Name: This is a Mindfulness Drill
Brand: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JAG402lp-C1

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Colour

White

Colour details

Opaque Black & White Explosion

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656605240237

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Total Cap

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

Artist

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Jagjaguwar

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is a band from the south side of Chicago. Consisting of eight brothers, they are sons of Phil Cohran. With Gabriel Hubert, Jafar Baji Graves, Amal Baji Hubert, Tarik Graves on trumpets; Saiph Graves and Seba Graves on trombones; Uttama Hubert on baritone; and Tycho Cohran on sousaphone, their music is a mesmerizing blend of brass instruments that captivates audiences worldwide.

Known for their unique sound and energetic performances, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble has gained a loyal following. Drawing inspiration from jazz, funk, hip-hop, and soul music genres, they create a distinctive fusion that sets them apart in the music industry.

If you enjoy the sounds of The Souljazz Orchestra, Menahan Street Band or The Budos Band among others listed as similar artists below - you'll love Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's infectious rhythms and dynamic melodies. Their music will transport you to another world filled with joyous celebration and soulful expression.

Jagjagwuar Label Focus

Somewhere along the way, I got the idea that Richard Youngs’s ‘Sapphie’ was all about a dead dog. I don’t know if someone insinuated this idea in front of me or if I psychologically tethered the title to the tenderly printed dog paw on its cover. Either way, I’ve gone over a decade thinking this remarkable, windswept album of torch songs was about a dearly departed pet. And yet, as we approached a reissue of this Jagjaguwar classic and anew, reimagined version by artists Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Moses Sumney, Sharon Van Etten, and Perfume Genius, Richard Youngs was straight forward and unsentimental about its meanings. 

“The lyrics are not about anything in particular,” Youngs wrote. The paw prints on the cover are, in fact, that of a friend’s dog (“The first dog I ever loved,” Richard said.), but there is no devastating loss at its center. And so, I want to tell Richard how this album has become a centering album for a great many of us, a transcendent and meditative piece of art. “What does ‘the mindfulness drill’ have to do with it?” Richard asks dryly me in a note. It’s about being relentlessly present, Richard. It’s how when we listen to your album, we feel like a lonely traveler in a foreign country. How everything has a newness to it and there’s no one to share it with but the you inside of you. And that fine, fine line is where ‘Sapphie’ lives, Richard. Thank you for this, Richard.

This is a Mindfulness Drill

Music US