{"title":"Nnamdi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nnamdi is a multi-instrumentalist musician hailing from Chicago. With his exceptional talent and passion for music, he has become a prominent figure in the industry. As a co-founder of Sooper Records, Nnamdi has made significant contributions to the music scene, showcasing his diverse range of skills and innovative sound. His unique style and captivating performances have garnered him a loyal fan base and critical acclaim. Get ready to be mesmerized by Nnamdi's extraordinary musical journey.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"please-have-a-seat","title":"Please Have a Seat","description":"\u003cp\u003eNnamdi has never been able to stay in one place. The Chicago multi-instrumentalist and songwriter set a blistering pace in 2020 with his critically acclaimed genre-fusing LP \u003ci\u003eBrat\u003c\/i\u003e, a punk EP Black Plight, and Krazy Karl, a full-length tribute to Looney Tunes composer Carl Stalling. Add in his role as co-owner of label Sooper Records, as well as recent tours with Wilco, Sleater-Kinney, and black midi, and it’s an overwhelming schedule. However, his latest album, \u003ci\u003ePlease Have A Seat\u003c\/i\u003e, is the result of a much- needed pause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I realized I never take time to just sit and take in where I’m at,” says Nnadmi. “It’s just nice to not be on ‘Go, Go, Go!’ mode, and reevaluate where I wanted to go musically.” This period of reflection allowed him to take stock of his life and his relationships. “I wanted to be present,” he says. “Each song came from a moment of clarity.” Please Have A Seat serves as an invitation to listen. It’s a request to sit down, be present, and take in a moment. With this quiet introspection, Nnadmi found inspiration in silence and nuance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile making the record, he decided to stretch the limits of his pop songwriting: every track had to be hummable. Though he’s written earworms throughout his career from playing in bands in Chicago’s DIY community or releasing goofy raps as Nnamdi’s Sooper Dooper Secret Side Project, here, his shapeshifting hooks are undeniable. Each of the album’s fourteen songs, which Nnadmi wrote, produced, and performed entirely himself, are relentlessly replayable, careening into unexpected and disorienting places. With Nnadmi’s singular vision, \u003ci\u003ePlease Have A Seat\u003c\/i\u003e is yet another leap from Chicago’s hardest working musician. By taking a minute to sit down and catch his breath, he reemerged with the most ambitious, accessible, and nuanced work of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Brown | LP","offer_id":50411590615371,"sku":"1159387","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50411591991627,"sku":"1159386","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tape","offer_id":50411590123851,"sku":"1159381","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50411592876363,"sku":"1159385","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/486eb620-7ef8-4431-9776-33db2005c38e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726660463"},{"product_id":"brat","title":"Brat","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the past decade, the Chicago-based multiinstrumentalist and producer, Nnadmi, has quietly become one of the most prolific musicians of the modern era. Whether under his own name or one of the many bands he’s spent time in, either as a full-on member or merely a touring partner, there’s been an endless stream of music that Nnadmi has had his hands in. Pair that with the fact he co-owns his label, Sooper Records (Kaina, Sen Morimoto), and it’d be easy to wonder how he finds time to do anything other than make music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eBrat,\u003c\/i\u003e the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDrool\u003c\/i\u003e, Nnamdi removes the veil to show just how much effort and energy it takes to work at such a high level without any breaks. That process of finding a balance between Nnadmi the performer and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya the person is what fuels \u003ci\u003eBrat\u003c\/i\u003e, an introspective record that’s still as dexterous and exciting as anything that’s come before, but is intimate and hushed, commanding a listener’s full attention from the very start. Like all things he’s done before, \u003ci\u003eBrat\u003c\/i\u003e proves that genre classifications don’t really work here. \u003ci\u003eBrat\u003c\/i\u003e is part hip-hop, part indie-rock, part gospel, and part West African music, and in Nnadmi's hands, these seemingly disparate pieces fit together snuggly, as if there was never a question of their compatibility. 