Notes... transfigures smoothly from one hallucinatory half-style to another ... The playing ... is both adventurous and textural, and the surprising, soothing result would have made a fine release on Eno's '70s Obscure label.

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Jamobo

I'm gonna speed up my usual rambling to try and get to the music a little quicker:

Pino Palladino is best known as a session bass player, having played with classic artists such as Elton John, D'Angelo, The Who, Jeff Beck and John Mayer. He has also played on many newer albums, working with Adele, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Jacob Collier. Using a fretless bass, he tends towards Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock and Pop, but can play a much larger range of genres.
By comparison, Blake Mills is most ... read more

Andrés Hernández Covarrubias

A groovy record that slowly dive into the works of a 60s classic soundtrack —from Burt Bacharach or Henry Mancini, even a Brian Wilson's experimental mood— and then arises with an Afrobeat jazz fusion phase just to made the experience more strange and enjoyable.

ArthurCampo

Conhecidos pelos trabalhos como baixista e produtor, respectivamente, Pino Palladino e Blake Mills unem forças para construir um dos álbuns mais imprevisíveis do ano, recheado de fusões de jazz e toques de experimentalismo nas cordas. E embora às vezes possa pecar em unidade, difícil não se encantar com algumas das criações que os dois arranjam juntos.

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