produced by Doctor Zygote
SIDE D D1. Sundown Sundown Ft. Black Josh, NOG, Jehst, Black Alien & Xamã Produced by GhostTown
D2. Fetch The Poison Produced by Forest DLG
D3. Blood Red Cheese Wire Produced by Forest DLG
Credits:
Written and performed by Jam Baxter and friends Artwork by Heather Nevay Mixed and mastered by Forest DLG
