Ben LaMar Gay
Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA 11 Edition)
International Anthem
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2025
LP
24.99
IARC0017LP11
Incl. insert & obi
Incl. VAT plus shipping / Orders from outside the EU are exempt from VAT
Tracklist
1Vitis Labrusca
2Muhal
3Music For 18 Hairdressers: Braids & Fractals
4Jubilee
5A Seasoning Called Primavera
6Miss Nealie Burns
7Me, Jayve & The Big Bee
8Uvas
9Galveston
10Swim Swim
11Kunni
12Melhor Que Tem
13Gator Teeth
147th Stanza
15Oh No... Not Again!

Over the course of 2025, International anthem celebrates their eleventh year (under the IA11 chrysanthemum banner) by revisiting some of the most celebrated entries in a decade of releases.

These LP packages will be presented with new liner notes, new insert booklets, and a 2025 redesign of the label’s obi strip and dome logo.

The first drop includes:

IARC0001LP11 Rob Mazurek - Alternate Moon Cycles (IA11 Edition) IARC0003LP11 Makaya McCraven - In The Moment (IA11 Edition) IARC0017LP11 Ben LaMar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition)

Ben LaMar Gay’s de facto debut album, »Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun«, was the attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer / improviser / renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from 7 albums he made over 7 years. The material showcases Gay’s penchant for genre-hopping – from Steve Reich-ian soundscape voyages to Don Cherry-esque polyrhythm treks to Jorge Ben-style vocal-and-string earworms – while keeping his singular musical voice in focus.