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Jimi Tenor - My Mind
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Jimi Tenor - My Mind (Single Version)
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Jimi Tenor - Love Is The Language
Jimi Tenor's new single on Philophon was created at the label's own Joy Sound Studios in Kumasi/Ghana. Here he encountered the lively music scene that the city, once the birthplace of highlife, has to offer.
With the title track My Mind, Jimi brings one of his classics from the 90s to new life. It goes without saying that he takes the highlife beat as his basis here.
With Love Is The Language he has created another hymn to the mystery of love, the exploration of which runs like a common thread through his now extensive work.
On both pieces he is accompanied by the ten-man Rubato Chorus. The result is two epic pieces that are consistent with Jimi's work. More
With the title track My Mind, Jimi brings one of his classics from the 90s to new life. It goes without saying that he takes the highlife beat as his basis here.
With Love Is The Language he has created another hymn to the mystery of love, the exploration of which runs like a common thread through his now extensive work.
On both pieces he is accompanied by the ten-man Rubato Chorus. The result is two epic pieces that are consistent with Jimi's work. More
More records from Jimi Tenor
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Jimi Tenor - Theme Sax
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Jimi Tenor - Crazy Hammond
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Jimi Tenor - Union Ave
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Jimi Tenor - Take Me Baby
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Jimi Tenor - Matti B
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Jimi Tenor - Teräsmies
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Jimi Tenor - Voimamies
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Jimi Tenor - Travelin Dem Spaceways
Sähkömies is Jimi Tenor's solo debut from his NYC period in early 90's. Sähkömies (Electrician) is a mixture of great melodies embedded to Tenor's first ideas of his SunRa-flavoured jazz tableau. The album is combining Tenor's smokey sax with lo-fi electronics and experimentations with techno synths like Roland 303&606.
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Jimi Tenor - Theme Sax
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Jimi Tenor - Crazy Hammond
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Jimi Tenor - Union Ave
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Jimi Tenor - Take Me Baby
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Jimi Tenor - Matti B
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Jimi Tenor - Teräsmies
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Jimi Tenor - Voimamies
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Jimi Tenor - Travelin Dem Spaceways
Limited Clear Vinyl!
Sähkömies is Jimi Tenor's solo debut from his NYC period in early 90's. Sähkömies (Electrician) is a mixture of great melodies embedded to Tenor's first ideas of his SunRa-flavoured jazz tableau. The album is combining Tenor's smokey sax with lo-fi electronics and experimentations with techno synths like Roland 303&606. More
Sähkömies is Jimi Tenor's solo debut from his NYC period in early 90's. Sähkömies (Electrician) is a mixture of great melodies embedded to Tenor's first ideas of his SunRa-flavoured jazz tableau. The album is combining Tenor's smokey sax with lo-fi electronics and experimentations with techno synths like Roland 303&606. More
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Jimi Tenor - Life Hugger
Tracklist:
1.Slow Intro
2.Life Hugger
3.Jazznouveau
4.Uncharted Waters
5.Baby Free Spirit
6.Monday Blue
7.Bass Kalimba Dance
8.Birthday Magic
9.Gare de Noir
10.RajuRaju
11.The Way to Kuusijärvi
12.Bad Trip Good
Info:
English:
Jimi Tenor has always been something of a Renaissance man. On leaving his Finnish homeland for New York in the early 1990s, and later as he travelled through Europe, he quickly discovered what he calls his ikigai, his great joy in life: to record and produce music in DIY mode at home with the most rudimentary of means, spontaneously and intuitively. In more than 30 years of making music, Tenor has remained true to his ideal, whether as a solo artist on his early electronic albums or in the widely diverse collaborations and constellations which followed (with the likes of Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu, Abdissa Assefa). “Multiversum” is now his third album for Hamburg-based label Bureau B.
