bits and pieces collected by @jimmiehu
introducing: mr jose james. he escorted me through the day and im still listening to his vibrant sounds right now at my sofa. after his debut the dreamer on brownswood in 2008 mr james didn’t take long to present his follow-up blackmagic in 2009. he of course sticks with his patron and colleague, the legenday gilles peterson (classic). however after the cool, jazzy and acoustic sounds on the dreamer, we now find a rather lively compilation of decent tracks between hiphop, soul and electrified jazz on his follow-up. in combination with his unique soft voice this makes up to a wonderful and varied record. an absolute recommendation!
well, the actual trigger for this post was however another finding i stumbled upon the other day: in april brownwood released a stunning 3-track-ep featuring remixes of james’ track “warrior” that has originally been released on blackmagic. the personnel on this one is once again giving reason for high expectations: sbtrkt is featured as well as jus wan and (my personal favorite) rockwell (soon to be featured here as well). I’d say, once again mr peterson proved impressively you can rely on him :)
or to put it with his words: They all killed it.
