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Today we are releasing the single Imaginary Lines by Moor Mother and BlankFor.ms – from the upcoming album Peace Anthems. The track explores spoken meditations layered with vast musical textures. It is one of the record’s most striking moments, language becoming sound, becoming landscape.

Listen to the Imaginary Lines in the link in bio 🔗

Peace Anthems celebrates the 5th year anniversary of Red Hook Records, through an urgent theme: the pursuit of peace. It brings together thirteen exceptional musicians spanning generations and disciplines, each contributing original works that approach peace as both subject and sonic practice. Our gratitude goes out to Moor Mother for writing the album liber notes.

The album is available for pre-order on 180g translucent LP / CD / Digital formats. All profits generated from the album sales will be donated to the International Red Cross. Additional donations to the cause can be made on Bandcamp, through additional fan contributions.

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In celebration of Red Hook Records’ 5th year anniversary, we present Peace Anthems, a multi-artist album gathering under a single, urgent theme: the pursuit of peace. Set for release on July 31, 2026, the record brings together thirteen exceptional musicians spanning generations and disciplines, each contributing original works that approach peace as both subject and sonic practice.

All profits generated from the album sales will be donated to the International Red Cross.

The album features:
​Moor Mother: voice
Qasim Navqi: modular synthesizer
Wadada Leo Smith: trumpet
Amina Claudine Myers: piano
BlankFor.ms: electronics, tape loops, processing
Taylor Deupree: guitar, percussion
Kalia Vandever: trombone
Thomas Morgan: bass
Sungjae Son: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, pump organ
Martha Deribe: voice
Simone Maggio: Fender Rhodes
Andrew Cyrille: drums
Kit Downes: pipe organ

To mark this occasion, today we are releasing the first single, Three Years Later by Qasim Navqi, Wadada Leo Smith and Andrew Cyrille. Link in bio 🔗

Peace Anthems is available for pre-order on 180g translucent LP / CD / Digital formats. Also available on Bandcamp. The platform allows for additional fan contributions which will also be donated to the International Red Cross.

A deep thank you to all the musicians who’ve generously contributed their music for the cause.

The cover art has been donated by renowned South Korean artist Guk Hwa 🙏.

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Our new release SHARDS by BlankFor.ms, Jason Moran, Marcus Gilmore, featured on the June cover of Downbeat magazine🔥🔥🔥

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Today marks the official release of Shards, the eagerly anticipated recording by pianist Jason Moran, electronic musician BlankFor. ms, and drummer Marcus Gilmore. The album’s conceptual framework centers on fragmentation and reconstruction. As the liner notes observe, “the piano and drums fold into each other and themselves, looping back and forth between sound, data, past, future—information moving at the lightning speed of musicians’ minds.” Each musical gesture by these musicians leaves a mark in three virtual dimensions, shaping an infinite number of images as the record plays.

Following the critical reception of Refract, which The New York Times praised for its work “across medium and style, with composed elements and prepared loops,” Shards represents a maturation of the group’s collaborative language. The spectrum of ideas is broad. Meditative passages give way to exploratory abstraction, and angular rhythms coexist with lyrical melody.

Throughout, the production quality maintains Red Hook Records’ meticulous attention to sonic detail, presenting the trio’s intricate interplay with remarkable clarity and presence.

Shards is now available on 180g translucent LP / CD / Digital formats. Link in bio 🔗

A heartfelt thank you to all involved in making this album:

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A beautiful night in the city of Reims, at the legendary hi-fi wine venue Atôme, kicking off the celebrations for Red Hook Records‘ 5th year anniversary. Our recordings were paired with the tastiest of grower Champagnes, generously provided by some of the deepest and forward-thinking winemakers of the region, throughout an evening that ended in the early hours of the morning.

Thank you to all the guests and all the amazing winemakers who attended. It was heartwarming to be among such a vibrant community of keen listeners. Much gratitude to Eric and Aline for organizing this incredible event 🙏