Release Date: 04 December 2020
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0630808829000
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Release Date: 09 April 2021
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0630808829017
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Building a bridge between jazz and experimental dance music, Brotherly were one of the most creative bands to emerge from Britain in the mid-2000s, a collection of their standout tracks is now issued for the first time on limited edition double vinyl and CD/DL as 'Analects', with an eye catching list of guest artists including Kaidi Tatham, Ty, Eska and Donny McCaslin.
Vocalist-pianist Anna Stubbs and multi-instrumentalist Rob Mullarkey studied jazz at the Leeds College of Music and Guildhall School of Music, and then became immersed in London's club culture, particularly the broken beat scene that grew around nights such as Co-Op. Brotherly's 2005 debut single 'Put It Out' reflected that influence, and in 2007 the duo released a full length album, One Sweet Life, followed in 2010 by Find First Light.
It has one previously unreleased track, 'The Code', and three reworked tracks with new guests Donny McCaslin, Kaidi Tatham and Jason Rebello. The stellar cast list for the material written by Anna and Rob makes it clear that the duo has always had an interest in many rather than one school. Keyboardist Tatham and vocalist Eska were key fixtures in broken beat, pianist Rebello has been a major name in British jazz since the mid '80s, rapper Ty, who smartly sidestepped lyrical and musical cliché, was a fearless trailblazer of UK hip-hop, and McCaslin is a versatile, dynamic American saxophonist known for his work with Maria Schneider and David Bowie among others.
At the heart of 'Analects' is Anna and Rob's fine compositions and production. The vocabulary they developed had all the intricacy one would expect of musicians with a background in improvisation, but they were still mindful of how a song could be transformed by the kind of outré sequencing, engineering and mixing that had raised the temperature at clubs.
Description
Collector's Edition, double gatefold electric blue/white coloured vinyl (180 gram), with insert-poster, complete with lyrics for all tracks and liner notes by journalist Kevin Le Gendre.
Building a bridge between jazz and experimental dance music, Brotherly were one of the most creative bands to emerge from Britain in the mid-2000s, a collection of their standout tracks is now issued for the first time on limited edition double vinyl and CD/DL as 'Analects', with an eye catching list of guest artists including Kaidi Tatham, Ty, Eska and Donny McCaslin.
Vocalist-pianist Anna Stubbs and multi-instrumentalist Rob Mullarkey studied jazz at the Leeds College of Music and Guildhall School of Music, and then became immersed in London's club culture, particularly the broken beat scene that grew around nights such as Co-Op. Brotherly's 2005 debut single 'Put It Out' reflected that influence, and in 2007 the duo released a full length album, One Sweet Life, followed in 2010 by Find First Light.
It has one previously unreleased track, 'The Code', and three reworked tracks with new guests Donny McCaslin, Kaidi Tatham and Jason Rebello. The stellar cast list for the material written by Anna and Rob makes it clear that the duo has always had an interest in many rather than one school. Keyboardist Tatham and vocalist Eska were key fixtures in broken beat, pianist Rebello has been a major name in British jazz since the mid '80s, rapper Ty, who smartly sidestepped lyrical and musical cliché, was a fearless trailblazer of UK hip-hop, and McCaslin is a versatile, dynamic American saxophonist known for his work with Maria Schneider and David Bowie among others.
At the heart of 'Analects' is Anna and Rob's fine compositions and production. The vocabulary they developed had all the intricacy one would expect of musicians with a background in improvisation, but they were still mindful of how a song could be transformed by the kind of outré sequencing, engineering and mixing that had raised the temperature at clubs.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Empirical
Sultan Stevenson
Linley Hamilton
Lakecia Benjamin
Michael Olatuja
Samara Joy
Josephine Davies
Alice Zawadzki
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
