Essam: Transparent Petrol Vinyl LP Red Hot Chili Peppers Flip the LP over for

Flip the LP over for a side of pop and glam favourites

Helen Leibmann

Birds of Passage (iF edit)

soul bursting through my veins”

Essam: Transparent Petrol Vinyl LP Red Hot Chili Peppers Flip the LP over forEssam is the bands fourth album, recorded with the same core lineup, but marks a significant shift in their sound and approach. Musically, it marks a departure from the rocky,bluesy, psychedelic Tuareg guitar driven sound influenced by Tinariwens heritagemoving toward something more open, modern, and exploratory. For the first time, their long time sound engineer Maxime Kosinetz stepped in as producer. He travelled to Tamanrasset with Emile Papandreou