Emerald Tablet by Potatohead People & Slippery Elm
Emerald Tablet is the new album from Vancouver production duo Potatohead People and emcee/singer Slippery Elm. As the title suggests, this tablet is full of gems, taking the listener on a starry journey to a unique world of hip-hop, jazz fusion, and neo-soul. Accessible yet innovative, melodically lush yet never formulaic, Slippery Elm’s groove-centric vocals and evocative story telling over PHP’s signature blend of horns, rhodes, off-kilter drums, and slamming bass lines, is a pairing like fine red wine and rich dark chocolate. From lead single “Nightbird”, with its hypnotic soulful vocals over a smoke-filled jazzy groove, to “Up Close” which features a masterful verse from Bahamadia over an instrumental that sounds like late-night quiet storm but in a hip-hop vernacular, Emerald Tablet is sonic soul food for the body, mind and spirit.
Tracklist
| 1. | Chandeliers (As Above) | 3:49 |
| 2. | Nightbird | 3:49 |
| 3. | Memory | 2:55 |
| 4. | Jazz In The Rain | 3:29 |
| 5. | Up Close ft. Bahamadia | 3:18 |
| 6. | Compass Rose | 4:10 |
| 7. | Red Thread ft. Taraneh | 3:55 |
| 8. | Wishing Well | 3:57 |
| 9. | Miracles | 4:24 |
| 10. | Otha Side | 3:33 |
| 11. | Sub Rosa ft. Kapok | 3:26 |
| 12. | True (So Below) | 4:58 |
Credits
Vocals, Lyrics - Slippery Elm
Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer - AstroLogical
Drums, Glockenspiel, Synthesizer - Nick Wisdom
Violin - CRUSH (1, 2, 9)
Trumpet - Thad Bailey-Mai (1, 3, 5, 7)
Saxophone - David Mergens (2)
Percussion - Kai Basanta (11)
Backing Vocals - Kendra Dias (2, 5, 10, 12)
Album design & photography - William Blake Allen
Produced by Potatohead People
Mastered by Stuntman Greg
Recorded in Vancouver B.C. & Roberts Creek 2023-2024
©&℗ 2025 Mysterybox Records. All Rights Reserved.
License
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Potatohead People (AstroLogical & Nick Wisdom) are a Canadian hiphop/electronic production duo based in Vancouver B.C.