"During the production of Makaya McCraven’s In The Moment sessions in 2013 and 2014, Jeff Parker was slowly transitioning his personal belongings from Chicago to a new home in Los Angeles. It was when finally settled that he found opportunity to re-open some home recordings and beat projects that had been dormant on his hard drive for years. Parker had long been in silent study of vinyl sampling and beat conduction, but perhaps it’s no coincidence that new residence in a city aflame with experimental R&B, jazz and electronic fusers (e.g. Brainfeeder, Leaving Records, Low End Theory) spurred him to dig back in to the practice and produce with more purpose. The final presentation is a retrospective tapestry that explores Parker’s past both musically – as a potent compositional tribute to his influences (J Dilla, Thelonious Monk, Charles Stepney) held together by literal fragments of his life’s work – and patrilineally – as a collaboration with his kin held together by clippings from the family photo album. The New Breed is Parker’s most vibrant and comprehensively personal work yet, appropriately the first in 11 years with only his name in the 'lead artist' column. " - International Anthem

➸ BONUS: Jeff Parker In-Store DJ Set at Turntable Lab NYC

• jazz & beats cut-ups from Tortoise guitarist / multi-instrumentalist Jeff Parker
• black vinyl pressing
• includes printed insert + obi strip
  
• music label: International Anthem 2016