Ben Lamar Gay – Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition) (2025) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Ben Lamar Gay – Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition) (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:35 minutes | 651 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © International Anthem

Ben LaMar Gay’s de facto debut album, ‘Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun’, was our attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer / improviser / renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from 7 albums he made over 7 years (though he hadn’t yet made the effort to actually release). The material showcases Gay’s penchant for genre-hopping – from Steve Reich-ian soundscape voyages to Don Cherry-esque polyrhythm treks to Jorge Ben-style vocal-and-string earworms – while keeping his singular musical voice in focus.In the years since its release, this long OOP collection has become a touchstone, foreshadowing the breadth and scope of Gay’s output since. The songs-between-the-songs warped Soul Americana madness and beauty of ‘Open Arms To Open Us’, the unhinged long form freedom of ‘Certain Reveries’ – each fresh mode would defy expectation if without the context established by Downtown Castles. To quote our OG announcement of the album: “to call it ‘eclectic’ would only scratch the surface. This music is everything.”

Tracklist:

1-1. Ben Lamar Gay – Vitis Labrusca (00:32)
1-2. Ben Lamar Gay – Muhal (03:43)
1-3. Ben Lamar Gay – Music for 18 Hairdressers: Braids & Fractals (02:25)
1-4. Ben Lamar Gay – Jubilee (03:22)
1-5. Ben Lamar Gay – A Seasoning Called Primavera (03:51)
1-6. Ben Lamar Gay – Miss Nealie Burns (02:48)
1-7. Ben Lamar Gay – Me, Jayve & the Big Bee (01:45)
1-8. Ben Lamar Gay – Uvas (04:19)
1-9. Ben Lamar Gay – Galveston (03:46)
1-10. Ben Lamar Gay – Swim Swim (03:22)
1-11. Ben Lamar Gay – Kunni (03:47)
1-12. Ben Lamar Gay – Melhor Que Tem (03:28)
1-13. Ben Lamar Gay – Gator Teeth (01:23)
1-14. Ben Lamar Gay – 7th Stanza (00:56)
1-15. Ben Lamar Gay – Oh No…Not Again! (04:53)
1-16. Ben Lamar Gay – For Marcelo Yuka (02:04)
1-17. Ben Lamar Gay – Wine and Lemon Soda (02:11)
1-18. Ben Lamar Gay – Carousel (03:08)
1-19. Ben Lamar Gay – Super Science (04:11)
1-20. Ben Lamar Gay – Lapus (excerpt) (03:32)

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