Sold out on release in 2020, Asher Gamedze’s Dialectic Soul finally returns as a limited edition clear vinyl press ahead of On The Corner’s 10th anniversary.

Asher Gamedze

Dialectic Soul

Cat No: OTCRLP009C
Release date: 26 May 2023
Format: Colour 2LP
Country: South Africa

Sold out on release in 2020, Asher Gamedze’s Dialectic Soul finally returns as a limited edition clear vinyl press ahead of On The Corner’s 10th anniversary.

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Listen to: Dialectic Soul

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1. State of Emergence Suite (Movement One: Thesis)
02:42
2. State of Emergence Suite (Movement Two: Antithesis)
10:39
3. State of Emergence Suite (Movement Three: Synthesis)
05:33
4. Siyabulela
08:22
5. Interregnum
05:09
6. Eternality
08:55
7. Hope in Azania
07:22
8. The Speculative Fourth
05:05

Item Description

‘Dialectic Soul’, the debut LP from drummer Asher Gamedze is now up for pre-order. 5*, ‘Incredible’ and ‘LP of the Year’ reviews are already arriving. Robin D.G. Kelley wrote that “it will render you completely incapacitated for the rest of the day. It’s a piece of music that you’ll not forget”.

Asher introduces the themes that constitute the album; free drums representing autonomous African motion, the saxophone reflecting deeply & honestly on the violence of colonialism. The teachings of Coltrane, Biko, Makeba, Malcom & others inspire the music’s positive manifestation of resistance.

“Fundamentally, it is about the reclamation of the historical imperative. It is about the dialect of the soul & the spirit while it moves through history. The soul is dialectic. Motion is imperative. We keep moving.”

This is Jazz at its most spiritual, most progressive and most appealing form. As Asher himself says: Dialectic Soul is about motion and a refusal to remain static or stay still. It’s the commitment to be continually moving’.

Asher Gamedze (drums)
Thembinkosi Mavimbela (bass)
Buddy Wells (tenor sax)
Robin Fassie-Kock (trumpet)
Nono Nkoane (vox)