José James – While You Were Sleeping

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12. Mai 2014 um 19:55 #90541 | PERMALINK

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José James – While You Were Sleeping (Blue Note, 2014)

Tracklist

01 Angel
02 U r the 1
03 While You Were Sleeping
04 Anywhere U Go
05 Bodhisattva
06 4 Noble Truths
07 Dragon feat. Becca Stevens
08 Salaam
09 Without
10 EveryLittleThing
11 xx
12 Simply Beautiful feat. Takuya Kuroda

Das neue Album von José James, das 2. für Blue Note, erscheint am 01.08.2014. Die Vorabsingle EveryLittleThing klingt überraschend anders und ziemlich großartig. Große Vorfreude!

Blue Note wrote:

José James has announced a June 10 release date for his new album, While You Were Sleeping, his fifth studio album and his second album for Blue Note Records. While You Were Sleeping is the follow-up to his widely acclaimed R&B and jazz steeped No Beginning No End, and signals a new creative direction for the versatile singer-songwriter. The album was recorded in Brooklyn, NY, and was produced by José and Brian Bender, Pre-order now on Amazon or iTunes. Stream the album’s first single „EveryLittleThing“ at NPR Music.

That creative shift is heard in the rock edge of tracks like “EveryLittleThing” and “Anywhere U Go” and is evidenced in a change in José’s band which adds guitarist Brad Allen Williams to the stellar line-up of keyboardist Kris Bowers, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Richard Spaven. The influence of Jimi Hendrix can be heard throughout the album as much as R&B forefathers like Al Green. Special guests on While You Were Sleeping include vocalist Becca Stevens who duets with James on her song “Dragon,” as well as trumpeter Takuya Kuroda who is featured on the cover of Green’s classic “Simply Beautiful” that closes the album.

„This album is a synthesis of everything I love about music,” says José, “from contemporary artists like Frank Ocean, James Blake, and Junip to groundbreaking artists I grew up with like Nirvana, Radiohead, and Madlib. It’s also a love letter to many late nights spent in East London clubs like Plastic People and Cargo, watching new movements unfold in electronic music. I want people to feel the joy of discovery that I experience night after night onstage, reaching for something new.“

NPR Music raved about No Beginning No End, proclaiming “James makes utterly contemporary music,” adding that he “skirts categories with ease, fitting in with current R&B innovators like Frank Ocean or Miguel, yet maintaining a strong awareness of a lineage that stretches from Ray Charles to Marvin Gaye to Lou Rawls to Maxwell.”

Pitchfork noted that “While he’s always been one to try stuff out – he successfully collaborated with Flying Lotus on Blackmagic – on No Beginning No End he finds a way to make an eclectic approach feel unified and whole. With previous releases, he’s earned his heroic acclaim in the tough, tried-and-trusted lanes of contemporary jazz. With No Beginning No End, he’s built his own road out.”

José has also announced a short run of April U.S. tour dates to preview songs from While You Were Sleeping. The tour kicks off April 15 in Philadelphia and makes stops in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. He has also announced album release shows in New York (Highline Ballroom, June 12) and Los Angeles (Playboy Jazz Festival, June 15). More dates will be announced shortly. See a full list of currently confirmed tour dates below.

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10. Juni 2014 um 11:31 #9189217 | PERMALINK

kory

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Wahnsinn, wie katatrophal „Every Little Thing“ ist. Dumpfer 90er TripHop-Alterna-Beat, eine Melodie aus dem Faithless-Ramschladen, Abteilung „flach und dämlich“, eine Soundästhetik wie ein dampfender Misthaufen. Der Vorgänger war schon ein böser Rohrkrepierer, aber was zur Hölle soll denn dieser Quadratschrott? :D

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2. August 2014 um 16:29 #9189219 | PERMALINK

sparch
MaggotBrain
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Ich finde EveryLittleThing überhaupt nicht katastrophal und eine Faithless Assiziation hatte ich auch nicht. Ist auf dem Album aber auch der einzige Track dieser Art. Derweil fabuliert der Waschzettel von Universal von einer Mischung aus Prince und Nine Inch Nails oder Lenny Kravitz und Nirvana. Zum Glück trifft nichts von alledem zu, wenngleich hier tatsächlich mehr äh Rock als bislang geboten wird.

EveryLittleThing

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