NEW ALBUM!
RF Presents OPOLOPO
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Fans of nu jazz tread a different path from the rest of the pop-besotted world. They love the idiosyncratic scene, with its choppy rhythms and oblique melodies. But with their passion comes frustration, as they struggle to convince their aurally challenged peers of the merits of neo soul or broken beats. Such an uphill task might be made easier if their closed-minded compadres heard this CD. Rf Presents… from producer Peter Major has an accessible quality that will illuminate the unenlightened. The Tickled Zinc remix resembles vintage Weather Report, but it’s soul, rather than jazz, that really underpins Major’s work — a trait that adds to the album’s agreeable character. Vocalist Amalia injects several songs with the kind of unbridled energy that was last heard on LPs by Rufus & Chaka Khan. She sings her heart out on Street Lights and Life’s A Dance, before getting up close and personal on I Do, a beautifully angst-ridden ballad. Opolopo means "plenty" in Yoruba and true to form, there’s an abundance of other styles here — from the soulful house of the Bennson remix to Sweatin’ Bullets, an Eighties-flavoured synth-fest. At last, nu-jazzers have the kind of breezy album that’s bound to convert more to their sonic cause
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A Japan exclusive out now on JVC Victor. The album is part of Rasmus Faber’s RF Presents series. It features 9 original tracks and 4 of my remixes. Don’t miss the two release gigs in Tokyo at THE ROOM and Osaka at NOON on October 26 and 27.
Some spots to order the album:
CD Universe
Amazon
CD Japan
HMV
More details here.
NEW EP!
MADNESS
Featuring Nadine Francois
Out now on Swedish Brandy. Should eventually be available in the usual shops.
Some spots to pick it up as of now:
Soul Seduction
MConnection
BM Music
Kudos Records
Phonica
More details here.
Opening for Incognito at Berns
The second of our two Stockholm gigs with Amalia. Featuring Andreas Andersson www.myspace.com/ilpastore on the EWI.
Improvised vocoder funk at Berns 2.35:1
Swedish Brandy club night with Lasse Berger.
Alpine World Ski Championships at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm
Featuring Jackie Cummings a.k.a. Mapei and Aaron Phiri (Hearin’ Aid) on vocal duties.
Sax and flute: Andreas Andersson
Trombone: Karin Hammar
Bass: Per Björling
Percussion: Thomas Wingren
Keys: Adam Forkelid
Laptop and keys: opolopo