{"product_id":"ezra-collective-where-im-meant-to-be-2","title":"Ezra Collective- Where I'm Meant To Be { VINYL LP }","description":"\u003cp\u003eDouble orange colored vinyl LP pressing. 2022 release. Where I'm Meant To Be is a thumping celebration of life, and an affirming elevation in Ezra Collective's winding hybrid sound and refined collective character. The songs marry cool confidence with bright energy. Full of call-and-response conversations between their ensemble parts, Where I'm Meant To Be is a natural product of years improvising together on-stage. The album - which also features guest artists Sampa The Great, Kojey Radical, Emile Sande and Nao - will light up sweaty dance floors and soundtrack summer dinners in equal measure. The group - consisting of Femi Koleoso (who also drums for Gorillaz) as drummer and bandleader, Joe Armon-Jones on keys, James Mollison on saxophone, Ife Ogunjobi on trumpet, and Koleoso's younger brother TJ on bass guitar - originally came together in 2012 as teenagers at the youth band of Tomorrow's Warriors, a music education initiative at the South Bank Centre in London. They have since shot forward to become architects of a new phase in their city's musical journey, a hybrid time in which Black genres - jazz, grime, afrobeat and more - can dovetail and harmonize fluidly, at new, forever rising levels. The fourteen tracks on Where I'm Meant To Be took eighteen months to record. This gear-shift, far from the mere hours and days spent on all previous releases, not only reflects the impact of lockdown life on artistic creation - it is buoyed by the patience gained from slowing down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife Goes on (Feat. Sampa the Great)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Victory Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e No Confusion (Feat. Kojey Radical)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Welcome to My World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Togetherness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ego Killah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Smile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Live Strong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Siesta (Feat. Emeli Sandé)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Words By Steve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Belonging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Never the Same Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Words By TJ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Love in Outer Space (Feat. Nao)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43399577600090,"sku":"720841302018","price":10.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/6107\/2986\/files\/4132252-2908845.jpg?v=1779328666","url":"https:\/\/qbrxip-ki.myshopify.com\/products\/ezra-collective-where-im-meant-to-be-2","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}