Celsius Drop is an exploration of the vast Future Roots music spectrum hosted by dublab co-founder Frosty. Tune-in to reach those outer realms.

This week Frosty is joined by Garfield Bright III for a special guest DJ set and interview to explore the sonic influences behind his incredible new album ‘November’ released on the 92funkradiorecords label founded by dublab’s own Grandfather.

Garfield Bright III is a multidisciplinary composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose practice is rooted in hip hop yet stretches far beyond its traditional boundaries. Raised in a musical household and mentored from a young age by his parents—Garfield Bright II and Tina Bright, both musicians in their own right—he began producing music at the age of nine alongside his twin brother, Tairiq Bright. Early explorations with digital audio workstations laid the foundation for a deep and intuitive understanding of sampling, chopping, and beatmaking—skills that continue to anchor his expansive, genre-fluid approach to sound.

As he matured into a multi-instrumentalist during his teenage years, Garfield’s sonic palette grew to include jazz, classical, electronic, experimental, and ambient forms. Despite the range of his influences, his music maintains an unmistakable throughline: a reverence for the craft and legacy of hip hop, and a belief in its ability to evolve, transform, and transcend.

Garfield’s work is not just technically adept—it is philosophically charged. He views music-making as both lineage and liberation: a tool for pushing against the constraints placed on contemporary musicians by genre, medium, and digital commodification. His process is a careful balance between analog warmth and digital experimentation, favoring intentionality over trend, and intimacy over mass appeal.

One of his most notable contributions is his original score and sound design for Songs from the Hole (directed by Contessa Gayles), a critically acclaimed documentary centered on the incarcerated musician JJ’88. Garfield’s compositions for the film serve as a powerful emotional undercurrent, blending haunting textures with spiritual resonance. His music underscores the film’s themes of isolation, memory, and resistance, earning praise for its ability to evoke profound interiority and meditative space without overwhelming the narrative.

With each project, Garfield Bright III continues to challenge assumptions about what it means to be a modern producer, composer, and artist. His work is an offering to future generations: a reminder that innovation does not require abandoning tradition, only reimagining its possibilities.

November by Garfield Bright III
November is an explorative album created by Garfield Bright III. The
album takes a deep and informed dive into the classical, jazz, electronic and experimental genres; using modern techniques to illustrate traditional forms of sound — an ambitious statement that feels more like a curated gallery of sound than a traditional record. Garfield Bright III invites listeners into a richly textured meditation on memory, and sonic lineage. Bright doesn’t just borrow from tradition; he distills it, folding analog warmth and synthesized precision into one cohesive body of work that mimics falling leaves through late autumn air.