#3 - Ascension to Bandcamp ⛺️

Esoteric music deserves an obscure platform. 

Bandcamp⛺️ (gasp) is the Spotify▶️, TikTok🎵, and Instagram📷 for jazz musicians.. minus the embarrassingly low streaming rewards, attention-seeking short videos, or the deceptive glamour of the Stories.

At Bandcamp, you can actually pay directly to the artist! For example, you can buy Clockwise (2019) by Anna Webber at $13 after checking out available full-track previews. Voila, $11 goes to the artist! (Super cool jazz flute music, by the way.)

Though, Bandcamp has some social features, aww too sad it’s not purely indie. For example, here are the artists I’m following or my Bandcamp music collection.

You can even see they have a “pre-order” feature. I just used it today, to get the..

(drum rolls, bee buzzes, gossiwor resonates)

The Myth of Katabasis by Hayoung Lyou!

I was extremely lucky to check out the whole album before its release, hahah! So here’s a secret no one knows except JazzBees. Once a 10-min long track called “Pendulum” was split into the tracks 1, 4, and 7 in this album. For now, please enjoy track 7 - Ascension ⛺️, the classy yet avant-garde finale of this hidden trilogy.

(Ok ok, it’s on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube | Others)

While waiting for Hayoung’s full album and shows, a discount reminder for the lost souls of Friday today. Jihye Lee Orchestra’s show is coming up today - 8/23, 7pm, at Noho, and don’t forget to use “INFINITE2024” to get a 20% discount. Grab your tickets and find yourself surrounded by too many lips and horns!

Keunwoo, JazzBuzz.OOO