German:
Jimi Tenor war schon immer so etwas wie ein Renaissance man. Bereits als er seine Heimat Finnland zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre verließ, um zunächst nach New York zu gehen und später quer durch Europa zu ziehen, entdeckte er schnell das, was er als sein Ikigai bezeichnet, seine große Freude im Leben: Musik in DIY-Manier aufzunehmen und zuhause mit einfachen Mitteln zu produzieren, spontan und intuitiv. Daran hat Tenor über die inzwischen mehr als 30 Jahre seiner musikalischen Karriere hinweg stets festgehalten, ganz egal ob auf Solopfaden seiner frühen elektronischen Alben in den 90er Jahren oder später in den unterschiedlichsten Besetzungen und Kollaboration (u.a. Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu oder Abdissa Assefa). "Multiversum" ist nun sein drittes Album beim Hamburger Label Bureau B. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jimi Tenor und Bureau B begann mit der Veröffentlichung der Werkschau "NY, Hel, Barca" im Jahr 2020 und setzte sich im Frühjahr 2021 mit Herausgabe der Raritäten-Sammlung "Deep Sound Learning" fort. Während Tenor in den vergangenen 20 Jahren vor allem Jazz und Afrobeat Platten aufnahm, kehrte er auf der Bühne weiterhin oft zu seinen minimalistischen Wurzeln zurück. Begeistert von dieser Space Musik, die Jimi Tenor nur mit Synthesizer, Flöte und Saxophon ausgestattet während seiner Solo Auftritte erschafft, lud Bureau B ihn ein, endlich auch eine Platte mit diesem einfachen, aber erstaunlich wirkungsvollen Setup aufzunehmen. Nur wenige Monate später schickte Tenor eine beachtliche Sammlung neuer Stücke an Bureau B; allesamt in kurzer Zeit in seinem Heimstudio in Helsinki entstanden. Unter dem Titel "Multiversum" erscheinen diese Tracks nun als Album und beweisen einmal mehr Jimi Tenors Vielseitigkeit. Basierend auf Drum-Machine-Beats und Synthesizer-Loops, nimmt Tenor den Hörer mit hinaus in eine offene, schier unendliche Weite, in die man sich nur fallenzulassen braucht. Dabei ergeht er sich nie in Standards - Jimi Tenor ist ein Meister des Unvorhersehbaren und macht nun auf zwölf neuen Stücken Intuition und Spielfreude hörbar. "Multiversum" ist eine Liebeserklärung an den DIY-Geist, irgendwo zwischen Bedroom Jazz und Deviant Techno. Parallel zum neuen Album erscheint das Buch "Omniverse" als eine der ersten Veröffentlichungen in der neuen Kollaboration zwischen Bureau B/Tapete Records mit dem Mainzer Buchverlag Ventil. Ein beeindruckendes Künstlerportrait in Form von Fotos und Geschichten, die sich quer durch Jimi Tenors Musikkarriere und Lebensstationen ziehen. More
1.Slow Intro
2.Life Hugger
3.Jazznouveau
4.Uncharted Waters
5.Baby Free Spirit
6.Monday Blue
7.Bass Kalimba Dance
8.Birthday Magic
9.Gare de Noir
10.RajuRaju
11.The Way to Kuusijärvi
12.Bad Trip Good
Info:
English:
Jimi Tenor has always been something of a Renaissance man. On leaving his Finnish homeland for New York in the early 1990s, and later as he travelled through Europe, he quickly discovered what he calls his ikigai, his great joy in life: to record and produce music in DIY mode at home with the most rudimentary of means, spontaneously and intuitively. In more than 30 years of making music, Tenor has remained true to his ideal, whether as a solo artist on his early electronic albums or in the widely diverse collaborations and constellations which followed (with the likes of Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu, Abdissa Assefa). “Multiversum” is now his third album for Hamburg-based label Bureau B.
