Jitwam - opendoors

Taken from the album HONEYCOMB out May 2nd 2019 on Tartelet Records

Written and recorded by Jitwam
Produced by Jitwam. and Natureboy Flako

Jitwam - “HONEYCOMB”
Label: Tartelet Records – TARTALB010
Released: 2 May 2019
Format: Vinyl 12’

Tracklist
1. busstop
2. temptations
3. diamonds
4. hearts don't lie
5. i'm a rock
6. b i t c h
7. i don't know
8. universes
9. trustt
10. opendoors
11. country & western
12. aria's song


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With his roots in Assam, northeast India, and his hustle now based in Brooklyn, the psychedelic soul-savant known as jitwam. will officially drop his second album on the Copenhagen-based label Tartelet Records in May 2019. To mark its release, a music video to the album’s opener “busstop” was shot in the exhilarating city of Mumbai across three days.
HONEYCOMB hits the sweet spot between jitwam’s work in dance music and efforts as a bandleader, connecting people in-studio and on-stage. The record encapsulates his diverse upbringing in India and Australia, before living in monasteries in Thailand, orphanages in South Africa, and finally the US, where he currently resides.

On jitwam’s journey, he’s worn several musical faces that all highlight soulful sounds within the world of psychedelic indie rock, the hip-hop realm, and underground house music.

These sounds and musical identities are apparent in his 12-track album of broken microphone blues, heartfelt vocals, and smooth assorted instrumentation. It follows jitwam’s well-received EPs on his own imprint, The Jazz Diaries, which secured him a spot on Moodymann’s DJ Kicks compilation.

HONEYCOMB was recorded at the Steam Room Sessions studio in London, where Natureboy Flako lent his special touch to jitwam’s tracks across some intimate collaborative sessions. We’re left with sonic “diary entries” that put a magnifying glass on life’s mundane moments, turning them into inspired tales of life, love, sadness, and periods of ecstatic release.

Album opener “busstop” finds him welcoming you into his world with warm guitar riffs, smooth basslines, and lyrics about the comforting chaos of urban life in India. Features are aplenty on the LP too: London artist Marie Bashiru adds croons to the buttery “diamonds” and “temptations”; trumpet is worked in by Henry Wu-collaborator Nick Walton; and frequent Brooklyn-based collaborator Aquiles Navarro features on the lullaby jam “hearts don’t lie.”

Hazy 90s hip-hop drums and warm synths bring the listener into “i’m a rock.” Going even deeper, jazz-funk enters the room on “trustt,” a tune that’s all groovy basslines and cosmic soundscapes. “opendoors” brings up the energy for one of the LP’s most full on, hands-up trips; it’s a mix of buzzing horns and uplifting vocals about the possibilities to be found in any moment if you just let go – and let loose.

HONEYCOMB frees jitwam from any parameters of a dance floor 12-inch. It blasts open the doors for an artist who fuses musical identities and stitches together ideas into some of the warmest music you’ll hear all year. Welcome to HONEYCOMB: A psychedelic journey through the inner beyond.

released May 2, 2019

[lucwijngaard]

There's so much underrated music just waiting to be discovered

[michellehernandez]

Came here after watching a tiktok of a young lady that asked God to send her a sign that she would be ok after quitting her job❤

[JoeGamingA]

People saying this sounds like a warm day and it definitely does but it feels the song of a sincere world

[prof.wendigo]

Idk what it is, but this song just feels right, coca cola made a good choice

[peachescobbler]

Coca Cola ad and Shazam, thanks. This is a gorgeous song 👌🏽💜

[kamikazeloudstyle]

I swear, listening to this on a Saturday morning hits different!🥰💖😁

[Marv_wp]

1:41 when I heard this part at the end of the coca cola ad I had to go search for it 😭🔥

[olekmasidnoz]

I have been lookinf for this masterpiece since the coca cola ad😂

[thesavannalady]

How does this only have 6000 views? Someone needs to rhyme over this and it will bop

[HarlequinJitsu]

This ia such a. Immaculate vibe. Thank you. Wolfgang Mozart loves you

[do]

That Coke advert put me on, better late than never

[Luvluvxo]

Found this from a coca cola ad, googled it and immediately fell in love. This song like a warm sunny Sunday afternoon, the smell of food from the kitchen, or a breakfast brunch restaurant, a busy city in 1989 even though I wasnt even born then, but still

[nnn-gnfo]

Is like fench band "Air", but adding an exquisite funk touch

[Kwanelehlela]

Im have been looking for this song for sooo long😆🔥 thank you coca cola

[kingace]

...yeah baby... I AM picking up what you are putting down...NICE move... I see you...👑😎💫💛😘🦅

[zoltanlaszlo]

No coke ad, simply a restaurant yesterday evening & Shazam. = Open doors

[justinhoffman]

This is unbelievable. I curate music and this just made multiple lists.

[Good-guy-lucky]

Coca cola just used this song and since then I fall in love with this song

[dw]

What a great song! God bless You all brothers and sisters!

[danielacastro-fphc]

esse som tem memórias dos anos 70 onde às coisas estavam acontecendo era a corrida em busca dos sonhos onde tudo era belo❤