NTHNL is the project of Booklyn-based musician and producer Jacob Rudin, who recently returned with his new album Cosmic Flute Rides Again.
A genre-expanding blend of genres, led by Rudin’s work as a flutist, touching upon, smooth jazz, electro pop and lo-fi beats. For a good feel of his sound, look no further than the album’s single, “Our Secret”, which was released last week.
The track features the classical element of the flute which leads the charge, while shape-shifting in spirit with smart refined beats and production to create something that is essential in a genre of its own.
Speaking on the new project, Rudin adds:
“I’m not quite sure why I made this album. It’s for some reason felt important to me to make a flute-fronted pop album to celebrate this instrument and to give it a wildly new context in which to sing. The flute is the oldest instrument we have evidence of, dating back at least 40000 years to both humans proper and Neanderthals. This instrument is almost as universal as music itself across human culture and serves as the gateway between the spiritual and the corporeal.
The Cosmic Flute music is joyous and absurd. You are supposed to come away feeling free, like you have permission, like the world is huge and expansive and full of beauty and possible meaning.
In my music I always spend a little bit of time in the shadows, but I like to return always. I think it’s super important to explore the dark, while always reaffirming the light.”
Enjoy a listen to “Our Secret” now below via its official music video.
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