Name: Cloud High in Dreams, But Heavy in the Air
Brand: Athletic Progression

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TB005

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black

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Discs

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-08-13

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Signed copies: No

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UPC / Barcode

5056321639226

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Athletic Progression

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Touching Bass

Touching Bass continue to prise open a distinct, exciting lane for themselves as a label home for forward-thinking, soulful music with the progressive second album (and third project) from Danish / Tanzanian trio, Athletic Progression — Jonas Cook (keys), Jonathan J. Ludvigsen (drums) and Justo Gambula (bass). 

<i>cloud high in dreams, but heavy in the air </i>sees the Aarhus-based band dive deeper into their intricately fused world of experimental, groove-based music. Written over the course of two years, mixed by Eric Lau (KOKOROKO, Yussef Kamaal, Mansur Brown) and recorded in under a week, it celebrates freedom and spontaneity at its core, beautifully capturing those playful moments where jams become songs. The title (which comes from Brother Portrait’s verse on “Extended Technique”) echoes that playfulness, while also contemplating on the realities of life and its important decisions. 

Sonic touchpoints include the space-leaning electronics of Brainfeeder’s Flying Lotus and Thundercat, the glowing dexterity of JD Beck and Domi and BadBadNotGood and jazz-funk’s boundless nature, with rapper/poet Brother Portrait supplying the feels of London. 

Cloud High in Dreams, But Heavy in the Air

Music GB