{"product_id":"44th-move","title":"44th Move","description":"\u003cp\u003eMultifaceted musicians Alfa Mist and Richard Spaven announce identities behind their 44th Move project and drop their debut self-titled EP on Black Acre. The pair are two of London’s most hotly tipped Jazz artists, and both have a broad range of influences. Alfa Mist is a self-taught piano player with his early album \u003ci\u003eAntiphon\u003c\/i\u003e becoming an international fan-driven success, receiving more than 6 million streams on youtube alone. Since then he has continually moved on to straddle many genres with recent projects such as \u003ci\u003eStructuralism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn My Ones\u003c\/i\u003e, both experimenting with solo piano, neo-classical and hinting at his roots in Hip Hop. Meanwhile, Spaven’s accolades includes three studio albums, such as the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eReal Time\u003c\/i\u003e LP on Fine Line, working with The Cinematic Orchestra, Guru’s Jazzmatazz, Flying Lotus, Jose James, Jameszoo and Jordan Rakei.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pair now team up together for a poignant debut release as 44th Move. “Creating the sound was just a coming together where we discovered that we shared a lot of the same influences. We got to writing straight away - before we really got to know each other. I found it easy with a ton of inspiration. Ideas kept coming and we were on the same page. In retrospect we want 44th to have an edge - it’s a ‘heart on your sleeve’ project where we can express all those hip hop and broken beat records.” - Richard Spaven \u003ci\u003eLittle Techno\u003c\/i\u003e opens with an essence of melancholy and emotional connection emphasising loose drums, pulsing keys and delicate chords. \u003ci\u003eFly\u003c\/i\u003e then superbly merges contemporary glitches and samples with organic percussion while \u003ci\u003eHope \u003c\/i\u003efuses Alfa Mist’s vocal-work with elegant brass, keys and an undercurrent of subtle rhythmic delight. On the flip, \u003ci\u003eBroken\u003c\/i\u003e flows with soft Rhodes sequences and Spaven’s signature crisp-sounding snares, giving a sophisticated edge to its arrangement before \u003ci\u003eTwo Nil \u003c\/i\u003eslants towards a broken-beat lane with distant keyboards, syncopated beats and dystopian-like harmonies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Acre","offers":[{"title":"Clear | 12\"","offer_id":50453384954187,"sku":"1117361","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c8006191-3258-4be3-a32f-5661f2f6d7a1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727171486","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/44th-move","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}