Jah Bast wrote “Shadow of the Future” the day his son was born. Geneva’s Bastien Oberhuber, a Rastafarian singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer, records raw roots reggae on analog tape in his own Time & Place studio, playing almost every instrument himself.
The double A-side came out on 1 May 2026 on Jah Bast’s own label Time and Place Records, paired with “Daughter’s Ode.” One-drop roots, slow and heavy, the whole thing built around Samuel Ricucci‘s drum foundation and a bass sitting deep in the tape. The title reaches into Rastafari reading of time: “Shadow of the Future” is the long reach of what we do now into the world a child will inherit.
“Daughter’s Ode” on the flip features cellist Delphine Goldschmidt-Clermont, the arrangement stripped back around her.
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