Black Space Tapes

LPA JAMAEL DEAN & THE AFRONAUTS

1. Akamara
2. Adawa
3. Kronos

LPB JIRA >< // JASIK

1. Akamara (Remix)
2. Olokun
3. Emi

20-year-old jazz prodigy Jamael Dean’s debut on Stones Throw Records. Black Space Tapes is co-produced, compiled and sequenced by Carlos Niño, internationally celebrated producer, composer, arranger and DJ. At age 15, Jamael played with Kamasi Washington on his 2018 album Heaven And Earth and toured as part of Thundercat’s trio.

Jamael’s music reflects the dual influence of his contemporaries in the Los Angeles scene and that of jazz ancestors including Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and soul jazz drummer Donald Dean - who is also his grandfather.