It’s actually not that quiet.
Just hit “Play” and bathe in album opener “Vanity” featuring French soprano Axelle Fanyo backed by Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang who are Space Afrika and you’ll recognize you’re in unfamiliar territory.
From the liner notes:
‘Quiet Storm’, the duo’s highly anticipated follow-up to their 2021 LP on Dais Records, expands on its predecessor’s sound and scale in every direction as a sprawling, collaborative vision shaped with profound patience and intention.The leap, both technical and emotional, outlines the duo’s development — two polymath producers, composers, performers, and visual artists who’ve met expectations with mastery, embedding their own coming-of-age story within a moving suite of cathartic abstraction. Songs allude to spirituality and the human condition, the tension between boldness and softness, ambition and the inner demons that persist. Contributors include Axelle Fanyo, Alto Aria, Deuén, Klein, RXKNephew, Tony Njoku, Kiala Ogawa, and Kelly Moran.
When you get past that whirling beauty, more surprises await. To my way of hearing Quiet Storm, released on Dais Records in September, is among the most adventurous and captivating albums of 2026 (and beyond). If you enjoy the unexpected told with depth, imagination, and nearly painful beauty, this one’s for you.
We’ve stayed true to ourselves. It’s music from the heart. It’s music that has a particular rawness to it, but we’ve articulated that in a more modern classic structure, there’s a much more critical pronunciation of techniques,” says Inyang. “It’s a collaborative record because there is always strength and love in collaboration. But with that, we were able to focus more strongly on our personal identity.”