SAM3L - 4Ls . I’ll start my Friday Fam Drops with this enigmatic piece from my brother Samuel Barrie, an all-around creative who’s masterminded a unique musical journey under the guise of his alter ego SAM3L ( which he introduced earlier this year with the statement, “I became ‘Samel’ when I dropped ‘u’”) . This unusual introductory joint, “4Ls,” is a 7min underscore with spoken word that functions as a sort of overture/prologue for a large scale project Sam has been constructing for years. I can’t say much more about it, except take a listen and stay tuned!!! . I was blessed to connect with Samuel a little over a year ago. He has become a trusted collaborator, a intellectual and creative sounding board, and a close friend during this time. It was an honor to join the massively talented creative team that is bringing this project to life. I think I can reveal (shhhhhhhh) that the beautifully shot cinematic video for 4Ls is completed and ready for release but Sam is following the audio-release-first model. He wasn’t satisfied with just some quickly thrown-together image to accompany the release like many indie artists, so he carefully curated the creation of a dope, evocative original painting by the creepily brilliant artist maevlly and then sat down with me to plan ways to subtly bring another layer of life to the artwork with some limited-motion animation, each one a deep-rooted, fore-shadowing metaphor. . This visual art work version dropped earlier this week. You can watch it in full on YouTube (link currently in Sam’s bio.) I put together this 30-sec teaser to feature some of my favorite of the many surprise ways the painting comes to life during the 7-minute 4Ls suite. Jump on board now at this first stop! You’re gonna dig where this journey is taking you! @samuel_barrie @maeve.lally @itsregi_okayy @wantofpeace @clintonxkojo . #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #SAM3L #SamuelBarrie #4Ls #TuTchTFam #CreativeGenuises #TuTchTCollabos #MaeveLally #CreatingDopeArtinTimesofCovid #FridayFamDrops https://www.instagram.com/p/CEvEeaSBAtv/?igshid=qx37hpnxtdmp
