Cat: ALBFLP 06. Rel: 11 Nov 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Side 1 - Track 1. Next To Nothing (feat Ego Emma-Jean Thackray) |
Side 1 - Track 2. Sonnet 17 (feat Ego Ella May) |
Side 1 - Track 3. Still Here |
Side 1 - Track 4. Somebody Else (feat Andrew Ashong) |
Side 1 - Track 5. Tapeloop |
Side 1 - Track 6. Stack (feat Pie Eye Collective) |
Side 1 - Track 7. Before The Sun (feat Ego Ella May) |
Side 2 - Track 1. Step |
Side 2 - Track 2. Joyfulness (feat Alexa Harley) |
Side 2 - Track 3. Circle |
Side 2 - Track 4. 2 Minute Switch (feat Pie Eye Collective) |
Side 2 - Track 5. Wall Street (feat Andrew Ashong) |
Side 2 - Track 6. Communication Control |
London beat-maker Hector Plimmer has a wide palette of influences - think off-kilter hip-hop grooves of Flying Lotus, contemporary jazz, British bass music, the soul-fired deep house of Theo Parrish and the jazz-funk influenced skip of broken beat - yet the music he makes is never cluttered, confused or needlessly eclectic. In fact, as this second album proves, he has a clear vision. Deep, soulful, warm and attractive, the set's 13 tracks are universally superb and come laden with vocals from a high-grade cast-list of guests including Andrew Ashong, Emma-Jean Thackray, Ella May and the Pie Eye Collective. It's one of those albums that will almost certainly be slept on, so do yourself a favour and don't let it pass you by.