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André 3000‘s first full-length release in 17 years, New Blue Sun, is officially here, and he’s trading his raps for his flutes.

Clocking in at approximately an hour and 30 minutes, the eight-track album is a fully instrumental album with a focus on wind instruments like a Maya flute, digital wind instrument and others made of wood and bamboo. 3 Stacks’ debut record hears him play alongside Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina, Deantoni Parks, Diego Gaeta, Matthewdavid, V.C.R, Diego Gaeta, Jesse Peterson and Mia Doi Todd, and is a body of work that compiles his journey and progression (so far) in studying woodwinds. New Blue Sun is all about the now — a reminder to immerse yourself in the present and what it has to offer you.