Brownswood Recordings

Tom Skinner - The Maxim (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello)

Tom Skinner
The Maxim (ft. Meshell Ndegeocello)
Released digitally on September 26th via Brownswood Recordings & International Anthem.

Today, drummer-composer Tom Skinner releases his second solo album Kaleidoscopic Visions - on LP, CD, and digital download via Brownswood Recordings and International Anthem (available on streaming platforms on October 17) - featuring new single “The Maxim”; a ten-minute collaboration with Grammy Award-winning singer and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello.

“The Maxim” is a dubby, spacious meditation on life and death, delivered with a free-spirited grace. For Skinner, working with Meshell Ndegeocello — whom he first saw at Glastonbury as a teenager in 1994 — represents a full-circle moment, indicative of the indirect paths and inspirational detours that have shaped his life.

Tom Skinner on the new single & video,“The Maxim”:

“The Maxim is a 10-minute meditation on time. An incantation and exploration of human existence - addressing birth, life and death in one breath. It’s about standing in the middle of everything, looking back at where you’ve come from, then looking forward to where you might be headed and trying to make sense of it all. Working with Meshell on this song was born out of a meaningful friendship that has developed between us over the last few years. She has long been a great inspiration and influence of mine; someone I’ve aspired to ever since I first discovered her music as a teenager back in the '90s, so having the opportunity to work together on this song feels like a full-circle moment and holds great significance to me. I’m so grateful to her in trusting me throughout this process."

Order vinyl:
https://tomskinner.lnk.to/kaleidoscopicvisionsalbumEM

Watch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nD_XapAyuo

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Official Site: https://tomskinner.net/

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Release Date	September 26th, 2025
Catalog No	BWOOD0421DD
Label	Brownswood Recordings

track	artist
The Maxim (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello)	Tom Skinner	9:56

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Brownswood Recordings is an independent record label founded by the DJ, record collector and broadcaster Gilles Peterson in 2006.

It is a platform for new artists to grow and a space for more established acts to experiment.
Our parent company, Brownswood Music also runs an artist development programme called Future Bubblers, in partnership with Arts Council England.