Description

Limited edition 2LP pressed on deep pink vinyl in artworked inners and housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes six previously unreleased tracks. Artwork by Mtendere Mandowa. Design by Paulo Rafael and Anamaria Chavez Ramos. Photography by Theo Jemison. MP3 download code included.

Teebs and Brainfeeder celebrate the 10th anniversary of Teebss 2010 album Ardour with a special edition digital and vinyl reissue featuring six previously unreleased bonus tracks

Teebs has such a unique and tender magic, as an artist, as a producer and as a human being Hes a gifted and rare kind

Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 6 Music)

Teebs music sounds like an island vacation the way Avatar looks.

Flying Lotus

On 11 October 2010, Brainfeeder released the debut album by a 23 year old ex-skater, painter and music producer from Chino Hills called Teebs (real name Mtendere Mandowa). The title Ardour means great enthusiasm, love or passion and was a fitting descriptor for his inherently warm, lushly textured beats. Its an undisputed classic in the Brainfeeder canon and more widely considered an essential chapter in the ever-evolving puzzle of the global beat scene.

Brainfeeder and Teebs are celebrating the 10th anniversary with a limited special edition reissue of this landmark record. Pressed on deep pink 2LP and housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve with artwork by Teebs himself, the new edition features six previously unreleased bonus tracks.

With roots at the My Hollow Drum collective, Dublab and Low End Theory, Teebs has been a staple in Los Angeles music. My creative family in LA is so important, he explains. Its a part of who I am when I step outside and how others in LA view me. I love the feeling of community and trying to understand how I can be useful in it.

Following Ardour (2010), Teebs released Collections (2011), Estara (2014) and, after a 5 year hiatus, his most recent album Anicca in 2019, with the help of a host of musical friends including Panda Bear (Animal Collective), Sudan Archives, Ringgo Ancheta aka MNDSGN, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Anna Wise. Universally acclaimed, Pitchfork gave Anicca a glowing 7.8 review hailing Mandowas effortless, shape-shifting tracks that make time stand still. Meanwhile, FADER described the record as deeply atmospheric cool-headed and uncanny.