" data-original-title="" title="">Alain Mallet mirrors in a way, the large embrace of all humankind necessary globally to build a meaningful dialog on the path to peace and understanding.

Mallet releases this music while the global Covid-19 pandemic, and the Black Lives Matter movement, stand front and center in the collective consciousness of the US, as well as all humankind. As an artist and human, he could not bring himself to promote his work in the midst of so much tragedy. He decided to use it as a means to support BLM, to enable a conversation and resulting action so desperately needed in this fight for justice.

"My new record dropped last month and in the midst of this multi-faceted human tragedy we're in, I could not bring myself to promote it. Instead, I searched for the most dignified way to turn commerce into meaningful action, and this is what I came to in the end," states Mallet. He decided to donate his part of the proceeds from the album to Black Lives Matter, and bi-annually match sales up to $1000.

The term "world music" doesn't seem to quite apply to Mallet's musical conception represented by his Mutt Slang project which first came to light on his 2018 release, Mutt Slang (Etrain). For the second edition, A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed In Rage (Origin, 2020), Mallet re-immerses in the same turbulent musical waters, to create a narrative that expresses compositionally, a broad spectrum of emotion, enhanced by the wonderfully unpredictable mandate of improvisation. "My earliest intentions were to use lyrics in support of the most personal topics, and pen the instrumental as sort of an impressionist narrative," says Mallet. The wide swath of musical innovation that arose from gathering musicians from many divergent paths would impact his vision for this recording.

Mallet's resume is diverse and fascinating. His impact as a mentor while teaching at the Berkeley School of Music in Boston has long been acknowledged. As a sideman, his resume is as diverse as the music presented by Mutt Slang, performing with Paul Simon,