London-based jazz drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar announces new album KALAK and releases new track 'Utopia Is A Colonial Project'. The new album (set for release on Leaf Label 11/11) will follow on from 2019's powerful political record More Arriving, on KALAK Korwar explores Indo-futurist ideas that are not rooted in Eurocentric, colonialist projections that are intrinsically linked with the exploitation of people and the planet. “Utopia can be seen as a diagram for colonisation,” Korwar explains. “Ideas of utopia are intrinsically linked to the mindset of settler colonialism. It comes from seeing the natural world as an inanimate resource rather than a living, sentient being. We need to be anti-utopian, and anti-dystopian. We need to be able to imagine futures drastically different to the kind of ‘utopias’ that are being sold by right-wing populist politicians in South Asia and beyond.” The lead single is a pulsating rhythmic tangle of drums, horns and synthesisers, accompanied by a stunning video directed and edited by Elliott Gonzo featuring impassioned and erratic convulsions from dancer Botis Seva that visually embodies the intensity of the track. -Toby Evans-Jesra