Xaybu: The Unseen is the sophomore release from SÃ©lÃ©bÃ©yone, the international avant-rap collective led by saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman, who has been hailed by The New York Times for his "sure-footed futurism" in the realms of modern jazz and contemporary classical music. Comprised of MCs HPrizm and Gaston Bandimic, saxophonists Lehman and Maciek Lasserre, and drummer Damion Reid, their eponymous 2016 debut was hailed as a game-changing synthesis of underground hip-hop, modern jazz and live electronic music that was described by Pitchfork as "legitimately new" and a "revelation." On Xaybu, SÃ©lÃ©bÃ©yone - which means "intersection" in Wolof - continues to build on it's groundbreaking work with shifting rhythms and state-of-the art sound design, now with a newfound sense of effortless fluidity. The word "xaybu" in Wolof refers to the concept in Islamic mysticism of al-Ghaib - that which is unknowable and unseeable. HPrizm (a.k.a. High Priest, legend of New York's underground hip-hop

Tracklist:

Time Is the First Track
Djibrillamina
Gas Akap
Liminal
Gagaku
Poesie I
Poesie II
Go in
Navigation
Dual Ndoxol
Dual HP
Zeraora
Souba
Time Is the First Track ^1.15

UPC: 808713009514
Label: Pi Recordings
Release Date: 9.9.22
Format: Vinyl

Steve Lehman - Xaybu: The Unseen (LP)