09/09/2026
*announcing* ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง - ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐
Releasing on LP, CD, DD on ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ via International Anthem & Nonesuch Records!
Today, composer, producer, saxophonist and synthesist Josh Johnson (SML, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Flea and The Honora Band) announces a new solo album ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐, his third album under his own name and ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ International Anthem / Nonesuch Records , out ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ on LP, CD, and digital download (the streaming release follows on November 10).
The ten track album โ co-produced by Johnson and Paul Bryan, featuring contributions from Meshell Ndegeocello , Macie Stewart , Marquis Hill , ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐บ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, and more โ is a marvel of electro-acoustic innovation that combines compositional brilliance and technological ambition into a mesmerizing blend of skeletal soul-jazz, post-bop, electronic minimalism, and dreamy ambience.
The spectrum of influence, clarity of intention, and confidence in craft present in Johnsonโs approach yields stunning results on ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. Whether itโs spiritual and wandering works augmented by the idiosyncratic overloads of hardware technology, stumbling funk that pulsates with the glow of otherworldly deep sea life, surrealist dancefloor cuts, or cloudy collages of shoegaze saxophone, Animative coheres into a strange and beautiful whole โ a generous and spellbinding reflection of its auteurist creator.
Listen to lead track โReeceโ and pre-order Animative on limited edition *exospheric blue* color vinyl, classic black vinyl, or CD today.
( Animative album cover photo by Anna Powell Denton )
