Luke Abbott reveals first solo album in six years

Luke Abbott has a new album on the way through Border Community.

Out October 30th, Translate is the UK artist’s first solo LP since 2014’s Wysing Forest, which also came out on James Holden’s label. Abbott likened the process of making the new record to the Japanese Sumi-e ink painting technique.

“[It’s] a kind of zen ink painting style where you meditate and try and embody the spirit of what you’re trying to paint, then you paint very quickly with only one brush stroke allowed for each mark,” he said. “My music probably isn’t as elegant and refined as ink painting, but there is a similar essence to the intention. It takes a long time to prepare yourself and you try and bring all of your expertise and life experience to the work, then you focus hard and make it very quickly.”

Listen to album opener, “Kagen Sound.”

Tracklist
01. Kagen Sound

02. Our Scene

03. Flux

04. Ames Window

05. Roses

06. Earthship

07. Living Dust

08. River Flow

09. Feed Me Shapes

10. Luna

11. August Prism

Border Community will release Translate on October 30th, 2020.

Photo credit: Laura Lewis