Turbulence and Pulse

Description

Cape Town, South Africa-based drummer Asher Gamedze explores the temporal relationships between music and history on his new album Turbulence and Pulse, released on International Anthem in collaboration with Johannesburg-based label Mushroom Hour Half Hour. For Gamedze, the underlying message of Turbulence and Pulse is "to claim a form of historical agency and to realize that the future is not predetermined. As people, we can organize to transform our world in small and large ways." This concept stems from Gamedze's involvement in radical cultural work and political organizing. Turbulence and Pulse comes as a reset and reintroduction, even as Gamedze is once again joined by his core quartet Dialectic Soul - South African musicians Thembinkosi Mavimbela (bass), Robin Fassie (trumpet), and Buddy Wells (tenor sax).