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TA-KU
announces forthcoming album
SONGS TO COME HOME TO LP
PRE-ORDER HERE
Out Friday August 25
via FUTURE CLASSIC
+ Releases new single
“SMILE” feat. XAVIER OMÄR,
DAISY WORLD & ROMDERFUL
BUY/STREAM HERE
WATCH HERE
OUT TODAY VIA FUTURE CLASSIC
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Credit: Jess Wharehinga
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Today, Perth-raised hip-hop producer Ta-ku announces his new album Songs To Come Home To will be released on August 25 via Future Classic.
The project of Regan Matthews, Ta-ku’s highly anticipated long-play and concluding piece in a trio of iconic releases, joins 2013’s Songs To Break Up To and 2015’s Songs To Make Up To. Additionally, Ta-ku shares the record’s first single, “SMILE” featuring Xavier Omär, DAISY WORLD and ROMderful, available to stream now.
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On Songs To Come Home To, Ta-ku unites with some of today’s most exciting new artists and rejoins old studio friends to release his most ambitious project to date. The record is a healing pursuit of happiness, stability and love via explorations of self and home. Ta-ku’s concept of home is fluid, as the album soundtracks how physical spaces, romantic partners, communities and self-taught passions can become vehicles for fulfilment.
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SONGS TO COME HOME TO
Track Listing
THE END (feat. Thrupence, Will Paquin & rum.gold)
HOME (Kenny’s Interlude) (feat. Joekenneth)
SMILE (feat. Xavier Omär, DAISY WORLD & ROMderful)
WAY OUT (feat. Milan Ring, matt mcwaters, & ?uestlove)
CRY (feat. Becca Hatch)
INNER SOUL (feat. Chanel Loren & matt mcwaters)
BETTER (feat. Jay Prince & Billy Davis)
CALL MY NAME (feat. JMSN)
HARD2SAY (feat. 1300 & Sango)
TWO OF US (feat. alayna)
THROUGH AND FALLING (feat. matt mcwaters & kerri)
WE GOT (feat. Louis Baker & REPEAT PATTERN)
KNOW ME (feat. NOÉ, James Poyser & KAINA)
THE SCORE (feat. Panama)
LIGHTNING (feat. Wafia & Young Franco)
RUNAWAY (feat. RINI & Touch Sensitive)
DAWN (feat. NOÉ, Cabu & TRŪ SAALI)
HOPES & DREAMS (feat. Hopes & Dreams Club)
THINKING OF YOU
TAKE ON ME w/ NOÉ (Bonus Cover)
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From where we were introduced to Ta-ku’s emotional depth in 2013’s Songs To Break Up To, to the complex yet lighter sequel of 2015’s Songs To Make Up To featuring JMSN, Sango, and Jordan Rakei, Songs To Come Home To is the listener’s final destination.
As the first single off the record, “SMILE” is a warm and inviting listen featuring US-based R&B stars, Xavier Omär, DAISY WORLD and British producer, ROMderful. A pastiche of 70s soul and neo-jazz brought into a post-modern setting sees Ta-ku’s production meld organic drums, billowing vocal harmonies, piano runs and jazzy melodies into a hypnotic groove awash with rays of sunshine-like haze.
Ta-ku on “SMILE”: “’SMILE’ really sets the tone to my debut album. A celebration and testament to the power of creative collaboration with artists I have admired for a long time. It’s a reminder of finding joy, happiness & safety in the small things that we may take for granted.
This first single pays homage to where I’ve come from, where I am & where I’m going. Creativity, community, and the start to the Songs To Come Home To world.
No matter who we are, where we are in life or thought we’d be in life
Do things that make you smile. Do it with the people who make you smile.”
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Ta-ku quietly became one of the most influential and sought-after beatmakers of the 2010s due to his inventive, emotion-rich style. His projects dedicated to major influences J Dilla and Nujabes have attracted a cult following, as did 2013’s Songs to Break Up To, and 2015’s Songs to Make Up To. Ta-ku teamed up with Wafia on (m)edian soon after, which saw them perform for the likes of triple j’s Like A Version and NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert. Across each of these releases, Ta-ku toured the world including sold out shows at MoMA PS1 in NYC, Neuehouse in Los Angeles and the Sydney Opera House. Ta-ku’s first release, 2009’s Different Spaces, featured collaborations with a variety of MCs, singers, and DJs from around the world, all of whom Matthews contacted via social media. Ta-ku released numerous beat tapes and digital EPs in 2011, including the bright, funky Latenyc, which included a guest appearance from Chet Faker. “SMILE” arrives following Ta-ku’s trio of 2020 singles in “Notice”, “Cruel” featuring Panama and a downtempo version of alt-pop star BENEE’s hit “Glitter”. All tracks received immense praise, clocking over 500k+ spins across Spotify and Apple Music as well as recognition from triple j and community radio.
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Continually expanding his creative hand across multiple projects, and as a Creative Director of creative studio, Pretty Soon, Ta-ku has taken his passion for photography global, showcasing his 823 exhibition in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland and Tokyo. Under his 823 collective, Ta-ku released a compilation album, All Things Considered Vol.1 featuring Idealism, Wun Two and more, alongside launching The Hopes & Dreams Listening Club. The online-centred initiative invited bedroom producers of all levels to participate in beat challenges, listening sessions and group projects as part of an inclusive community.
As one of Australia’s most sought-after beatmakers and iconic creative forces, listen to Ta-ku’s “SMILE” today and prepare to find your own journey of self-realisation, with Songs To Come To Home To landing in August.
“SMILE” IS OUT TODAY VIA FUTURE CLASSIC
BUY/STREAM HERE
WATCH HERE
SONGS TO COME HOME TO LP IS OUT FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 VIA FUTURE CLASSIC
PRE-SAVE HERE
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