German:
Jimi Tenor war schon immer so etwas wie ein Renaissance man. Bereits als er seine Heimat Finnland zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre verließ, um zunächst nach New York zu gehen und später quer durch Europa zu ziehen, entdeckte er schnell das, was er als sein Ikigai bezeichnet, seine große Freude im Leben: Musik in DIY-Manier aufzunehmen und zuhause mit einfachen Mitteln zu produzieren, spontan und intuitiv. Daran hat Tenor über die inzwischen mehr als 30 Jahre seiner musikalischen Karriere hinweg stets festgehalten, ganz egal ob auf Solopfaden seiner frühen elektronischen Alben in den 90er Jahren oder später in den unterschiedlichsten Besetzungen und Kollaboration (u.a. Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu oder Abdissa Assefa). "Multiversum" ist nun sein drittes Album beim Hamburger Label Bureau B. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jimi Tenor und Bureau B begann mit der Veröffentlichung der Werkschau "NY, Hel, Barca" im Jahr 2020 und setzte sich im Frühjahr 2021 mit Herausgabe der Raritäten-Sammlung "Deep Sound Learning" fort. Während Tenor in den vergangenen 20 Jahren vor allem Jazz und Afrobeat Platten aufnahm, kehrte er auf der Bühne weiterhin oft zu seinen minimalistischen Wurzeln zurück. Begeistert von dieser Space Musik, die Jimi Tenor nur mit Synthesizer, Flöte und Saxophon ausgestattet während seiner Solo Auftritte erschafft, lud Bureau B ihn ein, endlich auch eine Platte mit diesem einfachen, aber erstaunlich wirkungsvollen Setup aufzunehmen. Nur wenige Monate später schickte Tenor eine beachtliche Sammlung neuer Stücke an Bureau B; allesamt in kurzer Zeit in seinem Heimstudio in Helsinki entstanden. Unter dem Titel "Multiversum" erscheinen diese Tracks nun als Album und beweisen einmal mehr Jimi Tenors Vielseitigkeit. Basierend auf Drum-Machine-Beats und Synthesizer-Loops, nimmt Tenor den Hörer mit hinaus in eine offene, schier unendliche Weite, in die man sich nur fallenzulassen braucht. Dabei ergeht er sich nie in Standards - Jimi Tenor ist ein Meister des Unvorhersehbaren und macht nun auf zwölf neuen Stücken Intuition und Spielfreude hörbar. "Multiversum" ist eine Liebeserklärung an den DIY-Geist, irgendwo zwischen Bedroom Jazz und Deviant Techno. Parallel zum neuen Album erscheint das Buch "Omniverse" als eine der ersten Veröffentlichungen in der neuen Kollaboration zwischen Bureau B/Tapete Records mit dem Mainzer Buchverlag Ventil. Ein beeindruckendes Künstlerportrait in Form von Fotos und Geschichten, die sich quer durch Jimi Tenors Musikkarriere und Lebensstationen ziehen. More
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Jimi Tenor - Life Hugger
COLORED VINYL!
Tracklist:
1.Slow Intro
2.Life Hugger
3.Jazznouveau
4.Uncharted Waters
5.Baby Free Spirit
6.Monday Blue
7.Bass Kalimba Dance
8.Birthday Magic
9.Gare de Noir
10.RajuRaju
11.The Way to Kuusijärvi
12.Bad Trip Good
Info:
English:
Jimi Tenor has always been something of a Renaissance man. On leaving his Finnish homeland for New York in the early 1990s, and later as he travelled through Europe, he quickly discovered what he calls his ikigai, his great joy in life: to record and produce music in DIY mode at home with the most rudimentary of means, spontaneously and intuitively. In more than 30 years of making music, Tenor has remained true to his ideal, whether as a solo artist on his early electronic albums or in the widely diverse collaborations and constellations which followed (with the likes of Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu, Abdissa Assefa). “Multiversum” is now his third album for Hamburg-based label Bureau B.
