***Oakland California’s James Wavey (aka Michael Bridgmon, aka Alleyes Manifest) is known for rhythmic poeticisms and presents them in a psychedelic hip hop style. His music production is influenced by jazz with funk undertones. Snowy Beach is a journal entry documenting a trip through America, a blotter paper of contradictions: snowy beaches, cold shoulders. Recorded at the height of the pandemic as American civil unrest was across the nation, Snowy Beach captures the moment and serves as a polaroid of the times. "These times are changing / made it to a Snowy Beach / relearned who I’m supposed to be" Wavey carefully selects from jazz, live instruments, California soul samples to Turkish down beat groves—a backdrop for revolutionary poetry to shine on, shine on, shine on. The tracks for Snowy Beach stand alone as they stand together, a hot body of work forged on an increasingly incoherent planet. Central to this effort, Wavey seems to build a strong foundation on contradictions and obscurities. Originally self-released on cassette in March of 2021, Dandy Boy Records is proud to present Snowy Beach for the first time on vinyl. Edition of 250 copies.
LP $21.95
05/20/2022
***MICHAEL BRIDGMON aka JAMES WAVEY aka ALLEYES MANIFEST is a Midwest transplant who hit the Oakland ground running, releasing four tapes, a 7" single, and a handful of digital EPs over the past few years—and while the aliases may change, his slanted, rhythmic poeticism and hazy hip-hop stays consistently solid. Roses is his most recent full-length release and it marks a progression in his sound, marrying a psychedelic aesthetic to his jazz-steeped beats and inviting KERI SHEWMAKER (SMALL CRIMES) and BRYSON WALLACE along for the ride. Hand-numbered edition of 100 copies.
LP $17.75
10/04/2019