Projections, by Romare

Projections

by Romare

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Mike Allin I am kicking myself that I forgot to order this on vinyl!!! Romare hits the bulls eye with this album and this will definitely be there in my top 20 for 2015! Favorite track: Work Song.

jorge janela great record. bought it while listening to it on bandcamp. my first bancamp purchase.

Andrew Jervis Electronic album of the year? Romare has cut n'pasted a killer mix of influences - jazz, soul, gospel, Detroit, London, and beyond - into something that's equally great to listen or dance to. Favorite track: Nina's Charm.

Myanmar Pichan <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 long awaited, defnitely not disappointing, already one of the best album of the year, that guy is special <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Favorite track: Le Petite Mort.

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1.	Nina's Charm 03:20	buy track
2.	Work Song 04:55	buy track
3.	Motherless Child 05:11	buy track
4.	Ray's Foot 03:00	buy track
5.	Roots 07:53	buy track
6.	Jimmy's Lament 03:04	buy track
7.	Lover Man 02:44	buy track
8.	Rainbow 05:11	buy track
9.	Prison Blues 03:57	buy track
10.	The Drifter 04:34	buy track
11.	Le Petite Mort 07:12	buy track

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Great dance music albums – albums that sound as good on headphones and home speakers as they do on club soundsystems – aren’t easily made. In a form whose primary aims have been to move dancefloors and to move on, full lengths that thrill the head, heart and the feet with equal power are few and far between. We believe Romare has made one.

With the gripping shock of the new that announces the best records of the genre – from Entroducing through Blue Lines to Ambient Classics - Romare has both a singular style, and great deal to say with it. Projections comes off like Voodoo Ray reworked by DJ Shadow; its drumming littered with infectious swing, its samples illuminating and attention gripping, its atmosphere pronounced and consistent, and its riffs and hooks heavy – and unabashedly joyous.

The album is a heady mix of homage and fresh approach, a statement from a young artist unafraid to revel in his influences, and confident in his own originality. The songs on Projections are homages to elements of American/African culture in the USA – which Romare studied academically. Taking his name from Romare Bearden, the well-known cut'n'paste artist / collagist, and applying similar techniques to music.

"Rainbow" is a homage to gay rights via disco in the 70's, and "Work Song" to the great American work song tradition. Opener “Nina’s Charm” sets out the stall for the album. A tiny, near spoken snippet of Nina Simone’s voice is set against a hypnotic synth riff and a dislocated gospel-choir chant. The result is something utterly fresh; a tone setter that worms through the ear and floods the brain in soothing catharsis. “Motherless Child” opens with a shuffling jazz swing, allowing its sample of the African-American spiritual from which it takes its title to shine in full. When a simple, riff-like melody arrives, the song transforms into a sultry, glorious slow-dance workout. “Lover Man’s” striking, cut-up synth riff is set up against chiming stabs and slurred chords, a snatched, swing vocal enticing us in to the wonkiest of grooves.

Romare reimagines the profound cultural impact of the collage technique for a new generation of music listeners. With his signing to Ninja Tune, coming hot on the heels of his excellent 12”s on underground institution Black Acre, and compilation inclusions by Tiga, Bonobo and Brownswood, the stage is set for his debut album. Projections, like the best albums from the dance music world, is informed by scenes and genres but not entirely of them. It’s a self-contained universe that rewards much exploration. Most of all, it’s excited about the possibilities within music, and vastly exciting itself.

Projections will be released on Ninja Tune on 23rd February 2015

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released February 23, 2015

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Romare England, UK

As Romare, Archie Fairhurst’s working practice is rooted in collage, building vivid new forms out of existing material. Playful and immediate, but also deeply researched and compelling, his albums and performances reaching back to 2012 unfurl as a patchwork of inspirations and obsessive lines of enquiry made up of a global panoply of source material. ... more

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