Category: Collaborations

A new Suss Müsik piece entitled “Noumenon” is now available for listening on SoundCloud. The piece features the contributions of New Orleans saxophonist Stephen J. Gladney, who brings a jazz-inspired phrasing that strongly recalls the work of Pharoah Sanders. Suss Müsik is moving into more lyrical, somewhat emotional territory where it’s possible to actually hear instruments in the mix. We are excited about this direction and expect further collaborations to lift the material further.

In case you’re wondering, the title derives from philosophical concept by Immanuel Kant, literally intended to mean “the thing in itself.” A noumenon is something that exists independently of how it appears to our senses. The larger idea is to define what stands on its own versus humankind’s capacity to act as an agent of change. Now you know.

A full playlist of recent collaborations between Suss Müsik and Marc Manning is now available on SoundCloud. It will soon be available for download on both artists’ respective BandCamp sites.

Suss Müsik’s last collaboration with the fantastic Marc Manning led Disquiet to describe it as “a moment of reflective calm before all hell breaks loose.” This short track feels like an aftermath, one that occurs just after the dark fury has done its damage. Something like Skip James singing an appalachian folk song while the Grinning Man peers in his window.