Amir Yaghmai - Go Bozo out today

Go Bozo, Amir Yaghmai’s debut solo album, is out today. It’s a brilliant blend of club-ready dance grooves and ambient explorations – a bit like hearing a Floating Points remix of Brian Eno’s Apollo. “Go Bozo” was Yaghmai’s mantra during the recording process, a reminder to stay instinctual and only give consideration to what he wanted to hear at any given moment. “If I'm helping someone else's vision take shape, what I’m playing is always very carefully considered and I take notes from people; it’s very collaborative,” Yaghmai explains. “When it comes to just something from nothing on my own, I was a novice.” While Yaghmai had a few touchstones in mind, collaborators like Feist and Nosaj Thing to help out on a few tracks, and a plethora of notes he’d sketched out, at the studio, he abandoned any plans; he showed up and simply played. The end result is something intuitive and propulsive yet deftly titrated, combining the experimental nature of electronic music, the improvisatory qualities of jazz and stylistic cues Middle Eastern, Eastern European and African folk music.

TRACKS: 1. Full Bozo Mode / 2. Bozo Beach / 3. Training Montague / 4. Go Bozo / 5. KRI / 6. Black Turtleneck (feat. Daniel Rotem) / 7. Special Price For Geeks / 8. KSA / 9. White Turtleneck / 10. Lamb & Tato