{"product_id":"onwards","title":"Onwards","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouth Carolina-based multi-hyphenate, Contour, arrives on Errol and Alex Rita’s Touching Bass with \u003ci\u003eOnwards!\u003c\/i\u003e — an evocative, twelve-track journey through black art past and contemporary with soul, electronics and archival material at its core. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The record exists as a bridge in conversation between today’s artists and art of the past which offered potential ways to navigate the world that we’re in; personally or on a larger scale” says Contour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKhari Lucas describes himself as multifaceted, including musician, score composer, film and radio programmer within his universe of practice. Contour — the musical alias he started in 2014 — is the vessel for his musical research, songwriting and production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnwards!\u003c\/i\u003e arrives following on from \u003ci\u003eWeight\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and\u003ci\u003e Love Suite\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). Both previous records were impressive calling cards for the now 27-year-old, diving deep into a rich and incredibly vivid imagination set to a soul, hip-hop and psychedelic rock-influenced blueprint. This third body of work serves as an expansion of his songwriting ability, both lyrically and thematically, through and beyond autobiographical expression. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside of this latest offering, Khari has collaborated with visionary black fashion house, Telfar, to launch their Black Camo line, co-directed\/edited (Fresh Rain, 2021) and scored (Half-Day, 2022; One Magenta Afternoon, 2022) film, and is a seasoned resident artist. Most recently for New York’s non-profit cultural centre Pioneer Works, NTS Radio’s WIP programme and as a guest curator for the New York-based art publisher and performance space, Montez Press Radio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Contour, he has supported contemporary musicians including MNDSGN and keiyaA. His monthly hosted radio show on dublab is a curatorial exercise called Footprints in the Dark. A two-hour exploration of a single black artist and a means for making one part of his research practice public. He has also guested on London’s NTS Radio and New York’s The Lot among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touching Bass","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50426400801099,"sku":"1164001","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/666bc355-1ef1-45ea-8842-14e3f1873958_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726809074","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/onwards","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}