JITWAM ‘Third’

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Description

Jitwam was born in Guwahati, Assam, in North Eastern India. Soon after, his family migrated to Australia. Later, Jitwam travelled extensively, winding up in the melting pot of London. There, he discovered dance music. In 2017, Jitwam, having generated his own sonic hybrid, released a debut album, ‘ज़ितम सिहँ‘, followed by Honeycomb in 2019.

The concept of “home” is one of Third’s themes. The LP was inspired by Jitwam’s living in both London and the especially fast-paced New York. It subliminally explores immigrant history, diasporic experience and Third Culture identity. Third opener ‘India’ is a deep groove with a neo-psychedelic twist. Jitwam’s fragmented spoken word is used texturally alongside liquid jazz guitar and flute. He expresses a need to reconnect to his roots: “I won’t forget / where I’m coming from / where I really belong.”
Third establishes Jitwam’s fluidly elegant style as a producer. The album’s centrepiece, ‘Equanimity’, is led by Brooklyn’s Melanie Charles, a lauded Haitian-American jazz singer and flautist (she was also a member of the choir gracing Gorillaz’ Humanz). And the song is soothing for harried times – imagine D’Angelo losing himself producing deep house, with some thrilling mystical flute.