EP Spotlight: Seasons – Alexander Lewis

As the summer quickly winds down and fall rushes in, we have a great season to look back on. Over the next several days we’ll be sharing a few of our most favorite cuts from this summer, and as we transition, reflecting both on the past and the future, it felt fitting to start with Alexander Lewis’ Seasons. A fusion producer from New York, Lewis brings together a strong electronic blend of jazz and hip-hop. Independent label and music collective Flow-Fi recruited him as their first artist to feature on TapeTracks, a biweekly promotion series that produced a handful of great new sounds this summer. Seasons includes two songs: Life is Sweet, a collaboration with Brooklyn’s loud and proud Brasstracks, and the Seasons single itself.

Track-by-track:

Life is Sweet: The horn harmonies in Life is Sweet lay over the track like butter, complimented by synths dripping with delay and a machine gun hi-hat. Smooth, memorable, perfect vibe.

I was hanging out with two of my best friends (one was the trumpet player on this track) and we were talking about how fortunate we were that music is such a central part of our lives and we get to hang and make music together. Music surrounds us in different ways, and it’s a blessing to be able to do what we love to do on a daily basis. ‘Life is Sweet’ is just that. It’s about celebrating friends and living life. – Lewis

Seasons: A garden of future bass. It’s lush, backed with bold, colorful pad chords and flowering arpeggios that bloom around a grounded kick.

This is a track about change, like the seasons. How we cope with that change and keep moving on. The journey and where life leads you. – Lewis

Check out Alexander Lewis here, Brasstracks here, and the rest of TapeTracks here.