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Theo Croker has shared another cut from his upcoming record Dream Manifest with the second advance single “we still wanna dance.” Set to release on June 13 via Dom Recs, Croker’s seventh studio album pushes his blend of post-bop, neo-soul, hip-hop and more to new recombinations, showing more dimensions of his heady style with each track. On today’s preview, the Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer embraces electronic abstraction to tremendous, hypnotic effect.

Where the lead single “high vibrations” drew from house for an infectious and insightful club meditation, “we still wanna dance” evokes techno in its progressive, textural quality. Over fluttering percussion, Croker and co-producer D’LEAU layer cascading piano, winding bass and pointillistic flashes of horn that show structural influence from loop-based beatmaking. It’s equally cerebral and danceable, and like so much of Croker’s work, it’s at once firmly grounded in jazz tradition and boldly branching out to the music’s future.

Croker will take Dream Manifest on the road this year with a world tour, making 26 stops in Europe and 13 stateside, including four-night residencies at Seattle’s Demetrius Jazz Alley from May 1-4 and New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club from Aug. 14-17. Secure your tickets and find the full tour itinerary here.

Dream Manifest is available to pre-order and pre-save now. Learn more about Croker at theocroker.com and read on for the album’s full tracklist.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dream Manifest – Theo Croker:
prelude 3
one pillow [feat Estelle & Kass Overall]
64 joints [feat Tyreek McDole]
up frequency (higher) [feat MAAD]
light as a feather [feat Gary Bartz & Natureboy Flako]
high vibrations [feat Malaya & D’LEAU]
crystal waterfalls
we still wanna dance [feat D’LEAU]
postlude 3