The crowning achievement of the minds behind Atlas & Oracle.
**IMPORTANT NOTE**: For some reason it's not letting me give a digital copy of Jubilee away with this purchase, so just reach out over Bandcamp or Twitter and we'll get you two free codes for the trouble :)
4GB packed full of extras- an unreleased music video, additional orderings, instrumentals & karaokes, and a 30 minute set of a live performance of instrumental music that lies between jazz, classical, and pop.
The USB is shaped like a cassette. Comes in a plastic case with a fully printed j-flap. Exclusive liner notes are scattered throughout the folders, giving greater insight into the USB's features.
This is the only item in our store that was bulk purchased, so IT WILL COME WITH EXTRAS!! We got some beautiful stickers and buttons printed to send out with these.
Only 50 available, and when they're gone, they're gone! Even if we produce another run, it will NEVER AGAIN be available in this white color. Get a piece of A&O history!!
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Every printable section on this jewel case CD has been maxed out with beautiful artwork by our resident artist Bora Moon. Ships from NYC. Please note that since we are doing our production through an on-demand service there will be NO extras shipping with this CD. If you want extras check out the USB!
Putting shipping costs into Bandcamp is a little wonky so reach out for the best shipping costs on orders of more than 2 CDs.
Includes unlimited streaming of Jubilee
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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T-Shirt/Shirt
Cover Art Collection
This shirt features the beautiful 'Starry Day' cover art from Jubilee, our first full-length album. Lightweight and breathable. A bit nicer than Gildan so it's a couple bucks more. Available in 3 great colors- which one do you like the best?
SPECIAL NOTE, PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:
1. To choose your color (yellow, forest, or white), please choose "Include a message to Atlas & Oracle" while adding the item to your cart.
2. Starting with 2XL, the shirts start getting $2 more expensive to produce per upsize. If you're able, consider chipping in a couple extra dollars!
3. XS and 5XL are NOT available in Forest or Yellow. Apologies, this is a restraint of the printing company.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
This also means that shirts are coming out of production facilities in multiple global locations. This also means that shirts are coming out of production facilities in multiple global locations. If you're seeing the Worldwide shipping price of $7.50, please reach out and we will add your country right away- it will likely result in cheaper shipping.
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about
I hesitate to write this caption. Though there are 14 tracks on this album, this is the finale- think of the next one as the encore. Part of me doesn't want it to be over.
I want to go back and reread every caption I wrote and rewrite and edit and make sure everything's parfect so that no one can misunderstand me. But I won't.
I want to listen to the songs on a dozen different audio sources and make 1% adjustments to the levels until everything is perfectly mixed. I want to write new songs to replace the ones I'm self-conscious about.
But I won't.
All I can do is hope I've said everything I wanted to say as accurately and succinctly as I was possibly capable of.
This song, the title track, was the last song written for this album. Well, besides the actual last track, but I'd been working on that one in my head for a while.
It was intended to sum up the whole album- a thesis statement, if you will, though there are other songs that could fit that category as well.
Jubilee is originally a Biblical term. I can feel your eyebrows raising, and don't worry, I'm not about to get all religious on you.
You probably know that the Sabbath happens once every 7 days. You can also have sabbatical years, which occur once every 7 years.
Jubilee, the Sabbath's Sabbath, is meant to happen once every set of 7 x 7 years. This is a time to return land that you had taken, to free your slaves and prisoners, and to forgive the debts owed to you.
A beautiful concept, and you can see why they'd put that in the Bible. But there is no evidence that this practice ever occurred.
Because why would it? That would require the people in power to give up some of their power for the greater good. In history, this rarely happens.
We like to believe that we are owed the land we live on. But we don't take care of it.
We like to believe we can prove we're better than others through the money we have and the power we have over them. But this practice makes us worse.
We like to believe that certain people deserve no better than to rot in prison. We fought a war over whether or not it was ok to own slaves, and some people never got over it.
We are not ok. We desperately need help.
No one is coming to help us.
We must help each other.
If there's a way forward, it's through reconciliation. We are on land that we stole, and have the nerve to hold property over other's heads.
If we're lucky, this will be an era that humans will look back on with disgust. If we work really hard, they may be able to hold us up as an example of what not to do.
If we aren't, and if we don't, it's going to keep going like this. And then, one day, or perhaps painfully slowly, it will stop.
And there will be no one left to remember what was so important about money in the first place.
lyrics
Up at night
The mistakes of past lives threatening
To undo my mind they're beckoning
Not to make the same mistake and on and on
Heroes to
Some but not to all
We're watching them
One by one they fall
Will we admit
that the prosperous will never speak for all?
And oftentimes I feel l
Don't know what to do
It's hard to think that they thought
Any of this through
Who can we be when all our
History is clogged with broken bones,
And we put them on display?
The past is beckoning
Will we receive the message?
So many yet to learn
To understand the lesson
They'll say try all you want
They'll say no one can save you
But why can't we try
To help each other save ourselves?
Hey
To start it off
Just remember it's all fables
From unjustified crusaders
Who we idolize as if they cared at all
It's not enough
To repair your past transgressions
It's a system of oppression
And we transgress just by
Saying nothing's wrong
And oftentimes I feel l
Don't know what to do
It's hard to think that they thought
Any of this through
Who can we be when all our
History is clogged with broken bones,
And we put them on display?
The past is beckoning
Will we receive the message?
So many yet to learn
To understand the lesson
The signal's strengthening
And we can read you clearly
For those who just woke up
Come on and hear me
They'll say try all you want
They'll say no one can save you
But why can't we try
To help each other save ourselves?
Hey
credits
from Jubilee,
track released October 11, 2022
Vocals & Keys: Atlas O'Clare
Bass: Gemini Jackson
Trombone: Orion Jones
Trumpet: Sam Copernicus
Tenor Sax: Galaxy Brain
Drums: Lorenzo Granget
Mixing/Mastering: Aladdin Vega
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