Aysanabee - Watin (2022) Hi Res

Multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer songwriter Aysanabee releases his debut album, Watin named after his grandfather. The offering includes 10 tracks and nine interludes featuring the voice of his grandfather and is both part music and journalism, artistry and expression. Solemn and soaring, backed by a swirling blend of indie, soul and electronic soundscapes, mournful saxophone and pulse-quickening finger-picking, Aysanabee’s striking sound is equal parts hypnotic and melodic which has been compared to Bon Iver, Matt Corby, Don Ross, Kim Churchill, Kings of Leon and Sam Smith.

“Watin actually started out as a series of conversations between myself and my grandfather. We spent the first year of the pandemic talking about things we’ve never spoke about, his life on the trapline on Sandy Lake First Nation, falling in love, his life in residential school and then leaving everything behind..we never spoke of it until now. Even though we were over 1,000 kilometres apart, it was probably the closest we’ve ever been.” - Aysanabee