{"product_id":"space-afrika-quiet-storm","title":"Quiet Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpace Afrika, the Manchester\/Berlin-based duo of Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang, make raw, intensely detailed, visceral music with shades of ambient, trip-hop, techno, and modern classical, drawing spacious urban dubscapes from the contours of their city. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuiet Storm\u003c\/em\u003e expands on their sound and scale as a sprawling, collaborative vision shaped with profound patience and intention, embedding their own coming-of-age story within a moving suite of cathartic abstraction. Songs allude to spirituality and the human condition, the tension between boldness and softness, ambition and persistent inner demons. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking to the multidisciplinary nature of the project is the involvement of celebrated artist Glenn Ligon, whose work deals with Black identity and queerness. A central inspiration at the onset of recording, Ligon offered his work Figure #30 (2009) for the cover artwork, and following the completion of recording, he agreed to provide the project's name — an unprecedented gesture from the pioneering artist. Listening to the final sequence, Ligon thought of \"Quiet Storm,\" the 1970s radio format known for smooth, late-night programming with themes of life and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuiet Storm \u003c\/em\u003ebrings the listener through various scenes, interludes, and arcs, marked by a sense that its movement is fluid and its characters are fleeting. Into-the-mirror monologues grapple with the existential and the immediate: survival, autonomy, purpose. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the record, words spoken and sung are placed sparingly to powerful effect. “2MLN”'s beauty and catharsis is a collective slow march, featuring British-Nigerian artist Tony Njoku, with guitar and lead bass by Gabriel Evans, London's PIKE on drums, and Copenhagen's GB on keys and strings. Heavy yet hopeful, Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang remind you of their journey so far. An appropriately cryptic and transportive outro for their open-ended opus\u003cem\u003e, Quiet Storm\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark level-up: self-produced, self-funded, and manifested out of sheer drive and conviction. Through bent time and low-lit haze, undoubtedly, Space Afrika has arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: September 2026\u003cbr\u003eCat: DAIS232LP1\u003cbr\u003eLabel: DAIS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RtNBWbi-Eyg?si=ZD2h8cN6IXBP6AoK\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE A \u003cbr\u003e1. Vanity (ft. Axelle Fanyo) \u003cbr\u003e2. Crying Never Had a Voice ~ (ft. Vanessa Bedoret) \u003cbr\u003e3. From the Heart of Knowing (ft. Alto Aria) \u003cbr\u003e4. Ballad for A'G' (ft. RXK Nephew, Klein) \u003cbr\u003e5. Black and Gold \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE B \u003cbr\u003e6. H00D Ambient Validation (ft. Any1) \u003cbr\u003e7. 2MLN (ft. Tony Njoku) \u003cbr\u003e8. We Live. Joy \u003cbr\u003e9. Pretty Gospel (ft. Kiala Ogawa) \u003cbr\u003e10. If This Is Hell (ft. Deuén Regards) \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Space Afrika","offers":[{"title":"LP-Blue Ripple","offer_id":56701962191234,"sku":"25\/09\/26-DISROM","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP-Black","offer_id":56701968318850,"sku":"25\/09\/26-DISROM","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56701968417154,"sku":"25\/09\/26-DISROM","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1795\/4365\/files\/ab397560-510d-1544-d74a-bf672a669714.jpg?v=1781086837","url":"https:\/\/recordculture.com\/products\/space-afrika-quiet-storm","provider":"Record Culture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}