Tezeta

Tezeta by Felipe Gordon released on Shall Not Fade.

Felipe Gordon is back on Shall Not Fade with his new album Tezeta and f*ck is it special. Felipe Gordon is SNF label mainstay... (we released his triple repressed debut album "A Landscape Onomatopeya" in 2022 as well as 7 x 12" EPs on SNF over the years plus an extra 12" on Lost Palms)... so given his consistent and exceptional output on our record label you'd probably forgive some complacency with this write up, you might even afford us license to assume we're preaching to the choir and allow us to rest easy knowing that at this stage Felipe Gordon's records sell themselves.... Well none of those things are happening here because when an artist makes a record this complete, this good, you have to try tofind the words. You use words like "timeless", "complete and "special". Words that can carry the weight. Because when you've listened to an album dozens of times, and not once, in any part, on any listen in any way has it fatigued you, you need to say. When a record felt so wonderfully familiar from thefirst listen and just kept on giving you the same feels ever since, you need to say. When a record makes you think about you how you feel about certain Air & St Germain albums (even when you know what it means to put that in a press release), you need to say. So here we are, saying these things.. Tezeta is a special record, one that exists in the rarefied air. A proper album. A record that every time you press play you will immediately remember why you own it and why you love it. A record that your subconscious will know so well that if shuffle is on you will know in an instant. An album that when it's in your collection and thefirst track starts you get a twinge of annoyance because you didn't listen again sooner and when thefinal track stops you stop too. Given paint and a canvas we can most of us paint a picture, but only those that are gifted can paint something that makes us feel. Tezeta makes you feel. Feel familiarity when it's playing, yearning when its not, and absence when it ends. This alone would be enough to make the argument as to why this album is special and justify the gushing opening paragraph of this press release. But we're not done yet. We don't really have a word in english for what Felipe Gordon has created with this album and how it makes you feel. "Tezeta" that word. Tezeta is a one of four musical modes within the traditional Ethiopian modal music system known as Qiñit. Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio- jazz, frequently uses this mode, often translating it as "nostalgia" or
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Tracklist

1. A1 Tezeta
2. B2 Lamento
3. B3 As Simple As That
4. B4 ¿Qué Será?
5. B5 No Distance Left To Run
6. B6 Eyes Closed
7. B7 As I Evolve
8. A2 That's The Sound
9. A3 Everyday, Another Day
10. A4 Runaway
11. A5 There Goes Again, My Heart
12. A6 Nunca Más
13. A7 Funky Funghi
14. A8 You Crazy
15. B1 Everytime

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