Dawid, Angel Bat / Oracle, The
| Album: | Oracle, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Dawid, Angel Bat | Added: | Feb 2019 | |
| Label: | International Anthem Recording Co. | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-04-02 | Pull Date: | 2019-06-04 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | May 19 | May 12 | Apr 28 | Apr 14 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 07, 2024: | Music Casserole
Cape Town (Feat. Asher Simiso Gamedze) |
4. | May 18, 2019: | Music Casserole
The Oracle |
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| 2. | Feb 14, 2024: | Passenger Princess
Destination (Dr. Yusef Lateef) |
5. | May 07, 2019: | Attitude Adjustment
Impepho |
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| 3. | Nov 15, 2022: | The Doghouse
London |
6. | Apr 25, 2019: | Play Black Womxn
We Are Starzz |
Album Review
Danielle Greene
Reviewed 2019-03-03
Reviewed 2019-03-03
Danny Danger
Reviewed 02/18/2019
Artist: Angel Bat Dawid
Album: The Oracle
The Oracle is the debut studio album by Chicago-based jazz and improvisional artist Angel Bat Dawid. Recorded entirely via her cellphone, The Oracle was created by Angel almost entirely alone – all sounds (dubbing, mixed instrumentalization, voices, etc.) are of her creation. Experimental jazz with a cathartic spiritual vibe – very avant-garde Blackness lyrics.
Related Artists: Idris Ackamoor, Sons of Kemet, Kamasi Washington
*FCC: None
Reviewer Favorites: 5, 6, 8
1. Destination (Dr. Yusef Lateef) (2:22) – Starts with soft music box sound – a bit haunting but chipper still – joined later by a clarinet, techno-y spoken word/poetry, ends with poetry and no music
2. Black Family (6;19) – Percussive intro with clarinet overlaid instrumental until 2:30, low repetition of “Black family” by adults and maybe a small child, sounds of loops + violins
3. What Shall I Tell My Children Who are Black (Dr. Margaret Burroughs) (3:20) – Music box opening (slow repetitive piano refrains), repetitive operatic singing that leads into spoken word and back again, slow melancholy sound
4. Impepho (3:39) – upbeat and jazzy mixed instrumental (wind instruments, steady bongos, electronic overlay), slows down to midtempo midway through, no words, slow fade out
5. We Are Starzz (4:23) – soft repetitive bass, floaty clarinet sound, piano, repetitive lyrics, smooth but powerful singing (her vocals are double layered)
6. London (2:47) – bright upbeat clarinet over lively piano playing, you can hear her intakes of breath in-between playing which gives it a “live show” feel, abrupt end
7. Cape Town [fea. Asher Simiso Gamedze] (15:36) – staccato drumming, clarinet, turns into a frantic jazzy sound, guttural singing and clarinet take turns, smooths out to prominent bongo playing and clarinet overlay and then ramps back up, last twenty seconds are near-silence but ends with a cathartic vocal release
8. The Oracle (5:24) – harmonizing over piano, clarinet and emotional and passionate singing, midtempo, Black churchy feels
Reviewed 02/18/2019
Artist: Angel Bat Dawid
Album: The Oracle
The Oracle is the debut studio album by Chicago-based jazz and improvisional artist Angel Bat Dawid. Recorded entirely via her cellphone, The Oracle was created by Angel almost entirely alone – all sounds (dubbing, mixed instrumentalization, voices, etc.) are of her creation. Experimental jazz with a cathartic spiritual vibe – very avant-garde Blackness lyrics.
Related Artists: Idris Ackamoor, Sons of Kemet, Kamasi Washington
*FCC: None
Reviewer Favorites: 5, 6, 8
1. Destination (Dr. Yusef Lateef) (2:22) – Starts with soft music box sound – a bit haunting but chipper still – joined later by a clarinet, techno-y spoken word/poetry, ends with poetry and no music
2. Black Family (6;19) – Percussive intro with clarinet overlaid instrumental until 2:30, low repetition of “Black family” by adults and maybe a small child, sounds of loops + violins
3. What Shall I Tell My Children Who are Black (Dr. Margaret Burroughs) (3:20) – Music box opening (slow repetitive piano refrains), repetitive operatic singing that leads into spoken word and back again, slow melancholy sound
4. Impepho (3:39) – upbeat and jazzy mixed instrumental (wind instruments, steady bongos, electronic overlay), slows down to midtempo midway through, no words, slow fade out
5. We Are Starzz (4:23) – soft repetitive bass, floaty clarinet sound, piano, repetitive lyrics, smooth but powerful singing (her vocals are double layered)
6. London (2:47) – bright upbeat clarinet over lively piano playing, you can hear her intakes of breath in-between playing which gives it a “live show” feel, abrupt end
7. Cape Town [fea. Asher Simiso Gamedze] (15:36) – staccato drumming, clarinet, turns into a frantic jazzy sound, guttural singing and clarinet take turns, smooths out to prominent bongo playing and clarinet overlay and then ramps back up, last twenty seconds are near-silence but ends with a cathartic vocal release
8. The Oracle (5:24) – harmonizing over piano, clarinet and emotional and passionate singing, midtempo, Black churchy feels
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