℗ 2020 Exodus Records
| Released | February 14, 2020 |
| Duration | 50m 14s |
| Record Label | Exodus Records |
| Catalogue No. | MBDM001 |
| Genre | Jazz |
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1.1
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Stranger Than Fiction
Moses Boyd |
4:54 | |||
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1.2
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Hard Food (Interlude)
Moses Boyd |
0:59 | |||
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1.3
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BTB
Moses Boyd |
6:00 | |||
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1.4
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Y.O.Y.O
Moses Boyd |
5:30 | |||
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1.5
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Shades of You
Moses Boyd |
4:20 | |||
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1.6
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Dancing in the Dark
Moses Boyd |
4:47 | |||
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1.7
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Only You
Moses Boyd |
4:46 | |||
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1.8
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2 Far Gone
Moses Boyd |
5:43 | |||
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1.9
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Nommos Descent (feat. Nonku Phiri, Nubya Garcia)
Moses Boyd; Nonku Phiri; Nubya Garcia |
4:36 | |||
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1.10
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What Now
Moses Boyd |
8:39 |
"... melting-pot of genres and styles where complex jazz rhythms sit alongside [the aforementioned genres]", stressing that "whilst its head leans towards the mathematical with its polymath rhythms and intricate structures, its heart is firmly on the dancefloor."
- NME
British jazz musician Moses Boyd releases his debut studio album with Dark Matter. The offering follows up on previous solo projects Absolute Zero (2017) and Displaced Diaspora (2018). Dark Matter fuses elements of jazz, electronica, dance, grime, and rock with afro-pop and afro beats to create a fully unique sonic cocktail.
"I'm very into space. I remember watching a program and they were talking about dark matter and this invisible substance that no one really knows much about, but accounts for so much. They say they estimate 80 percent of our universe is dark matter. I was like, 'Oh wow, there's this invisible thing that is so important, but no one can really explain or define it.' And then in all that was going on around the world, it was like, 'It's all this darkness, but in a weird way, if I pick a random person on the street and started talking to them, there's something that unifies us in this darkness.' They equally think this is terrible, but there's some sort of positive in that, because there's two people now that think this is terrible. But there's hope."
- Moses Boyd
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Exodus Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.26 -0.26 to -0.26 | -12.16 -13.31 to -9.67 | -9.74 -11.00 to -8.70 | 7 5 to 8 | |
| 1 | Stranger Than Fiction | -0.26 | -12.85 | -10.3 | 7 |
| 2 | Hard Food (Interlude) | -0.26 | -13.18 | -9.3 | 7 |
| 3 | BTB | -0.26 | -11.72 | -9.2 | 8 |
| 4 | Y.O.Y.O | -0.26 | -12.69 | -10.5 | 8 |
| 5 | Shades of You | -0.26 | -11.63 | -9.3 | 7 |
| 6 | Dancing in the Dark | -0.26 | -13.08 | -10.1 | 8 |
| 7 | Only You | -0.26 | -11.45 | -9.5 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 Far Gone | -0.26 | -11.98 | -9.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Nommos Descent (feat. Nonku Phiri, Nubya Garcia) | -0.26 | -9.67 | -8.7 | 5 |
| 10 | What Now | -0.26 | -13.31 | -11.0 | 7 |