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what is jazz?

by TOMO

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  • Limited 180g LP in gatefold cover containing not one but two of TOMO's latest EPs - what is jazz? & toise/-
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1.
prelude : shiiiiit a.k.a. diss shiiiiit a.k.a. eat shiiiiit deep shit 04:24
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2.
what is jazz? : Spacey K 06:23
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3.
what is jazz? : fun key emoticon 05:45
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4.
what is jazz? : cool the sack a.k.a. chilled axe a.k.a. walking the streets of LA at nite in 2300s 02:53
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about

He originates from a parallel universe and is in possession of alien technology that he uses to create self-discovery music for your listening pleasure.

After his ultra-low-fi Mini CD single PLAYS (Gotta Let It Out, 2023), TOMO comes back with not one but two stunning EPs released on a single 180g vinyl in a beautiful gatefold cover.

Six 80s YAMAHA synths and drum machines, the beloved midi-ribbon, and two Fostex 4-track tape recorders become a space-time ship here, taking us on an idiosyncratic journey into sound and a stylistic blender.

In TOMO's own words: "Each of these machines has their own unique sound to them. There's limitations and glitches. There's particulates of tone. There's an illusion of an unbroken conviction in each and every sound they make. There's a stylistic mishmash. There's emotional and cultural contexts these tones inhabit in our collective and subjective psyche. These machines make music on their own if you let them. This is my tribute to them."

We gave up on trying to describe this music, but perhaps the way TOMO classifies it could help:
lo-fi, Nu-80s, ADHD, ASD, inside-out, ultimate-stoner, proto-dance, naiveté, electro-shamanic, spiritual, toddler-jam, magical realism, space-emo.

The second EP on the vinyl is gottaletitout.bandcamp.com/album/toise

credits

released September 20, 2023

TOMO PLAYS:
YAMAHA VSS-200, TQ5, SHS-200, TX7, DD-10,DD-11
DOEPFER R2M,
FOSTEX XR-5, 200

All music by TOMO
Recorded at Monastic Studios in January, 2023 by Kristian Tangvik & Tomo Jacobson
Mixed by Tomo Jacobson
Mastered by Michał Kupicz
Layout & cover art by Tomo Jacobson & Hipermania
All the help in the world by Kristian Tangvik & my girls

GLIO61LP
Released by Gotta Let It Out in 2023

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Album reviews:

"WOW"
(Polish Jazz - Mateusz Chorążewicz - Poland)

"Even hyenas laugh their heads off at solo entertainer Tomo"
(Bad Alchemy #121 - Rigobert Dittmann - Germany)

"There should be no doubt that Tomo uses the instruments in a way that could hardly have been imagined in the Yamaha development department in Japan in the eighties."
(JazzNyt - Niels Overgård - Denmark)

"Playful, weird and interesting at the same time."
(3Fach Radio - Samschtig Jatz - Switzerland)

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Gotta Let It Out Copenhagen, Denmark

Gotta Let It Out is an independent music label and a publishing house.
It was established in 2017 in Copenhagen by the musician Tomo Jacobson and the photo/video artist Malwa Grabowska aka. Hipermania.

We are proudly genre-less. We leave full creative control to the artists. What binds our releases is genuity, true expression, and freedom to explore. Our artists say, they simply Gotta Let It Out. ... more

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