{"title":"Quiet Dawn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"celebrate-7","title":"Celebrate","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Word Records is very proud to bring you a brand new 11-track album from Quiet Dawn, one called 'Celebrate'.\n\nFrench multi-instrumentalist Quiet Dawn has been an integral part of the First Word family for a full decade now. His diverse catalogue has included organic ambient-jazz (2018's 'Human Being - The Short Story Of The Reed'), Dilla-esque instrumental beats (2023's 'Simple' beat tape), head nod Hip Hop (the 2015 debut album 'The First Day') and broken beat (2022's 'Movements' EP).\n\nIt's the latter project that this new project is the most obvious successor to, which he produced directly afterwards. This new album from Quiet Dawn (real name Will Galland) takes on an array of broken beat flavours and features a few luminaries from that scene along the way, including the legendary Bembe Segue (on the smooth soulful grooves of 'All Around'), LyricL (dropping bars on the lively title track 'Celebrate') and Oliver Night from the CoOp Presents crew (on 'Follow Your Instincts' and single 'Lost From Life').\n\nElsewhere there's uplifting jazz samba-tinged vibes (on 'It's All About Freedom' \u0026amp; 'He Is Lion'), a sprinkle of downtempo boom bap ('Flow' \u0026amp; 'See The Good'), and an assortment of instrumental bruk riddims with squelchy synths, sweet rhodes, skippy percussion \u0026amp; funked-up basslines. Quiet Dawn once again effortlessly combines the organic with the electronic. The whole piece exudes positivity and good times.\n\nQuiet Dawn explains \"I had already started making tracks for this album, before completing the 'Movements' EP - tracks like 'It's All About Freedom' \u0026amp; 'I Just Wanna Do This'. I composed the title track 'Celebrate' with my son on my lap; he was 2 and a half years old, and was the one who found the Rhodes bass notes on the drums that I composed first. I made the bassline, the arrangement, and then the track was completed with the talents of LyricL with her unique lyrics and style! I fulfilled a dream of working with Bembe and it felt so effortless. And of course it's always pleasant and powerful making tracks with Oliver - he has crazy talent, and we understand each other so much on the spirit of the pieces we make together.\n\nOnce again, the idea was to make a record that we can dance to, whether we are dancers or not, listen to at home, or on our travels. Celebrate life, love, and the people we love. Celebrate the different cultures of the world - our differences are a strength. Turn negativity into positivity. Celebrate our actions, whether in pain or not. Celebrate our different journeys.\n\nLet's 'Celebrate' it right now!\"\n\nPrevious support for Quiet Dawn's output has included a wide range of formidable selectors such as Laurent Garnier, Rampage, Tall Black Guy, Kev Beadle, Dom Servini, Kid Fonque and many more, whilst previous collaborations have included Makaya McCraven, Oddisee and Ohmega Watts; testament to the quality and breadth of Quiet Dawn's compositions and production talents.\n\n\n'Celebrate' is released on vinyl \u0026amp; digital worldwide in May 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Word","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50416102801739,"sku":"2197947","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_dfc75d8b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726695561"},{"product_id":"human-being-the-short-story-of-the-road","title":"Human Being: The Short Story Of The Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Word kicks off 2018 with the welcome return of Quiet Dawn, and a new EP, 'Human Being: The Short Story of The Reed'. A suitably ice-thawing six-track opus to compliment the change of seasons, dedicated to the winter blooming plant's desire to be human. Parisian Will Galland first appeared on the label in late 2014, releasing his debut album 'The First Day' the following year. Collaborations on that album and subsequent mixes since have included offerings from Oddisee, Miles Bonny, Eric Lau, Bastien Keb, Sauce81 (Eglo), Mayaka McCraven and Sarah Williams White. Evolving his music from a palette accumulated over the years of Hip Hop, Broken Beat and House, he has expanded his talents for arranging and composing, and now drafted in a wealth of musicians for this sublime new EP, his most ambitious yet. Strings glide effervescently atop of Quiet Dawn's assorted analogue synths, and an array of percussive organics combine to build the tale of The Reed. In-places, the set transcends into the kind of grooves that saunter somewhere between the land of Bonobo and Quantic, and the cinematic library record craft of Alan Hawkshaw et al. Deep, organic and epic. Each track of the EP tells a different chapter of the story. In the words of Quiet Dawn, \"This record is about human behaviour; relationships, happiness, sadness, peace, anger, sex, love, birth, death… But as viewed by The Reed. The Reed is a plant that wants to be human, after observing them all around her. Over the course of the record, The Reed evolves and desires to feel feelings, gradually learning that becoming human is not so simple… .\" Also with artwork by Sophie Bass and Grégoire Marty, this glorious six-track vinyl and digital EP is released February 2018 on First Word Records. 'Agent im Objekt' is playful but analytical, uplifting but mentally disturbed. While the dynamic use of reoccuring motives forces your body to move, cerebral timbres provoke a series of stimuli to massage your brain. It is intellectual body music that might mark a poetic turn in progressive dance music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The reed from the earth and waters,\u003cbr\u003eHuman by the flesh and bones,\u003cbr\u003eBring by the love and others,\u003cbr\u003eNow, you're not alone.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Word","offers":[{"title":"Black 12\"","offer_id":50417519493451,"sku":"1028739","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5d872729-a802-41ff-a9e5-7086b3ddd39a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726731990"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/quiet-dawn.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}