Grouper – Ruins (Vinyl) Gil Scott-Heron Wajatta builds most tracks from

Wajatta builds most tracks from scratch

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His first releases were handmade things: home-recorded and presented in inky packages

Arkhon reveals itself as an album whose power derives from abandon

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Grouper – Ruins (Vinyl) Gil Scott-Heron Wajatta builds most tracks fromRuins was made in Aljezur, Portugal in 2011 on a residency set up by Galeria Z dos Bois. While in Portugal, where she stayed in a house owned by the aunt of music director Srgio Hydalgo, Harris listened to records by Carlos Paredes, Nina Simone and Leonard Cohen. Regarding "Call Across Rooms", Harris stated that "the song is on one level very plain and literal, about a letter I wrote for someone I loved and could not get along with. On a more