Saana Sahel EP by Colloboh

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like

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What We Say

Aided by Leaving Records, Colloboh seems intent on revitalising multiple genres simultaneously via his modular synth magic. Whether it's keeping the minimal continuum fresh, taking jazz to brightly lit parallel dimensions, nudging bossa into the future, dramatic synth suites, injecting some ethereal soul into New Age or pastoral synth whimsy. Fresh, futuristic & he's only just getting started.

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What The Release NOtes Say

Colloboh (a portmanteau of Collins Oboh) is a Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based experimental producer and composer who has spent the past several years cultivating genre-spanning modular wizardry. A self-taught synthesist, Colloboh’s DIY recording diaries (still archived on Instagram) quickly amassed a dedicated online following, eventually catching the eye of Leaving Records founder, MatthewDavid, who wasted no time tapping the then-twenty-six-year-old to perform at the monthly Leaving showcase, Listen to Music Outside In The Daylight Under a Tree. In 2021, Colloboh permanently relocated to Los Angeles from Baltimore, dedicating himself to music full-time, and quickly becoming a fixture of the city’s vibrant experimental scene. Whereas Colloboh’s debut EP Entity Relation (released that same year) dove headlong into club beats, Saana Sahel, out May 5th 2023 on Leaving Records, showcases the breadth of the fledgeling composer’s ambitions.

The EP’s title, Saana Sahel, refers to a land of Colloboh’s pure imagining—an untouched utopia spanning lush coastlines and sweeping deserts. Beginning with the stately “Acid Sunrise” (like a Phillip Glass rave comedown), the EP functions as an atlas of sorts, mapping the region’s varied environments and moods. And varied indeed—across these six tracks there lie ecstatic jazz freakouts, samba shuffles, guest vocals from (seemingly) the very Seraphim, and interpolations of Debussy and Gabriel Faure. The breadth of sounds conjured here is a testament not only to Colloboh’s eclectic roster of influences, but also the period of deep and challenging personal growth that immediately preceded the EP’s composition. The construction of Saana Sahel (both the imagined locale and the release) served as a spiritual lode star, a place to which Colloboh could retreat for energetic restoration. Ever-generous, Colloboh has charted these expeditions for us in song, and now we may all draw sustenance and inspiration from the wellsprings of this rich land.

COLLOBOH ON TOUR 2023
April 15 - Lisbon, Portugal
May 7 - Copenhagen, Denmark
May 13 - Tallin, Estonia
May 21 - Berlin, Germany (Arkoada)
May 27 - Denver, Colorado
(w/Suzanne Ciani at Central Presbyterian Church)
June 10 - Ottawa, Canada

CREDITS
Qur'an Shaheed - Voice and additional synth on tracks 2 & 3
Mekala Session - Drums on tracks 2 & 3(outro)
eye to eye - Voice on track 5
BlankFor.ms - Piano & additional synth on track 5

Produced and arranged by Collins Oboh
Mixed by Spencer Hartling at Wiggle World, Altadena, CA
Mastered by Daddy Kev
Artwork and Layout by Manyearsago
Bio by Emmett Shoemaker

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