On The Time of Life, musician Jeff Parker curates an eclectic selection of music from his library of recordings, and occasionally invites guest selectors and performers from his wide community of collaborators and friends.

This month’s guest for THE TIME OF LIFE is Jeff’s dear friend and long-time musical comrade, the multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and film composer JOSHUA ABRAMS.

This set is a long-distanced, tag team DUBLAB exclusive. BLACK LIVES MATTER!

Joshua Abrams is a composer, bassist & improviser. He has recorded & toured with a diverse range of artists including Fred Anderson, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Hamid Drake, Theaster Gates, Nicole Mitchell, Jeff Parker, Sam Prekop, Mike Reed, Matana Roberts & The Roots. Abrams scored the music for nine feature length films including four documentaries by Steve James: The Interrupters, Life Itself, Abacus: Small Enough To Jail, & America To Me. Since 2010 Abrams has toured North America & Europe with a shifting-line up of musicians as Natural Information Society. The group has released five albums for Eremite records including Magnetoception (2015), Simultonality (2017) & Mandatory Reality (2019).