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Following the strong reception of their second album, Totem of Quiet Mystic (2023), Jiyu have earned praises from outlets such as Jazzwise, Enlace Funk and The Chillout Tent, as well as worldwide support from a wide range of iconic DJ's. The singles from Jiyu's new album, Wild Things, have immediately been embraced—drawing glowing reactions and airplay from dj's like, Patrick Forge, Chris Coco, Phil Cooper, Dj Vadim, Fred Everything, David Patterson, Jon Kennedy and many more. On this third album from Jiyu, the Copenhagen band stretch their cosmic–spiritual jazz language into deeper, wilder terrain. Dropping April 10th on vinyl and digital via Dubsoul Records, the record captures six musicians in full telepathic flight, recorded at 12 Ton Studio in Copenhagen. Across eight tracks, elastic basslines, jazz-dub-soul—tinted drums and percussion, Wurlitzer and jazz-guitar glow and flute-swept atmospheres drift between grounded groove and open-sky improvisation, while guest vocalist Mai Lan Doky adds dreamlike textures on Cumulus & the Subterranean. From the shuffled broken-beat pulse of Smell of Fire to the slow-burn haze of Deep Woods, the Wild Things album is a rich analogue-soul excursion—earthy, exploratory and tuned to the outer frequencies.
