Westside Trapped by Heavensouls

For fans of Los Thuthanaka, Lua Trilogy!, History Dog, Jazz fusion, and the soaring flow state of creative community, Westside Trapped by Heavensouls crafts an alternate reality with complete anti-colonial worldwide liberation. By focusing on the traditions of the artist’s native Nigeria and employing help from experimental artists from a diverse array of backgrounds, Heavensouls sets in motion a future where art celebrates people beyond the sorts of shallow nation-state constructs which dominate our western sense of cultural belonging. The varied collaborations give each track a unique atmosphere, ranging from glitchy free jazz to post-structural r&b to pure abstract noise to traditional dance forms, immersing us in a post-jazz space acclimated to a future where national borders carry as little meaning as so-called genre distinctions. We don’t have to wistfully and helplessly hope for this new world; it’s already here, fully fleshed out and reaping the fruits of its undeniable existence. Now we must make a choice to leave behind our mainstream life and its comforts and embrace the fluidity of something more fulfilling.