This week's PBS Feature Album is Variables by Alfa Mist, the highly anticipated new album and second release via Anti-. The East London artist, producer and label founder 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.
Variables sees Alfa Mist offer a diverse listening experience, as he dives into the argument of nature versus nurture on the rhythmic ‘Borderline’ to the airy, crystalic sounds of ‘Cycles’.
Alfa notes, “I’ve been focused on who I am in my music, but now I’m exploring where I am. I’m asking: how did I get here?” This is the journeying question that underpins his latest record, a collection that is expansive, soulful and moving, in both body and spirit.
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from Variables, and PBS Members have the chance to win a vinyl copy of the album via this Tuesday's e-newsletter, so make sure you check your inbox! Please note that winners will need to pick up their record from the station in Collingwood.
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks - '$600 Short On The Rent'
Big Yawn - 'Crying'
Alexander Flood - 'Deja Vu'
Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Tim Shiel - 'Mirror Flower 镜花水月'
Surprise Chef - 'Talent Stick'
Thundercat & Tame Impala - 'No More Lies'
TISM - 'Whatareya' (inst)
Bones and Jones - 'Make You Smile'
Watty Thompson - 'Jenny'
Porpoise Spit - 'People Like Me'
