British producer and musician Neil Charles aka Ben Marc has announced the release of a new EP called Breathe Suite which will be out on October 1st via Innovative Leisure. According to the press release, it is a lustrous EP of sweeping strings, rippling piano and meditative vocals: two suites that show off Marc’s gift for composing and arranging, bookended by two stirring improvisations.
Check the official video for the first excerpt called “Breathe Suite B” which features Shabaka Hutchings and Rarelyalways. Ben Marc explains: “We wanted to make something meditative to help people through this traumatic time. The video shows a day in a life of a young black girl. At the start of the film it shows her struggles, a panic, then a sense of hiding and running away from daily problems. As the film develops it progresses into this girl finding peace, using contemplation and individual thought processes. The later part of the film, especially in the club, it brings together a sense of collective thoughts, struggles, happiness and up-rising.”