Source ++ We Move

昨年アルバム『SOURCE』でメジャー・デビューし、ロンドンのジャズ・シーンを牽引するサックス奏者/コンポーザー、ヌバイア・ガルシアがリミックス・アルバムがリリース!

『SOURCE ++ WE MOVE』はオリジナル・アルバム『SOURCE』が持つ刺激的な音楽性とジャズや様々な音楽の融合を維持しつつ、よりビートの効いたエレクトロニックな方向へと再構築している。本作のリミキサーとして、西ロンドンのクロスオーヴァー・シーンの重鎮、カイディー・テイタム、現代のニーナ・シモンとも称されるBrainfeeder所属のシンガー/プロデューサー、ジョージア・アン・マルドロウ、ペルー出身のプロデューサー/DJデュオ、デング・デング・デング、ソロアーティストとしても活躍するジャズ・バンド、ブッチャー・ブラウンのキーボーディスト、DJハリソン、更にはジャイルス・ピーターソンやフローティング・ポインツからの熱い支持を受けるUK新世代ジャズ・ドラマー/プロデューサー、モーゼス・ボイドなど多彩なアーティストが参加!

London-based saxophonist Nubya Garcias 2020 full-length debut, Source, was a stunning, kaleidoscopic work that explored the connections between the thriving modern jazz scene and the composers Afro-Caribbean roots, harmoniously blending dub reggae, cumbia, neo-soul, and several other genres into a powerful meditation on family history and identity. In addition to collaborating with fellow boundary-pushing jazz luminaries like Makaya McCraven and Shabaka Hutchings, Garcia has worked extensively within a club music context, guesting on recordings by artists such as Australian house producer Harvey Sutherland and U.K. garage/grime veteran Swindle. Source: We Move is a short but diverse remix collection, further expanding the scope of the original album while keeping its message intact and continuing to honor Garcias heritage. Broken beat pioneer Kaidi Tatham starts off the set with a sparkling revision of La cumbia me esta llamando, which subtly shifts through different rhythms before landing at a heart-racing conclusion filled with shuffling percussion. Nala Sinephros brief, wondrous mix of Together Is a Beautiful Place to Be plucks some of the originals saxophone and places it in an orb of harps and echo effects, along with some momentary drum breaks. DJ Harrisons The Message Continues collides more killer breakbeats with filtered sax melodies, basking in effortless good vibes. Georgia Anne Muldrow and KeiyaA both inhabit more abstract spaces with their trippy reworkings -- Muldrow goes for a wonky Los Angeles beat scene approach, frequently fading the beat in and out, while KeiyaA loops pitched-up, chattering voices and threads the track with dubby, pulsating beats. Suricata and Dengue Dengue Dengue both explore the cross-section of dub and electro-cumbia, with the latters mix of Source holding the heaviest bass weight. Finally, visionary drummer Moses Boyd ends the set with a phenomenal drumnbass reworking of Pace, comfortably setting Garcias cascading saxophone to slamming breakbeats and trickling guitars. While Source was an epic labor of love that clearly felt like the culmination of extensive soul-searching and constant refinement of the artists craft, Source: We Move is far more spontaneous and off-the-cuff, recontextualizing snatches of the compositions in the postmodern tradition of hip-hop and dance music culture. The remix collection is considerably more fragmented than the cohesive original, but its no less forward-thinking, and is well worth the time of anyone who was bowled over by the proper album. ~ Paul Simpson

多様な音楽を融和した昨年の快作『Source』を、よりエレクトロニックな方向に再構築したリミックス・アルバム。大御所カイディ・テイタムのスピリチュアルかつ雄大な手捌きからしてカッコ良いし、ジョージア・アン・マルドロウらしい混沌ジャズやデング・デング・デングの痙攣ビーツもいい。他にもワープ入りで注目のナラ・シネフロ、DJ ハリソン、ブラック・スペード、モーゼス・ボイドなど参加メンツの名前だけでも惹かれる好盤。
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