German:
Jimi Tenor war schon immer so etwas wie ein Renaissance man. Bereits als er seine Heimat Finnland zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre verließ, um zunächst nach New York zu gehen und später quer durch Europa zu ziehen, entdeckte er schnell das, was er als sein Ikigai bezeichnet, seine große Freude im Leben: Musik in DIY-Manier aufzunehmen und zuhause mit einfachen Mitteln zu produzieren, spontan und intuitiv. Daran hat Tenor über die inzwischen mehr als 30 Jahre seiner musikalischen Karriere hinweg stets festgehalten, ganz egal ob auf Solopfaden seiner frühen elektronischen Alben in den 90er Jahren oder später in den unterschiedlichsten Besetzungen und Kollaboration (u.a. Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu oder Abdissa Assefa). "Multiversum" ist nun sein drittes Album beim Hamburger Label Bureau B. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jimi Tenor und Bureau B begann mit der Veröffentlichung der Werkschau "NY, Hel, Barca" im Jahr 2020 und setzte sich im Frühjahr 2021 mit Herausgabe der Raritäten-Sammlung "Deep Sound Learning" fort. Während Tenor in den vergangenen 20 Jahren vor allem Jazz und Afrobeat Platten aufnahm, kehrte er auf der Bühne weiterhin oft zu seinen minimalistischen Wurzeln zurück. Begeistert von dieser Space Musik, die Jimi Tenor nur mit Synthesizer, Flöte und Saxophon ausgestattet während seiner Solo Auftritte erschafft, lud Bureau B ihn ein, endlich auch eine Platte mit diesem einfachen, aber erstaunlich wirkungsvollen Setup aufzunehmen. Nur wenige Monate später schickte Tenor eine beachtliche Sammlung neuer Stücke an Bureau B; allesamt in kurzer Zeit in seinem Heimstudio in Helsinki entstanden. Unter dem Titel "Multiversum" erscheinen diese Tracks nun als Album und beweisen einmal mehr Jimi Tenors Vielseitigkeit. Basierend auf Drum-Machine-Beats und Synthesizer-Loops, nimmt Tenor den Hörer mit hinaus in eine offene, schier unendliche Weite, in die man sich nur fallenzulassen braucht. Dabei ergeht er sich nie in Standards - Jimi Tenor ist ein Meister des Unvorhersehbaren und macht nun auf zwölf neuen Stücken Intuition und Spielfreude hörbar. "Multiversum" ist eine Liebeserklärung an den DIY-Geist, irgendwo zwischen Bedroom Jazz und Deviant Techno. Parallel zum neuen Album erscheint das Buch "Omniverse" als eine der ersten Veröffentlichungen in der neuen Kollaboration zwischen Bureau B/Tapete Records mit dem Mainzer Buchverlag Ventil. Ein beeindruckendes Künstlerportrait in Form von Fotos und Geschichten, die sich quer durch Jimi Tenors Musikkarriere und Lebensstationen ziehen. More
Tracklist:
1.Slow Intro
2.Life Hugger
3.Jazznouveau
4.Uncharted Waters
5.Baby Free Spirit
6.Monday Blue
7.Bass Kalimba Dance
8.Birthday Magic
9.Gare de Noir
10.RajuRaju
11.The Way to Kuusijärvi
12.Bad Trip Good
Info:
English:
Jimi Tenor has always been something of a Renaissance man. On leaving his Finnish homeland for New York in the early 1990s, and later as he travelled through Europe, he quickly discovered what he calls his ikigai, his great joy in life: to record and produce music in DIY mode at home with the most rudimentary of means, spontaneously and intuitively. In more than 30 years of making music, Tenor has remained true to his ideal, whether as a solo artist on his early electronic albums or in the widely diverse collaborations and constellations which followed (with the likes of Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu, Abdissa Assefa). “Multiversum” is now his third album for Hamburg-based label Bureau B.
