The Bali-based label Island Of The Gods presents the new album by Black Merlin titled Kosua, hitting the shelves on the 26th of October.

Following his 2016’s debut album, Hipnotik Tradisi, on the Island Of The Gods label, London-based producer George Thompson AKA Black Merlin is back with another LP, Kosua. For the new LP, the artist ventured to the wild lands of Papua New Guinea to explore and record these remote places, where he worked closely with the old world musicians and sounds of the islands.

In 2016, Thompson planned his first solo expedition, venturing out to meet the Kosua Tribe in Papua New Guinea. Over the course of the next two years, George would record the sounds of the Kosua people. “From their daily lives, ancient dance customs and wildlife. During one of these trips, he spent 14 days alone in the jungle, getting in and out of the Mount Bosavi crater and further 3 days inside recording and filming his experience. These recordings and experiences formed the basis of his second album, Kosua.”

Listen to the clips from the album below.



Tracklist

A1. Self Heat

A2. Feeling Colour

A3. Seane Falls Womens Kulumba

A4. New Guinea

B1. Cloud

B2. Standing On The Summit Of Bosavi

B3. Fogomay’iu Village

C1. Kundu

C2. Stalking The Canopy

C3. Talisu

C4. Sibi

D1. First Light

D2. Chief Sigalo Balo Dance

D3. Madmen, Missionaries, Prospectors And Weirdos

D4. Big Haus