℗ 2019 Night Time Stories Ltd
| Released | July 19, 2019 |
| Duration | 39m 32s |
| Record Label | Night Time Stories |
| Catalogue No. | ALN55 |
| Genre | Jazz (Crossover) |
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1.1
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Under the Sun (feat. Laville)
Ash Walker; Laville |
3:31 | |||
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1.2
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Time (feat. Laville)
Ash Walker; Laville |
3:02 | |||
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1.3
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Come with Us (feat. Yazz Ahmed)
Ash Walker; Yazz Ahmed |
3:12 | |||
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1.4
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Brave New World
Ash Walker |
3:44 | |||
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1.5
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Finishing Touch (feat. Laville)
Ash Walker; Laville |
4:01 | |||
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1.6
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Aquamarine
Ash Walker |
3:45 | |||
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1.7
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Sanity (feat. Laville)
Ash Walker |
3:08 | |||
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1.8
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I Need Money
Ash Walker |
3:34 | |||
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1.9
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Fat King Smoke
Ash Walker |
3:26 | |||
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1.10
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Aint Got You (feat. Laville)
Ash Walker; Laville |
4:36 | |||
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1.11
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The Dagon's Cashmere Jumper
Ash Walker |
3:33 |
A heavyweight astral shower of rhythm and vibes, Ash Walker’s third album Aquamarine is released via Night Time Stories.
An avid collector of jazz, blues, soul, funk, reggae, and all things in-between; Ash has DJed far and wide – from the infamous Royal Mail squat party to the canals of Venice, spinning vinyl in Brixton with The Specials to scattering dub across San Francisco and LA.
Ash’s production output is similarly exploratory: his journeys have taken him far and wide, from tunnels under the river Thames to recording local percussionists in the Atlas mountains of Morocco. Inspired by a deep dive of sounds from artists including Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, King Tubby, Bo Diddley, 4Hero, J Dilla, Pete Rock, Curtis Mayfield, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich; his first two albums, ‘Augmented 7th’ (2015) and ‘Echo Chamber’ (2016) gained attention from the likes of BBC 6 Music DJs Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, Gideon Coe and Clash Magazine, XLR8R and MIMS.
Aquamarine is a projection and culmination of all he’s absorbed. A cosmic explosion of sound and colour, rhythm, shape and patterns. The arrival of an unassuming dreamer now projecting his unique flavour of expression. Aquamarine is the take-off of this audial spaceship, a sound discovered in the grooves of thousands of records, united in one. A meditation designed to inspire good energy, Ash hopes to bring a sense of calm and tranquility to the listener amongst the chaos of life. Recorded at home with the freedom of time and space, it combines analogue with digital, and a fondness for normally unwanted shapes and textures such as fuzz, hiss and crackle.
“My previous albums have felt to me more like ventures on land. This one feels more like a deep sea voyage into the subconscious. Living to dream with visions of grandeur. Manifesting a beautiful path to walk on. It was inspired by everything around me, from friends and family to art and design, engineering and architecture, movement and how we use our five senses. I love to try and push my own boundaries of what I perceive to be right and wrong, seeing mistakes as innovations, and obstacles as inspiration.”
- Ash Walker
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Night Time Stories Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.52 -0.67 to -0.50 | -15.21 -16.24 to -14.16 | -13.18 -14.40 to -11.90 | 10 9 to 11 | |
| 1 | Under the Sun (feat. Laville) | -0.53 | -14.16 | -12.3 | 9 |
| 2 | Time (feat. Laville) | -0.50 | -15.21 | -13.0 | 10 |
| 3 | Come with Us (feat. Yazz Ahmed) | -0.56 | -16.24 | -13.6 | 10 |
| 4 | Brave New World | -0.50 | -15.28 | -13.8 | 10 |
| 5 | Finishing Touch (feat. Laville) | -0.67 | -14.33 | -12.2 | 9 |
| 6 | Aquamarine | -0.50 | -15.81 | -13.9 | 10 |
| 7 | Sanity (feat. Laville) | -0.50 | -15.89 | -14.4 | 10 |
| 8 | I Need Money | -0.50 | -15.70 | -13.2 | 9 |
| 9 | Fat King Smoke | -0.51 | -15.28 | -13.8 | 11 |
| 10 | Aint Got You (feat. Laville) | -0.50 | -14.36 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 11 | The Dagon's Cashmere Jumper | -0.50 | -15.08 | -12.9 | 10 |