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01. Black Light Smoke - Sprinkles Says
02. Black Light Smoke - 727 Anthem (House Is Back)
03. Black Light Smoke - Hearts Not Broken (feat. Léah Lazonick)
04. Black Light Smoke - Pleasure Chaser
05. Black Light Smoke - The Beat Direct
06. Black Light Smoke - Love Triangle
07. Black Light Smoke - Ghosts (feat. Léah Lazonick)
08. Black Light Smoke - Out From Within
09. Black Light Smoke - Prisoner
10. Black Light Smoke - At Home In Strange Places
11. Black Light Smoke - Resonate
12. Black Light Smoke - In The Valley
ARTIST
TITLE
Ghosts
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SAT 058LP SAT 058LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/2/2023

Black Light Smoke is the electronic music moniker of Jordan Lieb -- producer, songwriter, and award-winning film and TV composer. A Chicago native, Jordan transplanted to New York City in 2001, where his career as a multi-disciplined musician has taken flight in many forms. Currently residing in upstate New York, Black Light Smoke returns to Scissor & Thread for his first full-length debut-album: Ghosts. The 12 tracks span everything from '90s house, smooth, and deep soulful beats, dusty grooves, and thoughtful treaties on the state of creativity, capitalism, and identity. It's a collection that sits together as a listening experience perfectly, building peaks and sliding into serene troughs, all with a strong sense of radical thought and creative experimentation. Tracks bend and warp in unexpected directions, while gritty, distortion and overdrive counterpoint classic rave stabs and vocal samples. Taken as a whole, the album could be the soundtrack to a night drive through the city, as much as certain tracks will no doubt find themselves woven into the sets of the more leftfield and genre pushing DJs. Either way, it's an essential release from one of the most exciting and vital producers out there and the first artist signed to Scissor & Thread back in 2011. The album title, Ghosts, tells two stories. One is personal -- an artist embracing the shadows of his past in order to move forward and complete a body of work. The second story is a search for the original meaning of house music -- not just the usual sample, appropriation or casual nod to the originators of house -- but a meditation on the living story of Black America in which house music is an inseparable chapter. Both stories are a reflection on grief and the transformation of trauma into celebration. 100% of Jordan Lieb's personal proceeds from this record will go to Little Bit Foundation, empowering students living in poverty to achieve their academic goals. Features Léah Lazonick. Gatefold sleeve.