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Bahir

by Dexter Story

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    *Please note tracks A1 and A2 merge into each other on the vinyl ("Techawit" & "Bila")
    *B4 "Shuruba Song" is only available on vinyl - the instrumental version of the same song is available on digital as "Desta's Groove Pt.II"
    *Track "Chemin De Fer" is not available on vinyl - digital release only

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about

Dexter Story is an artistic spirit in the truest sense of the phrase. From his work as a multi-instrumentalist for acts like the Sa-Ra Creative Partners, to his management role with Snoop Dogg and his turn producing Daymé Arocena’s 2017 album Cubafonia, Story understands the business from every conceivable angle.

Initially inspired by the music and cultures pervasive throughout the Horn of Africa, Story translated his experiences there into his previous album Wondem, followed closely by the single Wejene Aola featuring jazz luminary Kamasi Washington, both on Soundway Records. If Wondem was a brief glance into Story’s new creative vision, Bahir is a pinpoint refinement of that purpose, the fine-tuning and expanding of the world he created on his Soundway debut.

On Bahir, Story steps in front of those influences and melds his world into the one he fell in love with so strongly while in Africa. One way in which he’s done so is by incorporating musicians from both sides of this coin. LA luminaries are featured throughout, as are African contemporaries he encountered throughout his travels. Sudan Archives gives a show-stealing vocal performance on “Gold”, while the Ethiopian producer Endeguena Mulu adds impenetrable and psychedelic texture to the album’s title track.

So Bahir finds the polymath musician not stuck between two worlds, but as a member of both. We get Ethiopian tonalities, Ethio-groove, eskista, gurage and North Sudanese shaygiya dance rhythms, Afro-funk, Somali soul and forays into more contemporary global rhythms, too. Angelenos like Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Josef Leimberg give the record its backbone, while tributes to Ethiopian devotional music such as "Desta's Groove Pt.II" give Bahir its glimmer and shine.

credits

released March 15, 2019

Dexter Story BAHIR was recorded at:
Comp-NY Studio (Engineer / Owner: Be Hussey)
Knobworld Studios (Engineer: Dexter Story, Owner: Jim Lang)
Red Gate Recorders (Engineer: Chris Harbach, Owner: Sam Darring and Chris Harbach)
Stones Throw Studios (Engineer / Owner: Jake Viator)
Studio 4 West (Engineer / Owner: Andy Kravitz)

Produced by Dexter Story and Carlos Niño

Mixed by Andy Kravitz with Dexter Story and Carlos Niño at Studio 4 West in Venice, California

Mastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery | carverycuts.com

Cover Artwork by Lewis Heriz | lewisheriz.com

Label Management: Alice Whittington | soundwayrecords.com


Humble gratitude to all of the vocalists, musicians, producers and engineers listed above and additionally to Aaron Steele,The Abegaze Family, Alsarah, Ara Dabandjian, Dominic “Mocky” Salole, Emile Martinez, Esinam Dogbatse, Kamasi Washington, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Merone Misikir, Nicole Mitchell, Rani de Leon, Van Hunt, and Wossene Lakew. May BAHIR please the most high, honor the ancestors,
lift spirits, raise vibrations, touch hearts where needed,
and inspire divine illumination where able. Tebareku. إن شاء الله

Dex | Wondem
Fall 2018
dexterstory.com
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East Africa-inspired music on Soundway Records by multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, arranger and ethnomusicologist Dexter Story. Stay updated about Story's releases, events and news at wondem (dot) com or book him at wondemmusic (@) gmail (dot) com. ... more

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