{"title":"The Comet Is Coming","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"772\"\u003eThe Comet Is Coming fuse cosmic jazz with electronic grooves, psychedelic energy and a raw improvisational edge. Led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings alongside Danalogue (keys) and Betamax (drums), the trio channel Sun Ra’s Afrofuturism into a bold, modern sound that has electrified audiences worldwide. Their vinyl releases on labels like Impulse! and Leaf are already considered essential by collectors, spanning explosive live recordings and genre-defying studio albums. Explore our curated selection of The Comet Is Coming records — a journey into the future of jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-comet-is-coming-hyper-dimensional-expansion-beam","title":"The Comet Is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (2022 Impulse! 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From pulsing, high-energy tracks to spacious cosmic passages, the record captures the band’s signature mix of intensity and transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"744\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDriving, cosmic, and fiercely modern, \u003cem data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1044\"\u003eHyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam\u003c\/em\u003e is a journey through sound and space — essential for fans of spiritual and experimental jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42477485654075,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/khsdbfhkbdkhhbksd__20618.jpg?v=1758462160"},{"product_id":"the-comet-is-coming-imminent-2020-record-store-day-12-vinyl","title":"The Comet Is Coming - Imminent (2020 Record Store Day 12\" Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collaboration between three of London's most forward-thinking musicians, The Comet Is Coming brings together saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors), keyboardist Dan Leavers (known as Danalogue), and drummer Maxwell Hallett (known as Betamax) to create a cosmic blend of jazz, electronic music, and psychedelic intensity. This Record Store Day 2020 12-inch single, released on Impulse! and pressed by GZ Media, presents \"Imminent\" on the A-side with a Noss DJ remix of \"Super Zodiac\" on the flip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Imminent\" captures The Comet Is Coming's distinctive sound: Hutchings' urgent, sometimes screaming saxophone over Danalogue's swirling synthesizers and Betamax's propulsive drumming. The track title suggests something approaching, building tension and anticipation, the music's intensity evoking both cosmic spectacle and earthly urgency. Recorded at London's legendary Total Refreshment Centre, a crucial hub for the UK jazz explosion of the 2010s, the track captures the energy and experimentalism of that scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe B-side presents Noss DJ's remix of \"Super Zodiac\", transforming The Comet Is Coming's cosmic jazz into dancefloor-oriented electronic music. Noss DJ, known for experimental electronic productions, deconstructs the original track and rebuilds it with club sensibilities while maintaining the source material's otherworldly character. This remix demonstrates the permeability of boundaries between jazz, electronic music, and club culture that defines much contemporary experimental music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Comet Is Coming's music draws as much from Afrofuturism, Sun Ra's cosmic philosophy, and electronic music as from conventional jazz. Hutchings, the most recognisable member through his work in multiple acclaimed groups, brings spiritual intensity and technical mastery. Danalogue's synthesizers create dense, psychedelic textures that function as both harmonic foundation and sonic assault. Betamax's drumming combines jazz technique with electronic music's rhythmic insistence, bridging acoustic and electronic approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed and produced by Betamax and Danalogue, mastered by Daddy Kev (known for his work with Flying Lotus and the Brainfeeder roster), and lacquer cut by Ian Sefchick, this 12-inch represents professional production befitting the group's vision. The Impulse! label release connects The Comet Is Coming to that legendary label's spiritual jazz legacy while acknowledging their electronic and experimental elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a Record Store Day 2020 release, this 12-inch had limited pressing and was available only through participating independent record shops on the designated day (though RSD 2020 was postponed and spread across multiple dates due to COVID-19 pandemic). This limited availability and event-specific release creates inherent scarcity and collector interest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43083051728955,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/the-comet-is-coming-imminent-1607532097.webp?v=1766102360"},{"product_id":"the-comet-is-coming-channel-the-spirits-2019-uk-leaf-vinyl-lp-repress","title":"The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits (2019 UK Leaf Vinyl LP Repress)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Comet Is Coming's debut album \u003cem\u003eChannel The Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e announced the arrival of one of the UK's most thrilling and uncompromising new groups. Released originally in 2016 and repressed in April 2019 on the Leaf label, this album captures saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, keyboardist Danalogue (Dan Leavers), and drummer Betamax (Maxwell Hallett) creating cosmic, apocalyptic jazz that draws equally from Sun Ra's interstellar explorations, punk's raw energy, and electronic music's textural possibilities. The result is music that honours jazz tradition while sounding utterly contemporary and unhinged, propulsive and psychedelic in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with \"The Prophecy\", immediately establishing the group's cosmic narrative framework. Throughout Channel The Spirits, track titles reference space travel, cosmic phenomena, and apocalyptic scenarios, creating a loose conceptual thread about humanity's relationship to the cosmos and our planet's precarious future. \"Space Carnival\" delivers exactly what its title promises: a whirling, dizzying journey through weightless sound, Hutchings' saxophone alternately screaming and singing over Danalogue's swirling synthesizers and Betamax's relentless drumming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Journey Through The Asteroid Belt\" and \"Nano\" demonstrate the group's gift for creating tracks that function both as extended improvisations and as tightly focused compositions. The production, handled by the group members themselves, maintains rawness and immediacy while achieving sonic clarity. This isn't smooth, polished jazz but something more urgent and confrontational.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"New Age\" offers brief respite before \"Slam Dunk In A Black Hole\" lives up to its wonderfully absurd title with one of the album's most intense moments. Side one's cosmic journey sets up the album's second half as an exploration of deep space and existential confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide two opens with \"Cosmic Dust\", a moment of relative calm before \"Star Furnace\" explodes with white-hot intensity. The title track \"Channel The Spirits\" sits at the album's heart, suggesting that the group's music functions as spiritual practice, invoking forces beyond the rational and corporeal. This connection to spiritual jazz pioneers like Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra is explicit, though The Comet Is Coming updates that tradition with electronic textures and contemporary production aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Deep Within The Engine Deck\" and \"Lightyears\" maintain the album's momentum before \"End Of Earth\" closes with apocalyptic grandeur. Throughout, Hutchings' saxophone ranges from tender melodicism to violent screaming, his technique encompassing bebop fluency, free jazz intensity, and contemporary extended techniques. Danalogue's synthesisers create everything from cosmic ambience to grinding industrial noise, while Betamax's drumming bridges jazz tradition and electronic music's insistent pulse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 12 tracks function both as individual statements and as a continuous journey, the album rewarding both careful track-by-track listening and immersive front-to-back experience. The group's live performances, which gained them a fervent following in London's jazz clubs and eventually worldwide, are characterised by intense volume, visual spectacle, and communal energy that recordings can only partially capture, but Channel The Spirits successfully translates their vision to recorded format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 2019 repress on Leaf, the label that originally released the album, makes this important debut available to the audience The Comet Is Coming built through subsequent releases and Hutchings' work with Sons of Kemet and other projects. 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