Downtempo, acid jazz, and chillout fans will enjoy Outerattik’s The Attic EP, from UK-based jazz musician and producer Jamie Smith, The Attic consists of four tracks of funked up acid jazz that were inspired by Jamie’s memories of discovering music through his parents’eclectic vinyl collection that were stored in the attic. Outerattik has already been featured recently on radio shows and podcasts, such as Ipswich 105.7 FM’s Electric Soul Show, Dave’s Lounge podcast, Rootdown FM, and Lord Bubba’s Nu-Jazz Funk Radio podcast. The track "Nineties Man" is the opening track on the French chillout compilation Lounge Masters Vibes Vol. 2, released in May 2012. The EP also received positive feedback from the UK’s Chill radio station, which complimented the “lovely electric piano” and said the music was “very expressive and chilled”. Jamie has been interviewed and the EP featured in the popular blog Downtemposcape, where the release received praise from editor DJ EROK. Other tracks are "Electro Funk #50," "What For No?," and "Attic Faery." ~ outerattick.com
CITIZENS GATHER
Fred Lonberg-Holm at his collaborative best – working with a great group of Chicago citizens, each of whom shape the others' sound in the set! Parts of the record have Lonberg-Holm's older style of arch avant energy – an almost academic mode that comes across with thoughtfully expressive passages. Yet other sides of the music are much more freewheeling – and almost swinging, which is quite a change for Fred – but a welcome one too! Things never get too conventional, as the older modes grab back the newer ones from time to time – making for a rich set of sounds that come from Lonberg-Holm on cello and guitar, Aram Shelton on alto and clarinet, Keefe Jackson on tenor and bass clarinet, Josh Berman on cornet, Anton Hatwich on bass, and Frank Rosaly on drums – and, oddly, at some point nearly every band member plays some form of trumpet, too. Titles include "Infra Pass", "It's A Tough Grid", "Later News", "Lazy Day", "Roses", and "Simpler Days". ~ Dusty Groove
Parisian groove theorists Bibi Tanga and The Selenites return in 2012 with 40° of Sunshine, their second release for the Nat Geo Music label. 40° of Sunshine was recorded in the studio after a two month African tour, and it's the group's most warm, relaxed and deeply poetic recording yet. Bibi explains of the title track, "'40° of Sunshine' takes some poetic license. It's a story that imagines what would happen if alcohol were replaced by liquid sunshine; 40 ounces of bottled sunshine." A relaxed, collective approach paid off with funky synchronicities and poetic couplings on tracks like "Poet of the Soul" - built around a slippery funk groove married to lines from poet Walt Whitman's masterpiece "Leaves of Grass" - and "Laughing Song" - based around a poem by canonical English poet William Blake. "Banda a gui koua" introduces guest singer Emma Lamadji, who appears on seven of the album's tracks. One track, "My Heart Is Jumping," has a darker backstory than the rest, as Bibi recounts: "the track is built around Professeur Inlassable‘s loops of an obscure 1930s recording, which had a woman singing the words, 'my heart is jumping.' Two days after le Professeur made the loop he had a little heart attack of his own. 40° of Sunshine is such a surprising and satisfying listen - you never know where your head will roam, but your feet will always be firmly planted on the dancefloor. ~ giantstep.net
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