LEFTO EARLY BIRD - Motherless Father (Album)
Revered DJ and radio host Lefto Early Bird is back with his new album Motherless Father, out 8th March on Giles Peterson’s iconic Brownswood Recordings record label.
Across its ten tracks, Motherless Father sees Lefto delving deeper than ever, crafting a melancholic collection while throwing sonic shifts and shapes onto the dancefloor.
It’s a mix of the quiet and reflective; and the big, bold and beautiful, from the soulful opening of ‘Diane Charlemagne’ featuring the in-demand vocalist Iman Houssein to the Detroit vibes of latest single ‘Electric’. Elsewhere, the epic slow burner ‘Love Supreme (Part 1 and 2)’ unfurls with dreamy synths, mellow grooves and Aint About Me’s spoken word vocals across a seven minute odyssey, lead single ‘I Sing To Find Peace of Mind’ is a journey through uptempo jazz featuring Lefto himself on vocals and DJ/multi-instrumentalist Simbad on saxophone, while ‘The Birth of a New You’ and ‘One Day You Smile, One Day You Cry’ make the most of Pierro Spataro’s poignant saxophone tones.
"This record feels like the starting point of a new era; the tracks I recorded, the ones I’m singing over and the guests I invited have been my way to deal with the pandemic, the motherless child that I am and the father that I am”, Lefto says.
“I call this record a deep pre-club record, one that will give you the energy to go out there and party but with a feeling of letting go of everything."
To celebrate the release, Lefto is hosting a variety of album launch parties in Belgium, Paris and London, including a Love Vinyl show on release day, performing the highly anticipated project live for the first time.
A legend in Belgium and a very well known deejay in the clubbing scene, Lefto has proven to be an important personality in Europe for pushing new talent worldwide. Like many of his generation, he has gained a global following because of his radio shows, broadcasting on the likes of Kiosk Radio, The Lot Radio and the late Worldwide FM from his base in Brussels as well as several shows on NTS, all the while becoming an international beacon of good taste whether dropping jazz, electronica, techno and house or hip hop.
Appearing as a special guest on live shows from Robert Glasper, Thundercat and touring with Badbadnotgood just to name a few, he’s been praised for being consistently ahead, devoted to the future of music, not waiting for the next thing — he seeks it out.
No wonder he is affiliated to many international labels like Brownswood Recordings, Ninja Tune, R&S Records, Boiler Room and Red Bull Music. Lefto’s biggest personal achievement is a remix album for Blue Note, but he also released productions on International Anthem, Heavenly Sweetness, Bastard Jazz Records, has a Serato record, and curated compilations for Gilles Peterson, Universal, BBE and SDBAN.
Famed for taking his crowd on a journey from Jazz and Electronica to anything he likes, and blessing sound systems around the globe with regular nights in Japan, South-Korea, USA and Europe, he also curates his own nights in Belgium, is a resident at Horst Festival and hosts a stage at one of Belgium’s biggest festivals, Dour Festival.
Motherless Father is out now via Brownswood Recordings.