Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee

by Matana Roberts

Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee cover art

The third installment of Matana Roberts' ambitious 12-part 'Coin Coin' series, 'Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee' is a solo work that contrasts with the ensemble pieces of its predecessors. Roberts constructs a dense and harrowing electroacoustic tapestry from her own alto saxophone and voice, layering them with drones, field recordings, spoken word, and loop pedals. The album functions as a deeply personal and experimental exploration of African-American history, weaving fragments of traditional songs and samples from a Malcolm X lecture into a continuous, immersive soundscape recorded and mixed by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh.

Genres

  • Experimental
  • Modern Creative

Tracklist

  1. All Is Written
  2. The Good Book Says
  3. Clothed to the Land, Worn by the Sea
  4. Dreamer of Dreams
  5. Always Say Your Name
  6. Nema, Nema, Nema
  7. A Single Man O' War
  8. As Years Roll By
  9. This Land Is Yours
  10. Come Away
  11. With Me Seek
  12. J.P.