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After two years of non-stop activity, the artist takes a deep breath and pauses with his newest album, Please Have a Seat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinyl Me Please","offers":[{"title":"Grey LP","offer_id":50497351680331,"sku":"2225178","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_0c76740d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727727420"},{"product_id":"are-you-happy-ep-2","title":"Are You Happy EP","description":"\u003cp\u003e12” vinyl LP with Etched B-Side. Pop Matters said that “Nnamdï's sounds are a testament to the continual melting away of genre distinctions in the current era of (particularly Black) music.” His extensive catalog includes covers significant ground in hip-hop, pop, rock, punk, orchestral, and experimental music. In 2021, NNAMDÏ expanded his freewheeling sonic explorations for an entrée into the world of pop-infused dance and electronica with the release of the Are You Happy EP on November 12, 2021. Notably, Are You Happy is the only NNAMDÏ project to date that he did not produce, perform, and record by himself. To the surprise of his fans, NNAMDÏ bucked that self-imposed precedent to work with Chicago producer Lynyn. Lynyn is the alias of composer Conor Mackey, NNAMDÏ’s longtime bandmate in the jazz-fusion quintet Monobody. Are You Happy released shortly before Lynyn’s 2022 debut electronic LP lexicon (Sooper Records), which went on to garner significant acclaim. DJ Magazine said that “lexicon is likely to set him apart as one of IDM's next visionaries”. Lynyn produced Are You Happy in its entirety, drawing on his extensive vocabulary of electronic music and masterful production chops to create the dense, finely detailed compositions at the core of the project. The songs on Are You Happy integrate IDM, drum and bass, dub, and a kitchen-sink of electronic genres resulting in one of the freshest and most singularly unique projects in NNAMDÏ’s extensive and shape-shifting catalog. In a review of the project, PASTE magazine captured the essence of Are You Happy: “NNAMDÏ is one of Chicago’s finest musical innovators, blending together almost any sounds you can think of on the blank slate of hip-hop… With silky vocals that keep one foot in R\u0026amp;B and the other in indie pop, NNAMDÏ gets pushed to his artistic limits over Lynyn’s jittery breakbeats and footwork firmly rooted in their city. It’s a perfect compromise between the two artists, creating an exciting musical exchange that still feels natural to them both.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sooper Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50507251974475,"sku":"2011658","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Nnamd_-_Are_You_Happy_EP_9e6ef65a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727844348"},{"product_id":"black-plight-ep-2","title":"Black Plight EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack vinyl 7” EP (33 1\/3 RPM). Written and recorded in three days during the tumultuous summer of 2020, the Black Plight EP is Chicago multi-instrumentalist NNAMDÏ’s response to the police murder of George Floyd and the subsequent ignition of protests and demands for racial justice that swept the globe. In three explosive post-punk tracks, NNAMDÏ leans into the heavier noise-rock tendencies of his musical language to explore fundamental political questions of justice for Black Lives in “My life” (“My life \/ What’s it worth to you?”); his mounting anger against racist police violence in “Rage” (“They kill us dead in the street \/ Outside so everyone sees \/ They stand and watch while we bleed \/ Black with a capital B”); and an internalization and reverberation of a call to action in “Heartless” (“Can’t sit around and wait for something to change”). The EP was Released as a Digital-only project exclusive to Bandcamp on Friday June 5, 2020 in order to raise money for racial justice organizations and community members in immediate need of financial support. It went on to become the Best-Selling album on that Bandcamp Friday, raising over $10,000.00 in 24-hours. The Chicago Tribune named NNAMDÏ Chicagoan of the Year in 2020, citing—amongst other things— his public leadership role in raising money for racial justice movements in his hometown of Chicago via the Black Plight EP. NNAMDI wrote, performed, and recorded the Black Plight EP by himself in 3 days. Recent tours with Wilco, Black Midi, Sleater-Kinney, and Jeff Rosenstock. 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