Now here\u2019s an unusual and spontaneous way to make a record.<\/p>\n
Phono 48 brings together Andre Laville, Kitty Durham and Lewis Durham (of Kitty, Daisy and Lewis fame), as well as Aman\u00e9 Suganami, Solomon Douglass and Nick Corbin. They had never met before in a studio setting nor had most of them even met before at all. They had no set agenda or guidelines of what to create. In just 48 hours they wrote and recorded these three tracks\u2014actually one track with three versions\u2014and the music is just as unique as the concept. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo Pure\u201d starts the listen with Corbin\u2019s mesmerizing guitar, before Laville\u2019s soulful pipes enter alongside Douglas\u2019 bouncy and energetic bass lines that populate soul-meets-jazz-meets-soft-rock ideas that are both retro and contemporary. <\/p>\n
The Radio Edit version of \u201cSo Pure\u201d falls in the middle, and has the original trimmed down by 90 seconds, but certainly still allows Kitty Durham\u2019s frisky drums and the animated backing vocals to shine amid some funk stabs and Suganami’s finger acrobatics on the Wurlitzer that few could parallel. <\/p>\n
The final version, and longest at nearly six minutes, is the instrumental version, which really highlights the precise rhythm section, playful keys and lively guitar playing that\u2019s plenty funky and dreamy in its smooth and dynamic interaction.<\/p>\n
A listen that blends neo-soul, modern jazz, and R&B influences with dance-floor-ready funk, So Pure<\/i> finds nearly everyone contributing to backing vocals, and the attention to detail sure is apparent and appreciated. <\/p>\n
The packaging on the physical version\u2014a 12\u201d limited vinyl format with just 1000 copies pressed\u2014comes with many great photos from Dean Chalkey that document the environment that lent itself to a freedom of musical exchange and mutual respect that only enhances the experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10978],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-46924","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-phono-48","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46924"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}