John Carroll Kirby Conflict vintage butterfly Ben Blankenship (bass)

Ben Blankenship (bass)

The one-word title is both mysterious and evocative

Second full length album from Dam-Funk

Sorrow goes 4

but the weirdo instruments are the best

John Carroll Kirby Conflict vintage butterfly Ben Blankenship (bass)Conflict is an album inviting peace from pianist, producer and composer John Carroll Kirby. Released digitally at the height of the pandemic in 2020, this soothing compilation of piano and synth is now available on vinyl. Demonstrating perfectly why Kirby is the go to collaborator for artists ranging from experimental auteurs Bat for Lashes and Connan Mockasin to pop megastars Harry Styles and Kali Uchis, and R&B innovators Solange and Frank Ocean,