Glows in the Dark

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Since 2007, Glows in the Dark have created avant-garde jazz fueled by the storytelling qualities of film. It’s no wonder, then, that the latest creations by the band’s leader, Scott Burton, have imported the entirely different but similarly story-based genre of hip-hop, drawing collaborations with emcees like Count Bass D, Jneiro Jarel, Jawwaad Taylor, John Robinson, and 20/20. Their forthcoming release celebrates that intersection of jazz and hip-hop, while their most current EP, Tides of War, features remixes of their 2010 album Beach of the War Gods produced by Count Bass D, Tim Gane (of Stereolab), and others, and Jneiro Jarel included one of his remixes in his JJ DOOM Mixtape for Lex Records in 2012. Taking cues and inspiration from everyone from J Dilla to Ennio Morricone to Yes, the band combines melody with chaos and processes the mix through its filter of five distinct personalities. By taking old films — like those of the kung fu and Italian crime variety — and adapting their story structures to music, Burton and company have come up with a unique songwriting process that leaves plenty of room for improvisation. In 2011, they joined Italian band Calibro 35 in recording music for the documentary Eurocrime!, directed by Mike Malloy, which was featured at the 2012 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. In their collaborations with hip-hop artists, they take less of a back seat than merely being beat creators. Instead, they explore a band/emcee dialogue that seems unparal

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Paris Djs Soundsystem - Take the Chains off Your Brains - Psychedelic Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz Grooves

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Live at WFMU on The Long Rally 6/10/2009

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Beach of the War Gods

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Kaleidoscopic Jazz & Mind​-Bending Poetry

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Paris Djs Soundsystem - Spirituality and the Supernatural - Kaleidoscopic Jazz & Mind-Bending Poetry

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Nero (w/Matana Roberts) 5.22.09

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Live at WFMU on The Long Rally

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Take The Chains Off Your Brains - Psychedelic Hip Hop, Funk & Jazz Grooves

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Tides of War

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The Music of John Carpenter

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