℗ 2023 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings; An Impulse! Records release
| Released | April 7, 2023 |
| Duration | 37m 01s |
| Record Label | Impulse! |
| Genre | Jazz |
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1.1
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You're A Girl For One Man Only
Brandee Younger |
3:59 | |||
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1.2
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Brand New Life (feat. Mumu Fresh)
Brandee Younger; Mumu Fresh |
4:32 | |||
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1.3
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Come Live With Me (Interlude)
Brandee Younger |
2:23 | |||
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1.4
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Livin' And Lovin' In My Own Way (feat. Pete Rock)
Brandee Younger; Pete Rock |
4:58 | |||
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1.5
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Running Game (Intro)
Brandee Younger |
1:07 | |||
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1.6
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Running Game
Brandee Younger |
4:39 | |||
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1.7
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Moving Target
Brandee Younger |
4:21 | |||
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1.8
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Dust (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello)
Brandee Younger; Meshell Ndegeocello |
4:36 | |||
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1.9
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The Windmills Of Your Mind (feat. 9th Wonder)
Brandee Younger; 9th Wonder |
2:56 | |||
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1.10
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If It's Magic
Brandee Younger |
3:30 |
The Grammy-nominated harpist-composer Brandee Younger has released her new album Brand New Life on Impulse! Records. The album is produced by multi-hyphenate drummer and composer Makaya Mccraven, and is Younger’s celebration of Ashby, who is widely credited with establishing the harp’s place in contemporary music. In an all-too-brief life, she featured the traditionally classical instrument on groundbreaking albums such as Afro-Harping and Dorothy’s Harp, released in 1968 and 1969 respectively.
Brand New Life brings together the past and the present, combining Younger’s original music with select reinterpretations of Ashby’s work, and the latter’s previously-unrecorded compositions. Younger was first introduced to Ashby via the many hip-hop artists who sampled her music, and she now collaborates with some of those very artists on the new album, including Pete Rock and 9th Wonder. The album also has notable contributions by Meshell N’degeocello, Mumu Fresh, and production by drummer and composer Makaya McCraven.
“Creating this album has been a longtime dream of mine. I really had a lot of living to do before being able to execute it, genuinely. The finished product is truly representative of where I am now and it is an honor to convey that through the compositions of one of my heroes.”
- Brandee Younger
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Impulse! Studio Masters
Tracks 1, 4, 7, 10 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1, 4, 7, 10 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -1.18 to -0.20 | -14.23 -18.87 to -11.71 | -12.18 -15.50 to -10.30 | 9 7 to 11 | |
| 1 | You're A Girl For One Man Only | -0.20 | -12.91 | -11.0 | 7 |
| 2 | Brand New Life (feat. Mumu Fresh) | -0.20 | -11.86 | -10.3 | 7 |
| 3 | Come Live With Me (Interlude) | -0.20 | -18.87 | -15.5 | 11 |
| 4 | Livin' And Lovin' In My Own Way (feat. Pete Rock) | -0.20 | -11.71 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 5 | Running Game (Intro) | -0.20 | -14.89 | -12.1 | 9 |
| 6 | Running Game | -0.20 | -15.10 | -12.9 | 9 |
| 7 | Moving Target | -0.20 | -13.04 | -11.3 | 8 |
| 8 | Dust (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello) | -0.20 | -12.47 | -10.7 | 8 |
| 9 | The Windmills Of Your Mind (feat. 9th Wonder) | -0.20 | -13.79 | -12.4 | 9 |
| 10 | If It's Magic | -1.18 | -17.62 | -15.1 | 11 |