brooding electronics
In its sensibility
the looping piano of ‘Sandpit’
The definition of the word 'fado' is technically 'fate'
the jangling melancholy of ‘Shady Lane’
Isaiah Collier - JOY FARAQUET brooding electronicsIsaiah Collier returns with Joy, a five track EP that treats joy not as escape, but as a grounded, hard won force shaped by loss, love, faith and collective endurance. Across the record, the Chicago saxophonist, composer and bandleader moves between spiritual jazz, gospel, R&B and exploratory ensemble writing, bringing vocals, piano, tenor sax, flutes, synth bass and layered arrangements into close conversation. The title track opens with bright,