German:
Jimi Tenor war schon immer so etwas wie ein Renaissance man. Bereits als er seine Heimat Finnland zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre verließ, um zunächst nach New York zu gehen und später quer durch Europa zu ziehen, entdeckte er schnell das, was er als sein Ikigai bezeichnet, seine große Freude im Leben: Musik in DIY-Manier aufzunehmen und zuhause mit einfachen Mitteln zu produzieren, spontan und intuitiv. Daran hat Tenor über die inzwischen mehr als 30 Jahre seiner musikalischen Karriere hinweg stets festgehalten, ganz egal ob auf Solopfaden seiner frühen elektronischen Alben in den 90er Jahren oder später in den unterschiedlichsten Besetzungen und Kollaboration (u.a. Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu oder Abdissa Assefa). "Multiversum" ist nun sein drittes Album beim Hamburger Label Bureau B. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jimi Tenor und Bureau B begann mit der Veröffentlichung der Werkschau "NY, Hel, Barca" im Jahr 2020 und setzte sich im Frühjahr 2021 mit Herausgabe der Raritäten-Sammlung "Deep Sound Learning" fort. Während Tenor in den vergangenen 20 Jahren vor allem Jazz und Afrobeat Platten aufnahm, kehrte er auf der Bühne weiterhin oft zu seinen minimalistischen Wurzeln zurück. Begeistert von dieser Space Musik, die Jimi Tenor nur mit Synthesizer, Flöte und Saxophon ausgestattet während seiner Solo Auftritte erschafft, lud Bureau B ihn ein, endlich auch eine Platte mit diesem einfachen, aber erstaunlich wirkungsvollen Setup aufzunehmen. Nur wenige Monate später schickte Tenor eine beachtliche Sammlung neuer Stücke an Bureau B; allesamt in kurzer Zeit in seinem Heimstudio in Helsinki entstanden. Unter dem Titel "Multiversum" erscheinen diese Tracks nun als Album und beweisen einmal mehr Jimi Tenors Vielseitigkeit. Basierend auf Drum-Machine-Beats und Synthesizer-Loops, nimmt Tenor den Hörer mit hinaus in eine offene, schier unendliche Weite, in die man sich nur fallenzulassen braucht. Dabei ergeht er sich nie in Standards - Jimi Tenor ist ein Meister des Unvorhersehbaren und macht nun auf zwölf neuen Stücken Intuition und Spielfreude hörbar. "Multiversum" ist eine Liebeserklärung an den DIY-Geist, irgendwo zwischen Bedroom Jazz und Deviant Techno. Parallel zum neuen Album erscheint das Buch "Omniverse" als eine der ersten Veröffentlichungen in der neuen Kollaboration zwischen Bureau B/Tapete Records mit dem Mainzer Buchverlag Ventil. Ein beeindruckendes Künstlerportrait in Form von Fotos und Geschichten, die sich quer durch Jimi Tenors Musikkarriere und Lebensstationen ziehen. More
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Jimi Tenor - Life Hugger
CD!
Tracklist:
1.Slow Intro
2.Life Hugger
3.Jazznouveau
4.Uncharted Waters
5.Baby Free Spirit
6.Monday Blue
7.Bass Kalimba Dance
8.Birthday Magic
9.Gare de Noir
10.RajuRaju
11.The Way to Kuusijärvi
12.Bad Trip Good
Info:
English:
Jimi Tenor has always been something of a Renaissance man. On leaving his Finnish homeland for New York in the early 1990s, and later as he travelled through Europe, he quickly discovered what he calls his ikigai, his great joy in life: to record and produce music in DIY mode at home with the most rudimentary of means, spontaneously and intuitively. In more than 30 years of making music, Tenor has remained true to his ideal, whether as a solo artist on his early electronic albums or in the widely diverse collaborations and constellations which followed (with the likes of Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu, Abdissa Assefa). “Multiversum” is now his third album for Hamburg-based label Bureau B.
