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Adam Turchin – “Manifest Destiny” – Available April 28
 Available Now on Ropeadope Records:Multi-Instrumentalist Adam Turchin Proves Success is Where Preparation and Opportunity Meet in Chronicling Bi-Coastal Move from Philadelphia to Los Angeles on Debut Album Manifest Destiny Composer/Producer Weaves Reoccurring Melodies Throughout Blend of Soul, Rock, Funk, Jazz, and Hip-Hop Album Features Special Guests Terrace Martin, Javier Starks, Robert “Sput” Searight, Josef Leimberg, Marlon Williams, Rose Gold, JP Floyd, and more  “The name Turchin might not ring a bell, but trust you’ve been listening to him for years.” — OkayPlayer “If you’ve been sleeping on Adam Turchin, then this is the day you get woke…” — Revive-Music  Stream Tracks from Manifest Destiny “I’d never been to California or LA. In my early twenties, I sold all of my saxophones to a store in New Jersey except for the horn my father gave me, a 1965 Selmer Mark VI. I packed my 2002 silver Saturn and drove west.” Saxophonist Adam Turchin’s impulsive decision seven years ago was a risky and romantic move that has proven to be a worthwhile gamble. After performances on albums by Kendrick Lamar, The Game, and Terrace Martin, Turchin is ready for the spotlight, writing, producing and playing ten different instruments on his debut album, Manifest Destiny, an autobiographical chronicle to be released through Ropeadope of his journey from Philadelphia college life to the sunnier streets of in the City of Angels. When Turchin arrived in Los Angeles, he found a gig trading what he knew: saxophones. A chance encounter with saxophonist and producer Terrace Martin changed his life. The two locked in on the intricacies of various vintage reed instruments and Turchin found himself invited to a session that night. Martin, a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz and R&B scene, took the enthusiastic East Coaster under his wing and brought him around town. Nearly half a decade into their friendship, after recording and performing gigs such as the Soul Train Music Awards together, Martin suggested Turchin bring his baritone saxophone to the studio “just in case” for Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly sessions that he had been attending for months. As the finishing touches were being put on what would become one of the cornerstones of modern hip-hop and the bleeding edge of jazz, which would go on to net eleven Grammy® Award-nominations, Turchin was recruited to record on the album. Laying down baritone sax as part of the major horn component on the Lamar’s “u,” Turchin was no longer just an observer but a participant in a major musical movement. As the studio time for the album became more prominent in his schedule, he realized he could remain at his monotonous day job or watch and participate in history being made; and the choice was clear — Turchin quit the saxophone trading gig and pursued recording and performing full time. “That’s where things changed,” says Turchin. “In the early morning after we recorded ‘u,’ I went home and wrote the song ‘5:55am.’ While the album had already been in the works for months, the TPAB sessions were shaping how I perceived music, how I wrote music, and how I produced music — that’s where this song came from.”
Two years later, Turchin has arrived with a rich album of lush soul and orchestral swells of lysergic wanderlust. His band, which includes Terrace Martin (whose recent Grammy® nominated album, Velvet Portraits, Turchin was heavily involved in, playing tenor and baritone sax and working on the administrative side also) as well as vocalists Rose Gold and Kate Faust, is a tight ensemble, not overwhelmed by guests but instead performed mostly by Turchin. That’s not to say that he didn’t get some other highly regarded friends such as rapper Javier Starks, trumpeter Josef Leimberg, electric guitarist Marlon Williams, and others join the project. “The album is full of reoccurring themes, both musically and lyrically,” he says. “Musically, the album is chock full of Easter eggs, secret passages, hidden tunnels and other fun secrets. Melodies come and go all over.” The saxophonist/producer collaborated with his road-trip partner, sculptor John Souter, on the cover art. Turchin wrestled with how to portray destiny when he remembered a bouquet of fake flowers his father hastily compiled for his mother when he was a child. A bouquet that still sits in his family’s home. “Destiny is eternal. Destiny is a still life. A flower is a moment in time, enjoy it while you can. A flower is beautiful and living. You can appreciate it, smell it and move on but a silk flower is eternal. It can’t die. It is a still life too. The fake flower is destiny.” From there, the two worked together on the sculpture that graces the album’s cover – created in one day, one drop at a time, Apart from his work with Souter, Turchin teamed up with painter Jackie Stanton to create a painting for each major track on the album — she also constructed a much larger painting while Turchin and Souter worked on the sculpture, replicating their creation — expanding on the idea of the silk flower and the dreams that await those willing to take a chance. “I am a musician and my specialty is in music however I can’t be held within just music. I’m interested in mixed media, cross-boundary ideas. This is not just an album of music. In my mind, this is a destination where all different forms of art meet.” Clearly, Turchin has no regrets about his decision to head west. He has found a welcoming community and they have helped to nurture his unique voice amid the clamor. He is possessed by the spirits of soul, rock, funk, jazz and hip-hop in a city that embraces all of those sounds.
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