A dreamscape of polyrhythmic psychedelia rooted in the evergreen mists of the Pacific Northwest coast, Where Time Does Not Ache by Ahamefule J. Oluo is a five-year labor of love and obsession, and the artist’s magnum opus album. Composed, produced, recorded, and mixed by Oluo in a log cabin deep in the Washington woods, its contemplative sounds of solitude are shaped by the synergy and collectivity of national legends and old friends from Seattle’s vibrant jazz, reggae, classical, and new music scenes. 

Resolutely genre-defying, Oluo draws on the jazz lineage of Charles Mingus, Alice Coltrane, and Booker Little, meticulously alchemized with the modern, high-concept experimentations of Portishead, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and Animal Collective. "Touch" is an instrumental track propelled by a single idea: minimalism expanded into maximalism. Powered by the hypnotic drumming of D'Vonne Lewis, its other-worldly textures envelop you, lift you, and gently shepherd you back to earth. "Soft Things," with vocals by okanomodé, is a lyrical poem meets jazz-grunge power ballad, an achingly universal cry of yearning.

Layered and textured, earthly and ethereal, nearly every track crackles with field recordings from the wild and lush landscapes of Oluo’s home. Wind whips and whispers through the Douglas firs, waves rattle pebbles on the beach, a dawn chorus of birds swirls with striking strings, cacophonous horns, airy harp, and pastoral flute. Evoking a singular moment and immemorial place, Where Time Does Not Ache eludes our temporal reality. With every listen, we are transported.

Available for purchase digitally and on limited edition translucent forest green vinyl from BandCamp