German:
Jimi Tenor war schon immer so etwas wie ein Renaissance man. Bereits als er seine Heimat Finnland zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre verließ, um zunächst nach New York zu gehen und später quer durch Europa zu ziehen, entdeckte er schnell das, was er als sein Ikigai bezeichnet, seine große Freude im Leben: Musik in DIY-Manier aufzunehmen und zuhause mit einfachen Mitteln zu produzieren, spontan und intuitiv. Daran hat Tenor über die inzwischen mehr als 30 Jahre seiner musikalischen Karriere hinweg stets festgehalten, ganz egal ob auf Solopfaden seiner frühen elektronischen Alben in den 90er Jahren oder später in den unterschiedlichsten Besetzungen und Kollaboration (u.a. Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu oder Abdissa Assefa). "Multiversum" ist nun sein drittes Album beim Hamburger Label Bureau B. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jimi Tenor und Bureau B begann mit der Veröffentlichung der Werkschau "NY, Hel, Barca" im Jahr 2020 und setzte sich im Frühjahr 2021 mit Herausgabe der Raritäten-Sammlung "Deep Sound Learning" fort. Während Tenor in den vergangenen 20 Jahren vor allem Jazz und Afrobeat Platten aufnahm, kehrte er auf der Bühne weiterhin oft zu seinen minimalistischen Wurzeln zurück. Begeistert von dieser Space Musik, die Jimi Tenor nur mit Synthesizer, Flöte und Saxophon ausgestattet während seiner Solo Auftritte erschafft, lud Bureau B ihn ein, endlich auch eine Platte mit diesem einfachen, aber erstaunlich wirkungsvollen Setup aufzunehmen. Nur wenige Monate später schickte Tenor eine beachtliche Sammlung neuer Stücke an Bureau B; allesamt in kurzer Zeit in seinem Heimstudio in Helsinki entstanden. Unter dem Titel "Multiversum" erscheinen diese Tracks nun als Album und beweisen einmal mehr Jimi Tenors Vielseitigkeit. Basierend auf Drum-Machine-Beats und Synthesizer-Loops, nimmt Tenor den Hörer mit hinaus in eine offene, schier unendliche Weite, in die man sich nur fallenzulassen braucht. Dabei ergeht er sich nie in Standards - Jimi Tenor ist ein Meister des Unvorhersehbaren und macht nun auf zwölf neuen Stücken Intuition und Spielfreude hörbar. "Multiversum" ist eine Liebeserklärung an den DIY-Geist, irgendwo zwischen Bedroom Jazz und Deviant Techno. Parallel zum neuen Album erscheint das Buch "Omniverse" als eine der ersten Veröffentlichungen in der neuen Kollaboration zwischen Bureau B/Tapete Records mit dem Mainzer Buchverlag Ventil. Ein beeindruckendes Künstlerportrait in Form von Fotos und Geschichten, die sich quer durch Jimi Tenors Musikkarriere und Lebensstationen ziehen. More
Tracklist:
1.Slow Intro
2.Life Hugger
3.Jazznouveau
4.Uncharted Waters
5.Baby Free Spirit
6.Monday Blue
7.Bass Kalimba Dance
8.Birthday Magic
9.Gare de Noir
10.RajuRaju
11.The Way to Kuusijärvi
12.Bad Trip Good
Info:
English:
Jimi Tenor has always been something of a Renaissance man. On leaving his Finnish homeland for New York in the early 1990s, and later as he travelled through Europe, he quickly discovered what he calls his ikigai, his great joy in life: to record and produce music in DIY mode at home with the most rudimentary of means, spontaneously and intuitively. In more than 30 years of making music, Tenor has remained true to his ideal, whether as a solo artist on his early electronic albums or in the widely diverse collaborations and constellations which followed (with the likes of Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu, Abdissa Assefa). “Multiversum” is now his third album for Hamburg-based label Bureau B.
German:
