The Young Ones

A few days back, Trizz posted a wonderful track from Alice Coltrane and it got me thinking about an exhibit I visited in London a few years back put on by 180 Studios. It was called Reverb. You entered to the music of Stan Douglas’ Luanda Kinshasa in a dark auditorium with bench seating and perfect sound. From there it was one soundscape after another, covering everything from pink spiked art installations by Virgil Abloh to a collection of 100 album covers curated by Hacienda’s Ben Kelly.

It was all visually and auditorially stimulating in ways that were both pleasant and jarring. So, at the very end, when you had a chance to kick off your shoes, lay down on plush pillows, close your eyes, and listen to El Nutto on Devon Turnbull’s Dream No.1 it was a necessary calm. I laid there for the full 43 minutes it took for the album to finish, getting up one of the staff to come in and switch records.

“The Young Ones” is my favorite track off of this collaboration between Alice Coltrane and Terry Gibbs. If this is your first time – welcome; it gets better from here. If you’re a returning visitor, hope this gives you the feels the same way it did for me the first time I heard it.