℗ 2024 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings
| Released | April 12, 2024 |
| Duration | 46m 36s |
| Record Label | Impulse! |
| Genre | Jazz |
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Shabaka
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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End Of Innocence
Shabaka |
2:36 | |||
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1.2
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As The Planets And The Stars Collapse
Shabaka |
2:35 | |||
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1.3
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Insecurities
Shabaka; Moses Sumney |
4:39 | |||
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1.4
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Managing My Breath, What Fear Had Become
Shabaka; Saul Williams |
3:11 | |||
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1.5
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The Wounded Need To Be Replenished
Shabaka |
2:44 | |||
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1.6
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Body To Inhabit
Shabaka; E L U C I D |
7:28 | |||
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1.7
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I’ll Do Whatever You Want
Shabaka; Floating Points; Laraaji |
7:34 | |||
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1.8
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Living
Shabaka; Eska |
3:41 | |||
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1.9
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Breathing
Shabaka |
4:27 | |||
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1.10
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Kiss Me Before I Forget
Shabaka; Lianne La Havas |
2:57 | |||
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1.11
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Song Of The Motherland
Shabaka; Anum Iyapo |
4:44 |
After putting down the saxophone, the instrument he has become synonymous with, Shabaka returns with his first full length album under his own name. Expanding off the meditative 2022 EP Afrikan Culture, his new album Perceive its beauty, Acknowledge its Grace is a deeply moving suite of primarily instrumental music. The listening experience is reflective and contemplative, with passages flowering from one musical concept to the next, encouraging deep attention that rewards the listener with throughlines and motifs throughout the record.
With contributions on the flute-forward record from André 3000, Esperanza Spalding, Moses Sumney, Brandee Younger, Floating Points, Laraaji, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Saul Williams, Elucid, and more, Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace is a grand artistic statement from Shabaka.
“I invited a bunch of musicians I’ve met and admired over the past few years of touring throughout the United States to collaborate and everyone said yes, which I constantly find breathtaking [...] We played with no headphones or separation in the room so we could capture the atmosphere of simply playing together in the space without a technological intermediary.”
- Shabaka
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Impulse! Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.01 -2.29 to -0.60 | -17.12 -19.17 to -14.57 | -14.54 -16.20 to -13.20 | 10 9 to 12 | |
| 1 | End Of Innocence | -0.70 | -16.65 | -13.7 | 9 |
| 2 | As The Planets And The Stars Collapse | -1.02 | -17.11 | -13.7 | 9 |
| 3 | Insecurities | -0.60 | -19.17 | -16.2 | 11 |
| 4 | Managing My Breath, What Fear Had Become | -2.29 | -18.12 | -15.4 | 9 |
| 5 | The Wounded Need To Be Replenished | -1.29 | -18.61 | -14.8 | 10 |
| 6 | Body To Inhabit | -0.60 | -14.57 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 7 | I’ll Do Whatever You Want | -0.60 | -15.53 | -14.4 | 9 |
| 8 | Living | -1.34 | -17.31 | -14.6 | 11 |
| 9 | Breathing | -0.60 | -18.24 | -16.0 | 12 |
| 10 | Kiss Me Before I Forget | -1.49 | -17.04 | -14.3 | 10 |
| 11 | Song Of The Motherland | -0.60 | -15.97 | -13.6 | 9 |