Leaving Records
Colloboh - Saana Sahel
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Colloboh
(a
portmanteau
of
Collins
Oboh)
is
a
Nigerian-born,
Los
Angeles-based
experimental
producer
and
composer
who
has
spent
the
past
several
years
cultivating
genre-spanning
modular
wizardry.
A
self-taught
synthesist,
Colloboh’s
DIY
recording
diaries
(still
archived
on
Instagram)
quickly
amassed
a
dedicated
online
following,
eventually
catching
the
eye
of
Leaving
Records
founder,
MatthewDavid,
who
wasted
no
time
tapping
the
then-twenty-six-year-old
to
perform
at
the
monthly
Leaving
showcase,
Listen
to
Music
Outside
In
The
Daylight
Under
a
Tree.
In
2021,
Colloboh
permanently
relocated
to
Los
Angeles
from
Baltimore,
dedicating
himself
to
music
full-time,
and
quickly
becoming
a
fixture
of
the
city’s
vibrant
experimental
scene.
Whereas
Colloboh’s
debut
EP
Entity
Relation
(released
that
same
year)
dove
headlong
into
club
beats,
Saana
Sahel,
out
May
5th
2023
on
Leaving
Records,
showcases
the
breadth
of
the
fledgeling
composer’s
ambitions.
The
EP’s
title,
Saana
Sahel,
refers
to
a
land
of
Colloboh’s
pure
imagining—an
untouched
utopia
spanning
lush
coastlines
and
sweeping
deserts.
Beginning
with
the
stately
“Acid
Sunrise”
(like
a
Phillip
Glass
rave
comedown),
the
EP
functions
as
an
atlas
of
sorts,
mapping
the
region’s
varied
environments
and
moods.
And
varied
indeed—across
these
six
tracks
there
lie
ecstatic
jazz
freakouts,
samba
shuffles,
guest
vocals
from
(seemingly)
the
very
Seraphim,
and
interpolations
of
Debussy
and
Gabriel
Faure.
The
breadth
of
sounds
conjured
here
is
a
testament
not
only
to
Colloboh’s
eclectic
roster
of
influences,
but
also
the
period
of
deep
and
challenging
personal
growth
that
immediately
preceded
the
EP’s
composition.
The
construction
of
Saana
Sahel
(both
the
imagined
locale
and
the
release)
served
as
a
spiritual
lode
star,
a
place
to
which
Colloboh
could
retreat
for
energetic
restoration.
Ever-generous,
Colloboh
has
charted
these
expeditions
for
us
in
song,
and
now
we
may
all
draw
sustenance
and
inspiration
from
the
wellsprings
of
this
rich
land.
TRACKLIST:
1.
Acid
Sunrise
2.
Mystic
You
3.
Higher
Ground
4.
Pavane,
Op.
50
5.
Full
Embrace
6.
Arabesque
No.
1
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