{"product_id":"sam-wilkes-wilkes-cassette-1","title":"Sam Wilkes - WILKES LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e................................. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Wilkes answers a few questions from Leaving Records \u003cbr\u003elabelmate Carlos Niño, on his debut full-length WILKES \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eListening to WILKES numerous times, considering \u003cbr\u003ewhat I might write about it for a Press Release, (which I \u003cbr\u003eagreed to do because I'm a fan of his Music and his \u003cbr\u003ecollaborations with Sam Gendel and Louis Cole \/ Knower,) \u003cbr\u003eI was growing in enthusiasm, looking forward to my \u003cbr\u003enext radio show or DJ set including the song \"Today\" \u003cbr\u003eso I could hear it bump in a nice system. I was hyped \u003cbr\u003ethe more I took in this 6 song offering. I thought to ask \u003cbr\u003eSam about his new record and use his answers as aid \u003cbr\u003eto illustrate some of my feelings, but when I read his \u003cbr\u003ereply I thought you should too. It's so descriptive \u003cbr\u003eand visual, perfect to pull from and quote. \u003cbr\u003e................................. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does your last name Wilkes mean? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI actually just found that It means Wolf in Lithuanian. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does your last name Wilkes mean to you? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's vast. It provokes a different sentiment in me in different situations. \u003cbr\u003eI.e my dad's side of the family is one, while my immediate family is another, and within my musical community in Los Angeles and elsewhere it's also another. The latter is the sentiment I'm really coming from on this record. Myself within the context of my beautiful community. This record does not exist without that community. \u003cbr\u003eMy friend and collaborator, Sam Gendel calls me Wilkes and our friendship and musical relationship began to take a new form when I started to record him playing these songs of mine. Sam and my other dearest friends beginning to call me \"Wilkes\" (especially with humor) more and more coincided with a new era for me, which was the start of this record\/chapter. \u003cbr\u003e~ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does your new record WILKES mean to you? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the first part of a two part chapter. \u003cbr\u003eIt's the product of realizing that I HAD to make my own art, instead of just working with\/for other projects (as I had done up until this point). Upon jumping into that pool and then swimming on my own for the first time, I realized that I could compose and produce the music that I want to hear; which I got VERY excited about. I have a pretty belligerent need to create and once I began, working on my own music became a daily necessity for fulfillment and to deal with what I was going through at the time. \u003cbr\u003eI expressed this through composition, production, sonics, and creating and curating an environment for Sam Gendel's, Brian Green's, Louis Cole's, and Christian Euman's genius to be heard and featured (i.e featuring personal cornerstones of that community I was talking about.) \u003cbr\u003ethis, rather than, say, making music for the sake of making a \"bass record\", was the outlet I needed; it wasn't really an option, this was just the vehicle for my observations, experience, philosophy, love . . . \u003cbr\u003eIt's a snapshot, one that I worked so hard on, of who and where I was from 2015-2017. \u003cbr\u003e~ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo you have visions about how this record may affect people? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI can't really articulate it. \u003cbr\u003eBut: \u003cbr\u003eI think Sam Gendel is the greatest saxophone player alive. \u003cbr\u003eI hope it makes some people feel that way too. This music was made to be played by him. \u003cbr\u003e~ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat were your biggest inspirations while making this record? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Coltrane \u003cbr\u003ePharaoh Sanders \u003cbr\u003eMiles Davis \u003cbr\u003eJoe Zawinul \u003cbr\u003eSam Gendel \u003cbr\u003eLouis Cole \u003cbr\u003eDaniel Lanois \u003cbr\u003eMilton Nascimento \u003cbr\u003eRahsaan Roland Kirk \u003cbr\u003eQuincy Jones \u003cbr\u003eBrian Eno \u003cbr\u003eJames \"J Dilla\" Yancey \u003cbr\u003ePete Rock \u003cbr\u003eRudy Van Gelder \u003cbr\u003eJoseph Campbell \u003cbr\u003eGenevieve Artadi \u003cbr\u003eAlice Coltrane \u003cbr\u003eChanting \u003cbr\u003e~ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are your biggest general inspirations? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is infinite but, a short list: \u003cbr\u003eMy parents \u003cbr\u003eMy whole family \u003cbr\u003eHerman Hesse \u003cbr\u003ePatrice Rushen \u003cbr\u003eNdugu Chancler \u003cbr\u003eAlphonso Johnson \u003cbr\u003eJohn Daversa \u003cbr\u003eMichael Jordan \u003cbr\u003eDaniel Lanois \u003cbr\u003eQuincy Jones \u003cbr\u003eRay Brown \u003cbr\u003eStefan Sagmeister \u003cbr\u003eSam Gendel \u003cbr\u003eLouis Cole \u003cbr\u003eBrian Green \u003cbr\u003eMythology \u003cbr\u003eJackson Pollack \u003cbr\u003eErnst Barlach \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003cbr\u003eRainer Maria Rilke \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand From my childhood - \u003cbr\u003ePhish \u003cbr\u003eThe Grateful Dead \u003cbr\u003e~ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow would you describe the sound of your Bass, \u003cbr\u003ewhat do you see \/ envision when you're playing? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI would describe the sound of my bass as: Sam Wilkes. \u003cbr\u003eFor seeing and envisioning, It depends on the feeling I'm trying to express. \u003cbr\u003eSometimes it's just colors or an image, but something I've gone back to a \u003cbr\u003ebit for whatever reason in some sessions as of late is the feeling of seeing \u003cbr\u003efireworks and having a hot dog on the fourth of July as a kid, knowing that \u003cbr\u003eI didn't have to go to school the next day because it was summer and I was free, and just being happy and excited and full of love for my family and my best friends (kind of like that scene in that movie \"The Sandlot\"), and the feeling of knowing that I could go home and play or listen to CDs in my room and dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWelcome (2:37)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday (5:38)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRun (7:04)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTonight (4:39)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHug (7:48)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescending (4:01)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEAVING RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51120829137211,"sku":"LR137-1","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/7831\/0715\/files\/a3565543305_10_dc08efdb-1cfb-4aac-b491-ad3f7c3a0d23.jpg?v=1788297430","url":"https:\/\/clandestinedistribution.com\/products\/sam-wilkes-wilkes-cassette-1","provider":"Clandestine Distribution ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}