{"product_id":"multiversum","title":"Multiversum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJimi Tenor\u003c\/strong\u003e has always been something of a Renaissance man. On leaving his Finnish homeland for New York in the early 1990s, and later as he traveled through Europe, he quickly discovered what he calls his \u003cem\u003eikigai\u003c\/em\u003e, his great joy in life: to record and produce music in DIY mode at home with the most rudimentary of means, spontaneously and intuitively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn more than 30 years of making music, \u003cstrong\u003eTenor\u003c\/strong\u003e has remained true to his ideal, whether as a solo artist on his early electronic albums or in the widely diverse collaborations and constellations which followed (with the likes of Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu, Abdissa Assefa).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMultiversum\u003c\/em\u003e is now his third album for Hamburg-based label Bureau B. \u003cstrong\u003eJimi Tenor\u003c\/strong\u003e and Bureau B first teamed up in 2020 on the former's \"NY, Hel, Barca\" retrospective and continued their association with the release of Deep Sound Learning, a collection of rarities, in spring 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst \u003cstrong\u003eTenor\u003c\/strong\u003e has predominantly released jazz and Afrobeat records over the past two decades, his live performances have often seen him return to his minimalist roots. Enthralled by how \u003cstrong\u003eJimi Tenor\u003c\/strong\u003e the solo artist conjured up his space music with just a synthesizer, flute and saxophone, Bureau B ultimately invited him to record an album with this basic and yet astoundingly effective set-up. Within just a few months, \u003cstrong\u003eTenor\u003c\/strong\u003e delivered an impressive selection of new pieces to Bureau B; all recorded in his Helsinki home studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese tracks are now presented on \u003cem\u003eMultiversum\u003c\/em\u003e, a record which provides further proof of \u003cstrong\u003eJimi Tenor\u003c\/strong\u003e's versatility. Based on drum machine beats and synthesizer loops, \u003cstrong\u003eTenor\u003c\/strong\u003e's music invites the listener to drift into open, limitless expanses - he is a master of the unforeseeable, audibly infusing all twelve new tunes with a sense of joie de vivre and intuition, with no recourse to standards. \"\u003cem\u003eMultiversum\u003c\/em\u003e\" is a declaration of love to the DIY spirit, somewhere between bedroom jazz and deviant techno.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"Green | LP","offer_id":50476087017803,"sku":"1148876","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50476084494667,"sku":"1148873","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50476085379403,"sku":"1148875","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/61396c9a-f395-4826-9c4e-a115943ada50_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727454130","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/multiversum","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}