Release: The Herbaliser Band - Session 2 Artist: The Herbaliser Band
Album: Session 2
Genre: Hip-Hop
Source: CDDA
Label: !K7 Records
URL: http://www.k7.com Date: 00-00-2009
Encoder: LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality: 191kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks: 11
Time: 50:42 min
Size: 68.91 MB
1 Mr. Chombee Has The Flow 3:31
2 Geddim! 4:54
3 AM Prelude 1:32
4 Another Mother 7:32
5 Blackwater Drive 4:51
6 MS Prelude 1:29
7 Moon Sequence 6:08
8 Amores Bongo 4:07
9 CC Prelude 0:36
10 Theme From Control Centre 5:27
11 Stranded On Earth 10:35
Back in 2000, West London's funky, forward-thinking, experimental hip-hop
collective The Herbaliser released their acclaimed double-vinyl album Session 1
Recorded in raw and organic studio jams, these expansive instrumentals marked
the group's evolution from studio boffins to full big-band line-up. The Guardian
called the album "sterling proof that this kind of music invariably sounds
better played by musicians than by a sampler" while Yahoo described it as an
"effortlessly cool, super smooth journey around the set of an unmade
Blaxploitation movie"
Almost a decade later, The Herbaliser are in the middle of another new musical
evolution. On their 2008 album Same As It Never Was, founder members Jake Wherry
and Ollie Teeba concentrated more than ever on classic soul-pop songwriting
with greater collaborative input from long-time horn players Ralph Lamb and Andy
Ross, plus new vocalist Jessica Darling. Understandably, they now want to
capture this latest live chapter on record
And the title? Well as Session 1 was always meant to be the start of a series
the second instalment had to be called Session 2, naturally. "Back when we
recorded the first session we wanted to have a document of what the band sounded
like", says Jake, "but properly recorded in a studio environment, essentially
doing what we do live but recorded really well. The boundaries are a bit less
distinct now, because we are a lot more musical in our approach. There are still
samples involved in our writing, but less than before"
Session 2 spans more than a decade of Herbaliser live favourites, from the
underground beats and breaks of their 1997 album Blow Your Headphones to the
more lush, soulful grooves of Same As It Never Was. "It's interesting that some
of these songs are 12 years old, and some just one year old, yet it still feels
coherent as an album", says Jake
One recurring thread across the album is a clear love of cinematic moods and
atmospheres - whether in funky, revved-up, infectious party grooves like
"Geddim" and "Amores Bongo" or in psychedelic sci-fi epics like "Moon Sequence"
and "Theme From Control Centre". This may be booty-shaking club music at heart
but many of these tracks are as dense and richly detailed as the classic movie
scores of Quincy Jones, John Barry or Lalo Schifrin
"One thing Ollie and I agreed when we started was we didn't want people to just
drop a needle on one of our records and hear the same loop over and over, like
many records in the 1990s", says Jake. "We wanted to have changes, like
soundtracks or movie themes. With all our instrumentals, we're always writing
music for scenes in imaginary films"
Although Jake and Ollie have worked with many MC's and a couple of singers in
recent years, they kept the arrangements on Session 2 as pure instrumentals
Future instalments in the series, Jake says, will concentrate on The
Herbaliser's strong track record of vocal collaborations. But this album is a
true sequel to Session 1 in both sound and spirit
"The first Session record was instrumental as well, because we didn't have a
singer then, so we thought it was important to carry on that tradition," says
Jake. "We wanted to create a sound both onstage and live that synchronised both
live instruments as well as samples."
Session 2 is another Herbaliser classic, the sound of an ever-evolving band at
the peak of their powers. Forget the old Hollywood rule: sometimes a sequel can
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Советую скачать этот альбом. Невероятно лёгкий, позитивный и заряжающий энергией релиз. Здесь живые инструменты, джазик, хип-хоп и скретчи скретчи скретчи. Мне кажется всем должно понравится, я уже 2 день наслаждаюсь этим релизом. Все треки слушаются на одном дыхании, время летит незаметно, совершенно не устаёшь и не скучаешь, наслаждаешься музыкой.