Jimi Tenor war schon immer so etwas wie ein Renaissance man. Bereits als er seine Heimat Finnland zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre verließ, um zunächst nach New York zu gehen und später quer durch Europa zu ziehen, entdeckte er schnell das, was er als sein Ikigai bezeichnet, seine große Freude im Leben: Musik in DIY-Manier aufzunehmen und zuhause mit einfachen Mitteln zu produzieren, spontan und intuitiv. Daran hat Tenor über die inzwischen mehr als 30 Jahre seiner musikalischen Karriere hinweg stets festgehalten, ganz egal ob auf Solopfaden seiner frühen elektronischen Alben in den 90er Jahren oder später in den unterschiedlichsten Besetzungen und Kollaboration (u.a. Tony Allen, Kabu Kabu oder Abdissa Assefa). "Multiversum" ist nun sein drittes Album beim Hamburger Label Bureau B. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Jimi Tenor und Bureau B begann mit der Veröffentlichung der Werkschau "NY, Hel, Barca" im Jahr 2020 und setzte sich im Frühjahr 2021 mit Herausgabe der Raritäten-Sammlung "Deep Sound Learning" fort. Während Tenor in den vergangenen 20 Jahren vor allem Jazz und Afrobeat Platten aufnahm, kehrte er auf der Bühne weiterhin oft zu seinen minimalistischen Wurzeln zurück. Begeistert von dieser Space Musik, die Jimi Tenor nur mit Synthesizer, Flöte und Saxophon ausgestattet während seiner Solo Auftritte erschafft, lud Bureau B ihn ein, endlich auch eine Platte mit diesem einfachen, aber erstaunlich wirkungsvollen Setup aufzunehmen. Nur wenige Monate später schickte Tenor eine beachtliche Sammlung neuer Stücke an Bureau B; allesamt in kurzer Zeit in seinem Heimstudio in Helsinki entstanden. Unter dem Titel "Multiversum" erscheinen diese Tracks nun als Album und beweisen einmal mehr Jimi Tenors Vielseitigkeit. Basierend auf Drum-Machine-Beats und Synthesizer-Loops, nimmt Tenor den Hörer mit hinaus in eine offene, schier unendliche Weite, in die man sich nur fallenzulassen braucht. Dabei ergeht er sich nie in Standards - Jimi Tenor ist ein Meister des Unvorhersehbaren und macht nun auf zwölf neuen Stücken Intuition und Spielfreude hörbar. "Multiversum" ist eine Liebeserklärung an den DIY-Geist, irgendwo zwischen Bedroom Jazz und Deviant Techno. Parallel zum neuen Album erscheint das Buch "Omniverse" als eine der ersten Veröffentlichungen in der neuen Kollaboration zwischen Bureau B/Tapete Records mit dem Mainzer Buchverlag Ventil. Ein beeindruckendes Künstlerportrait in Form von Fotos und Geschichten, die sich quer durch Jimi Tenors Musikkarriere und Lebensstationen ziehen. More
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Jimi Tenor - "Mysteria"
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Jimi Tenor - Vocalize My Luv" (feat Florence Adooni & Lizzy Amaliyenga)
Variophon is Philophon's newly established sub-label. As the name suggests, Variophon is designed to release variations, or more commonly expressed, remixes of songs taken from the Philophon catalog. The beginning on Variophon makes the all around the world beloved Jimi Tenor by remixing himself.
Jimi has chosen one title each from his two albums released on Philohon. From his first, "Order of Nothingness", it is the gently dancing "Myteria" and from his recently released "Aulos" the driving "Vocalize My Luv" (featuring Florence Adooni and Lizzy Amaliyenga). He electrified both pieces in his own very personal, subtle way in order to achieve what he does best: make people happily dancing! More
Jimi has chosen one title each from his two albums released on Philohon. From his first, "Order of Nothingness", it is the gently dancing "Myteria" and from his recently released "Aulos" the driving "Vocalize My Luv" (featuring Florence Adooni and Lizzy Amaliyenga). He electrified both pieces in his own very personal, subtle way in order to achieve what he does best: make people happily dancing! More
Jimi Tenor can look back on a career spanning almost 30 years, in which time he has released more than 20 albums on such renowned labels as Warp Records, Sähkö and Kitty-Yo. Pop artist prestige holds no sway over the Finnish composer and multi-instrumentalist. Never resting on his laurels, he continues to hone his unique sound, which draws on elements of jazz, Afrobeats and experimental electronic music.
Bureau B are excited to announce the arrival of a new Jimi Tenor double album!
