{"product_id":"preservation-gabe-nandez-sortilege","title":"Preservation \u0026 Gabe 'Nandez- Sortilege [ vinyl ]","description":"\u003cp\u003eSortilège is the new album from esteemed producer and DJ Preservation and ascendant\r\ntalent Gabe 'Nandez. The two artists first linked on Aethiopes, Preservation's 2022\r\ncollaboration with billy woods, where Nandez was featured alongside Boldy James on\r\none of the album's standout tracks. \"Sauvage\" became the catalyst for Sortilège, as the\r\nNew Orleans-based producer and New York-based rapper gradually began exchanging\r\nideas-first long distance, then in February 2024, when Nandez flew to New Orleans for\r\ntwo weeks, ready to work.\r\n\"It was smooth, very synergetic,\" 'Nandez explains. \"We listened to mad music-Boot\r\nCamp Clik, Scaramanga, Cuban Linx-and I was asking questions about all types of shit,\r\ntrying to soak up game and history, which I did.\"\r\nThe two also bonded over their shared francophone ancestry: Preservation is half French\r\nand 'Nandez is half Malian. These connections made their way into the music as well,\r\nvia both aesthetics and sample sources, and that sort of exchange courses through\r\nSortilège, bridging the generational, geographical, and cultural gaps between the two\r\nartists with a record that feels a world unto itself. Esoteric, yet blunt and uncomplicated\r\nas a fistfight, Sortilège erases the line between urbane and urban. It's a movie in a lucid\r\ndream, A Clockwork Négritude projected against the wall of a construction site. Mixed-use\r\nresidential.\r\nTracing this arc, fellow travelers Armand Hammer, Koncept Jack$on, Ze Nkoma Mpaga Ni\r\nNgoko, and billy woods all make appearances. Oh, and there are drums everywhere: drums\r\nthat will rattle a hooptie and drums that whisper threats. Somehow, over the course of 14\r\ntracks, Preservation seems to find his way to every instrument imaginable-yet each beat\r\nhas room to breathe. Amidst this breakbeat symphony, 'Nandez's unmistakable baritone\r\nglides purposefully, ever forward, a bristling warship in troubled waters. Every time the\r\nbass thumps, 'Nandez counterpunches. This is a record for heavyweight speakers and\r\nclunky headphones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarmattan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Spire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Shadowstep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Muay Sok\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bascinet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Morning Star\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hierophant (Feat. Koncept Jack$On)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e War (Feat. Billy Woods)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ball ; Chain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nom de Guerre (Feat. Ze Nkoma Mpaga Ni Ngoko)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Respected Calligraphy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mondo Cane (Feat. Armand Hammer ; Benjamin Booker)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Kurtz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lotus Flower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e UPC \u0026gt; 850063560283 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Format \u0026gt; New Vinyl \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Label \u0026gt; Rhymesayers \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Release Date \u0026gt; Release Date: 10.10.25 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58023680442632,"sku":"850063560283","price":5.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5987\/1240\/files\/4450122-3433341.jpg?v=1781491247","url":"https:\/\/evo-global-2.myshopify.com\/products\/preservation-gabe-nandez-sortilege","provider":"EVO GLOBAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}