CAPTAIN PLANET SOUNDS LIKE HOME

Highlights

§ Sounds Like Home is a return to Captain Planet’s roots, filled with funk, disco, and psychedelic soul. Focusing more on organic songs for living room dance parties, kitchen cooking sessions, and backyard BBQ hangouts.

§ Extensive press and blog coverage, including such notable outlets as The Fader, Complex, Bandcamp, Remezcla, Sounds and Colors, and many others

§ Worldwide Radio coverage from BBC6’s Cerys Matthews (UK), FIP (FR), World Beat (CA), NPR’s World Cafe (US), with substantial support from KCRW by featuring “Pambele” as a Top Tune Of The Day, in addition to spins from Morning Becomes Eclectic, Raul Campos, Anne Litt, Scott Dallavos, Jose Galvan and more.

§ 7” vinyl from previous single “Moqueca” hit #1 Best Seller on Juno’s International charts

§ Notable editorial placements for album singles such as Apple’s “New in Alternative” and “New Fire ”, Spotify France’s "Feel Good” and more.

After a huge year of traveling in 2022, playing DJ sets in more than 30 cities across 10 countries, Captain Planet dove back into the studio to create his 5th and most ambitious album to date- Sounds Like Home. Taking a turn toward the more organic, retro sounds of artists who originally inspired him as a young musician, Charlie Wilder (aka Captain Planet) flexed his composer and bandleader muscles- incorporating horn sections, strings and acoustic drums more than the big club focused electronic sounds he has often come to be known for. “The basic concept was to make a record like the ones I constantly pull off my shelves at home and play on the weekends. The records that turn into living room dance parties with my family, the soundtracks while I'm cooking, the music that fills the backyard for lazy hang outs.” An avid vinyl record collector and musicologist since his teens, the Captain has a near encyclopedic knowledge of music from around the world, particularly artists from the 60’s and 70's, which is the era that inspired much of the sonic texture on this new album.

In classic Captain Planet style, a kaleidoscopic array of genres from around the world find their way into the mix- Brazilian disco, Latin funk, Jamaican dub, Middle Eastern psychedelia, and American soul music. While this diversity may sound more like a mixtape, the Captain's trademark uplifting vibe and impeccable knack for building a great groove, provide the special ingredients that pull it all together and make the sauce work. The Fader wrote “the Captain is a walking 'recommended vinyl' section from the best record store you've ever been to”, because all his deep love and appreciation for classic music comes right through him in his original songs. Throughout this album you'll hear echoes of timeless artists like Cymande, Gilberto Gil, Ray Barretto, Curtis Mayfield, Mulatu Astatke, and Gabor Szabo, all funneled through the Captain's modern musical sensibility, shaped by nearly 2 decades of being a professional world-traveling DJ.