-German-
Jimi Tenor blickt auf eine beinahe 30 jährige Karriere und mittlerweile über 20 veröffentliche Alben auf den renommiertesten Labels wie Warp Records, Sähkö oder Kitty-Yo zurück. Dennoch gibt sich der finnischen Komponist und Multiinstrumentalist niemals mit der Rolle des renommierten Popkünstlers zufrieden, sondern ist auch heute noch ungebrochen aktiv und immer auf der Suche nach neuen Möglichkeiten, seinen ureigenen Sound aus Jazz, Afrobeats und experimenteller elektronischer Musik fortzuschreiben. Nach Veröffentlichung der Compilation "NY, Hel, Barca" im vergangenen Jahr, die sich Tenors Frühwerken und ausgewählten Stücken seiner ersten sechs Alben widmete, erscheint mit "Deep Sound Learning" nun eine Zusammenstellung unveröffentlichter Tracks aus den Jahren 1993 bis 2000. Tenors kreatives Output in dieser Zeit war derart enorm, dass er unzählige DAT-Tapes mit Aufnahmen an sein damaliges Label Warp Records schickte, das diese in einem Tresor in seinem Büro sammelte. Einige der auf diesen Tapes enthaltenen Stücke fanden ihren Weg auf Tenors LPs - andere blieben bis heute unveröffentlicht. Gemeinsam mit Jimi Tenor hat Bureau B dieses beeindruckende, bisher ungehörte Material nun geborgen und daraus eine Doppel-LP/-CD zusammengestellt, das weitaus mehr ist als eine Archivschau. Die 19 Tracks der Compilation führen die Hörer hinaus auf eine unendlich weite Spielwiese, auf der sich rudimentäre polyrhythmische Drum-Machine-Tracks neben ungestümen 303-gesteuerten Minimal-House-Skizzen ebenso versammeln wie Tenors ureigene Future-Jazz-Kompositionen und in sich versunkene DowntempoArrangements. "Deep Sound Learning" dokumentiert die unbändige Experimentierfreude eines Künstlers, der innerhalb von nur sieben Jahren seines Wirkens so viel Facettenreichtum offenbart, wie es andere über Dekaden hinweg nicht vermögen. Jimi Tenor zeigt sich als unermüdlich Suchender und Forschender, dessen Neugierde und Schaffenskraft keinen Anfang und kein Ende zu kennen scheinen. More
Bureau B are excited to announce the arrival of a new Jimi Tenor double album!
-German-
Jimi Tenor blickt auf eine beinahe 30 jährige Karriere und mittlerweile über 20 veröffentliche Alben auf den renommiertesten Labels wie Warp Records, Sähkö oder Kitty-Yo zurück. Dennoch gibt sich der finnischen Komponist und Multiinstrumentalist niemals mit der Rolle des renommierten Popkünstlers zufrieden, sondern ist auch heute noch ungebrochen aktiv und immer auf der Suche nach neuen Möglichkeiten, seinen ureigenen Sound aus Jazz, Afrobeats und experimenteller elektronischer Musik fortzuschreiben. Nach Veröffentlichung der Compilation "NY, Hel, Barca" im vergangenen Jahr, die sich Tenors Frühwerken und ausgewählten Stücken seiner ersten sechs Alben widmete, erscheint mit "Deep Sound Learning" nun eine Zusammenstellung unveröffentlichter Tracks aus den Jahren 1993 bis 2000. Tenors kreatives Output in dieser Zeit war derart enorm, dass er unzählige DAT-Tapes mit Aufnahmen an sein damaliges Label Warp Records schickte, das diese in einem Tresor in seinem Büro sammelte. Einige der auf diesen Tapes enthaltenen Stücke fanden ihren Weg auf Tenors LPs - andere blieben bis heute unveröffentlicht. Gemeinsam mit Jimi Tenor hat Bureau B dieses beeindruckende, bisher ungehörte Material nun geborgen und daraus eine Doppel-LP/-CD zusammengestellt, das weitaus mehr ist als eine Archivschau. Die 19 Tracks der Compilation führen die Hörer hinaus auf eine unendlich weite Spielwiese, auf der sich rudimentäre polyrhythmische Drum-Machine-Tracks neben ungestümen 303-gesteuerten Minimal-House-Skizzen ebenso versammeln wie Tenors ureigene Future-Jazz-Kompositionen und in sich versunkene DowntempoArrangements. "Deep Sound Learning" dokumentiert die unbändige Experimentierfreude eines Künstlers, der innerhalb von nur sieben Jahren seines Wirkens so viel Facettenreichtum offenbart, wie es andere über Dekaden hinweg nicht vermögen. Jimi Tenor zeigt sich als unermüdlich Suchender und Forschender, dessen Neugierde und Schaffenskraft keinen Anfang und kein Ende zu kennen scheinen. More
Tracklist CD:
1. Cap De Creus, 2. Full House, 3. My Baby Is Coming, 4. Vortex, 5. Ursa Major, 6. