The New LoFi

Carter Fox releases an album full of intergalactic jazz and chillhop rhythms

Do you sometimes just want to tune out and drift away from all of the overwhelming amounts of content competing for our attention? Maybe climb into a cozy spaceship headed for a far away sonic planet with laid-back beats and soothing melodies? Well that spaceship has arrived. Your captain for the voyage will be Philly-based producer and bass guitarist, Carter Fox.

For his latest album, Physics of the Impossible, Carter has created a genre-defying cosmic journey that fuses chilled-out intergalactic jazz with ambient textures, study beat chillhop rhythms, and overall space-inspired vibes. The album bends the rules of space and sound, with deep-pocket bass lines, cinematic moods, and head nodding grooves. Fox describes the album as “Thundercat meets Brian Eno on a spaceship piloted by Sun Ra.” Who wouldn’t want to board that ship?

For the project, Carter has enlisted the help of Steve Honz on piano and synths, Nick Seditious on guitar, and Wil Schade on sax — each musician brings a new dimension and feel to the various tracks they’ve collaborated on. Steve Honz adds a bold head-nodding quality to tracks like “Boomin” and “Crush” on the album, while Wil Schade brings an element of ambient jazz to the title track, “Physics of the Impossible.”

The result is a 13-track album that would not be out of place on a interplanetary journey through space (or something more down to earth like a moonlit pool party). Fans of Flying Lotus, Marcus Miller, Yussef Dayes, Joe Armon Jones, or Kamasi Washington will be really happy with what Carter Fox has to offer on Physics of the Impossible. So pack your bags, get your intergalactic passports ready, and prepare for a launch off into the universe of cosmic jazz hosted by Carter Fox.

The album is available now via Swedish label Insert Records — listen to our top tracks from the record below, and if you like what you hear, you can buy Physics of the Impossible on vinyl from Elastic Stage. The album was produced by Carter Fox and recorded, mixed, and mastered at Boom Room Studio, Retro City Studio, and Fox’s home studio in Philadelphia, PA.

Carter Fox – Bass, Production, Mixing, Mastering
Steve Honz – Keys
Damn Stargazers – Guitar on Magical Universe
Nick Seditious – Guitar on Saturn Shuffle
Wil Schade – Sax on Physics of the Impossible