SHNG172 JAALEX​-​Juma EP by Jaalex

The beyond. Always the beyond. It must have all started with the navel. They cut the umbilical cord, give you a slap on the ass, and presto! You’re out in the world, adrift, a ship without a rudder. You look at the stars and then you look at your navel. You grow eyes everywhere – in the armpits, between the lips, in the roots of your hair, on the soles of your feet. What is distant becomes near, what is near becomes distant. Inner-outer, a constant flux, a shedding of skins, a turning inside out. You drift around like that for years and years, until you find yourself in the dead center, and there you slowly rot, slowly crumble to pieces, get dispersed again. Only your name remains. Jaalex is a man with name and fortune. This is his first offering for Shango Records. These three tracks invite you to a journey in the deep desert of Amassakoul. Adari, Boubouteq, Oktave and Solidmind are the guide lights for a safe journey over the sand dunes.

released July 8, 2022