Grooooovay. British nu jazz with funky percussions and UK garage tracks scattered throughout the record. While mixing two different genres is a good idea per se, it sometimes feels a tad forced, as if the will to produce something original took over other composition ideas. The kind of record where you go 'oh yeah it's cool and all, but I guess he can do better than that with this particular approach'. The most important aspect here is g r o o v e. The organic drums are enhanced by modern electronic beats, and the way the guitars and wind instruments are heard (they sound extremely distant) truly emphasizes the focus of the record. Melodically, this is not the best jazz record you could listen to this year (go jam Matt Tavares and Leland Whitty u fool), but it's very efficient at being visceral.
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