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195497815234

Modern Love

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: BBE700CCD

Release Date:  13 August 2021

Label:  Bbe Music / Barely Breaking Even

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  196006322779

Genres:  R&B  

Release Date:  13 August 2021

Label:  Bbe Music / Barely Breaking Even

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  195497815234

Genres:  R&B  

  • Description

    BBE Music is thrilled to announce the release of Modern Love, a diverse compendium of specially commissioned cover versions of rarities and classics in tribute to David Bowie. Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker, We Are KING, Meshell Ndegeocello, Helado Negro, Khruangbin, Matthew Tavares, Nia and more, Modern Love seeks to champion Bowie's lesser-known connection to soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel.

    The prominent jazz influences throughout Bowie's final album, Blackstar, were a key inspiration for curating this collection of reimagined Bowie songs with these artists. The resulting album is an eclectic tribute featuring a group of artists who not only fit together creatively, but who, like Bowie, straddle different worlds musically, with soul and jazz at their core. Modern Love offers a fresh look at Bowie's trailblazing career, aiming to highlight the often overlooked relationship between his back catalogue and musical genres traditionally pioneered by artists of color.

    The project was curated by music executive and DJ Drew McFadden, alongside BBE Music founder Peter Adarkwah. "I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before - at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop," says McFadden. "Certainly, there's been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical style and direction."
    Modern Love is an interactive sonic map. Here, seventeen artists make their way into the varied regions of his sundry catalog and circle back with seventeen unique re-imaginings of both his cornerstone and lesser-known tracks. Some, in atmosphere, feel like a sly alternate take from original sessions (Khruangbin's ethereal, funk infused version of "Right" from Young Americans); others nod at the source, then wink before diving into the deep waters of another musical stratosphere (Sessa's sexy Tropicalia-drenched "Panic In Detroit").

    Description

    BBE Music is thrilled to announce the release of Modern Love, a diverse compendium of specially commissioned cover versions of rarities and classics in tribute to David Bowie. Featuring an array of artists such as Jeff Parker, We Are KING, Meshell Ndegeocello, Helado Negro, Khruangbin, Matthew Tavares, Nia and more, Modern Love seeks to champion Bowie's lesser-known connection to soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel.

    The prominent jazz influences throughout Bowie's final album, Blackstar, were a key inspiration for curating this collection of reimagined Bowie songs with these artists. The resulting album is an eclectic tribute featuring a group of artists who not only fit together creatively, but who, like Bowie, straddle different worlds musically, with soul and jazz at their core. Modern Love offers a fresh look at Bowie's trailblazing career, aiming to highlight the often overlooked relationship between his back catalogue and musical genres traditionally pioneered by artists of color.

    The project was curated by music executive and DJ Drew McFadden, alongside BBE Music founder Peter Adarkwah. "I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before - at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop," says McFadden. "Certainly, there's been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical style and direction."
    Modern Love is an interactive sonic map. Here, seventeen artists make their way into the varied regions of his sundry catalog and circle back with seventeen unique re-imaginings of both his cornerstone and lesser-known tracks. Some, in atmosphere, feel like a sly alternate take from original sessions (Khruangbin's ethereal, funk infused version of "Right" from Young Americans); others nod at the source, then wink before diving into the deep waters of another musical stratosphere (Sessa's sexy Tropicalia-drenched "Panic In Detroit").

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Life On Mars - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
      • 2. Sound & Vision - Helado Negro
      • 3. Lady Grinning Soul - Kit Sebastian
      • 4. Soul Love - Jeff Parker and The New Breed (feat. Ruby Parker)
      • 5. Panic In Detroit - Sessa
      • 6. The Man Who Sold The World - The Hics
      • 7. Right - Khruangbin
      • 8. Silly Boy Blue - Nia Andrews
      • 9. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family - Foxtrott
      • 10. Move On - L'Rain
      • 11. Modern Love - Jonah Mutono
      • 12. Where Are We Now - Bullion
      • 13. TNGHT - Eddie Chacon & John Carroll Kirby
      • 14. Golden Years - Léa Sen
      • 15. Fantastic Voyage - Meshell Ndegeocello
      • 16. Space Oddity - We Are KING
      • 17. Heroes - Matthew Tavares
      • 18. Cat People (Putting out Fire) - Che

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Life On Mars - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
      • 2. Sound & Vision - Helado Negro
      • 3. Lady Grinning Soul - Kit Sebastian
      • 4. Soul Love - Jeff Parker and The New Breed (feat. Ruby Parker)

      Side 2

      • 1. Panic In Detroit - Sessa
      • 2. The Man Who Sold The World - The Hics
      • 3. Right - Khruangbin
      • 4. Silly Boy Blue - Nia Andrews

      Disc 2

      Side 1

      • 1. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
      • 2. Move On - L'Rain
      • 3. Modern Love - Jonah Mutono
      • 4. Where Are We Now - Bullion

      Side 2

      • 1. Golden Years - Léa Sen
      • 2. Fantastic Voyage - Meshell Ndegeocello
      • 3. Space Oddity - We Are KING
      • 4. Heroes - Matthew Tavares
      • 5. TNGHT - Eddie Chacon & John Carroll Kirby