ABUNAI is Evan Gitterman, an Oakland-based multi-instrumentalist and producer. He started on piano, then saxophone, and after five teenage years playing weekends in a jazz-funk band he settled on bass guitar, which anchors much of what he makes. Psychedelic electronic soul, with a strong oceanic streak he traces to the California coast and his family's Hawaiian roots. 'mph outro' is track 3 on Chrysalis, his second album (Tartelet Records, May 2022), a 1:54 piece with Kevin Farzad of Sure Sure on drums and percussion. Gitterman produced and mixed the record himself. Gilles Peterson and Don Letts were early supporters, and his grandfather, a Hawaii-based sailor and pilot, told him the album was ideal music for sailing the ocean at sunset.
From the notes for EKHO Sonic Chill #7 · fact-checked Oct 4, 2026.
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