Green Monster by Kito Jempere

Green Monster, the 4th Kito Jempere studio album is a journey through love, interconnectedness and creative freedom, bound together by musical friendship that breaks through walls, borders, languages and shapes; accumulated over a celebrated twenty year career and ten years of Kito Jempere.

Over fourteen tracks Kito teams up with over 26 artists from all over the world: a range of talented artists including Warp records artist Jimi Tenor, Red Snapper drummer Rich Thair, Azari & III ex-vocalist Starving Yet Full, L.I.E.S. records Lipelis (on bass), Curly Castro and SINDYSMAN. The album blends hip-hop, free-flowing jazz and world-building soundscapes into a piece dedicated to Kito’s musical roots; marrying multiple artforms, cultural influences and international artists into a body of work that feels deeply personal, healing and detailed. The accompanying artwork is a world created by Kito made using Midjourney prompt, connecting the albums audio world with visible objects — both vinyl and CD will contain booklets with lyrics and the visual world of Green Monster.

Kito describes the album ‘like getting Ennio Morricone, Weezer, The Beatles, Oneohtrix Point Never, Eduard Artemiev, Jaga Jazzist, Massive Attack, Fugazi, Jimi Tenor, Hans Zimmer, Radiohead, John Cage and Aphex Twin all together, then collaborating with movie-directors Wes Anderson, David Lynch, Dziga Vertov and Andrei Tarkovskiy.’ Used as a metaphor to help create his album.

Tracklist

1.	The Language Of Love ft. Adam Evald, Antoha MC	2:51

2.	Strong Accent ft. Curly Castro, SINDYSMAN, Lovvlovver	2:29

3.	Forget, Forgive ft. mishinuki	2:43

4.	Ingen Förstår ft. Adam Evald, Ni!	2:56

5.	The Closing Shift At The Jazz Cafe ft. Jimi Tenor, Starving Yet Full, Ÿorik, Mak Glonti	4:06

6.	Breed ft. Ÿorik	1:10

7.	Praise This ft. SINDYSMAN	3:02

8.	In The Mood For Dub (Memories Of Love) ft. mishinuki	2:35

9.	Light ft. Fotiniya	1:58

10.	Obey (Reprise) ft. mishinuki	5:05

11.	Kabwato ft. Budūchi, Ni!, Lipelis	2:36

12.	Magic Mystery Tour ft. Adam Evald	2:00

13.	Track 04 (りんロゴ) ft. Jimi Tenor, Fotiniya, Rich Thair	4:28

14.	The Sun Is Still Up ft. Noteless, Adam Evald, Saya Siiang, Alina Royz, Katya Panterrra	3:42

Credits

released June 23, 2023

This album has been recorded in the course of January 2023 in many different places, including Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US), London (UK), Manchester (UK), Helsinki (Finland), Limassol (Cyprus), Kigali (Rwanda), Yerevan (Armeina).

Mixed by Roman Urazov at The Mixroom (Saint Petersburg, Russia) and Studio89 (Tallin, Estonia)
 Mixing assistants: Nick Afew & Telo Protivitsya 
Mastered by Atjazz in London (UK)

Produced by Kito Jempere

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