•• abe rounds

Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Abe started playing drums at the tender age of one. A fan and player of an eclectic array of music, Abe moved to the US to study at Berklee College of Music, graduating in 2014. There he had a serendipitous meeting with Meshell Ndegeocello, a lifelong musical influence, and has been a member of her band and musical family ever since. Now living in Los Angeles, Abe has been writing, recording, and performing as a multi instrumentalist and a singer and has toured worldwide with artists such as Seal, Andrew Bird, Sara Bareilles & Blake Mills. He has written and performed on numerous Grammy-nominated recordings and, as a motion picture composer, has contributed to score for multiple films and series, including Queen Sugar, Madame CJ Walker, and the upcoming Black Mafia Family.

RELEASE DATE: 09.17.21 - OUT NOW
CATALOG #: CF001
DIGITAL $10 | VINYL LP $27.99

Limited pressing of 500. Vinyl album is 150g black vinyl, mastered by Kevin Gray at Coherent Audio and manufactured by Record Industry Inc (RTI). Vinyl is ready to ship, and includes a digital download (in your choice of MP3, FLAC, WAV and other formats). Order vinyl.

CREATIVE EXPLORATION AND TRUST IN SELF is the point of departure for Abraham Rounds’ current project, “The Confidence to Make Mistakes”, a snapshot of a performance based in improvisation. With a goal to find unselfconscious freedom, Abe’s first solo EP represents a moment of unapologetic self-expression through percussion, drums and vocals. Asked what compels his courage in creativity, Abe credits his family. He was raised by strong, supportive women and his father is renowned Sydney musician/producer Victor Rounds. It is also impossible not to look back at his ancestry, with elders from many corners of the globe, including Fiji, Tonga, Hungary, and Iraq. The courage to go where his own heart led is what prompted Abe to hit record and capture 22 minutes of musical truth.