{"product_id":"andy-bell-masal-common-primitives","title":"Andy Bell \u0026 Masal - Common Primitives","description":"\u003cp\u003ePre-order. Release Date 9th October 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eCommon\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ePrimitives\u003c\/span\u003e is the second collaborative album between Andy Bell (Ride guitarist, Oasis bassist) and Essex-based harp and synth duo Masal. It’s a stunning, meditative collection which veers from kosmische to astral jazz by way of Turkish folk tunes and all the way back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir first outing, 2023’s acclaimed Tidal Love Numbers, consisted of four lengthy and almost ambient tracks and is included here on vinyl for the first time as part of a two-record set with the new album. By contrast, the seven tracks that make up \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eCommon\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ePrimitives\u003c\/span\u003e are almost concise, but also a lot more layered and complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We tend to work from initial, free-jammed ideas, building form and arrangement from there,” explains Masal’s Al Johnson. “Above all, we believe you should go where the vibe takes you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Andy, that vibe was very much jazz legend Pharoah Sanders’ classic 1977 album Pharoah, which was reissued a few years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It puts me into a hypnotic state,” he explains. “That’s why I worked with more guitar loops on this record. The Tisziji Muñoz part on ‘Harvest Time’ has had me in a vice-like grip for the last three years and it arrives here via the Vini Reilly filter.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Özlem Simsek, there is nostalgia, too, and she even adds vocals as well as her heavenly harp to the opening track, ‘After Kâtibim’, based on a traditional Turkish folk song she had sung as a child growing up in Istanbul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom there, the album takes us on a real journey, with the apt, impressionistic titles added by Andy once it had all been pieced together. There’s the beautiful, elegant ‘I Swear We Are Infinite’; the atmospheric ‘Yuzuki Fighting Spirit’ and the beatific ‘Soap And Water’. ‘Tower Of Babylon’ was named after the novelette by Ted Chiang, its structured creation reflecting that in the story; first single ‘The Morning Of The Trip’ finds Andy playing his guitar “as if it was a waterfall”. The journey ends with ‘Rudi’s Dream – The Third Bardo’, the trio accelerating onto the autobahn for a krautrock crescendo inspired by their studio’s resident cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRecord 1 - Tidal Love Numbers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA1. Murmuration Of Warm Dappled Light On Her Back After Swimming\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA2. The Slight Unease Of Seeing A Crescent Moon In Blue Midday Sky\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB1. Tidal Love Conversation In That Familiar Golden Orchard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB2. A Pyramid Hid By Centuries Of Neon Green Undergrowth\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRecord 2 - \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eCommon\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ePrimitives\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA1. After Kâtibim\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA2. I Swear We Are Infinite\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA3. Yuzuki Fighting Spirit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB1. Soap And Water\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB2. Tower Of Babylon\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB3. The Morning Of The Trip\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB4. Rudi’s Dream – The Third Bardo\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"450\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/common-primitives\/6781278256\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cargo","offers":[{"title":"Indies Only 2LP Starburst Vinyl","offer_id":56555116757332,"sku":"SCR390LPI","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard 2LP Transparent Blue \/ Violet Vinyl","offer_id":56555116790100,"sku":"SCR390LP","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3860\/0020\/files\/andybell_masai_commonprimitivesSCR390LPIindiesonlyvinylexploded.jpg?v=1784910760","url":"https:\/\/www.realgrooverecords.co.uk\/products\/andy-bell-masal-common-primitives","provider":"Real Groove Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}