Hidemi (2021)
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Hidemi (2021)

Jazz saxophonist, Patrick Shiroishi, has created a career exploring the history of Asian-American oppression. On his latest album, Hidemi, Shiroishi delivers one of his most personal albums to date, with a focus on his grandparents and their time spent in a Japanese internment camp circa World War II. Hidemi incorporates the healing power of spiritual jazz as Shiroishi travels through his family’s resilient history.

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Painful Enlightenment (2021)
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Painful Enlightenment (2021)

Whether they live in her native Chicago or Eastern Europe, fans of Jana Rush have patiently awaited her second album for four years. Jana’s debut, Pariah, was a fresh take on footwork, blending soothing synth melodies with unsettling rigid basslines. On her follow-up, Painful Enlightenment, Rush steps away from her juke/footwork foundation, and explores human emotion through a combination of jungle and harsh noise.

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