LUCAS
ARRUDA – SOLAR
Stunning
work from Lucas Arruda – a record we love even more than his first – and we
totally loved that one to death! The sound here is prime Brazilian 70s at its
best – that magical moment when jazz, fusion, and older bossa-schooled styles
all came together in a really unique blend – and also helped Brazil find its
own unique sense of soul, too – a quality that really came forth in the best
work from Azymuth and Marcos Valle at the end of the decade! No surprise, Lucas
has Azymuth bassist Alex Malheiros and Valle collaborator Leon Ware both on
board to help out with the record – but the strength of the set is clearly all
Arruda's own – as his vocals are wonderful, with a soulful expression that's
vaguely in the Ed Motta side of the spectrum – mixed with his own warm lines on
Fender Rhodes, which totally warm things up! Production is perfect, and equally
vintage – and the album's a treasure we'll be loving for years. Titles include
"Uma Onda", "Melt The Night", "Vento Sul",
"Kalunga", "Solar", "O Mar O Samba E O Sol",
"Beyond The Sea", and "Agua". ~ Dusty Groove
THE
POLYVERSAL SOULS – YELLE BE BOBRE
Yelle Be
Bobre is the first single to be taken from Invisible Joy, the debut album from
Max Weissenfeldt's (Poets of Rhythm / Whitefield Brothers / Dr. John / Bombino)
new band The Polyversal Souls. With this album, the band has successfully
create a globalised style of soul music with; raw funk grooves, enchanting
melodies from a faraway world, polyrhythmic hip-hop coming together to take you
on a musical trip around the world. Guy One's unique voice and energic Kologo
play features here - as also heard on last year's 7" on Philophon Records
(Suro Yuama / A Me Bayela Do Me). The Frafra poet from north Ghana teams up
again with his German music brothers and fills the Trans-Saharian distance with
his haunting voice and his proto-banjo, which - you won't believe it - has just
two strings. The Polyversal Souls' debut album, Invisible Joy, will be
available on Philophon Records in July 2015.
FABIO
FRIZZI – REWIND: THE STUDIO ALBUM
A really
surprising studio project from Italian soundtrack legend Fabio Frizzi – a set
that has Frizzi himself on guitar and a bit of vocals, working with a small
string group, and a bit of tenor sax! The music is mostly pulled from older
film scores – penned by Frizzi and contemporaries like Piero Piccioni and Carlo
Rustichelli – but there's also a few vocal tunes by Paul McCartney and Noel
Gallagher – sung by Frizzi in this earthy voice to offset the mostly-instrumental
modes of the record. The soundtrack numbers are our favorites – and are taken
in these cool, intimate ways that are really nice – like a composer going back
on his generation, and delivering things with a more personal vibe overall.
Titles include "Fantozzi", "Bla Bla Bla", "Butta La
Lunda", "La Marcia Di Esulapio", "Sette Note In Nero",
"Baby Sequenza 2", "Junk", "If I Had A Gun", and
"Ibo Lele". ~ Dusty Groove
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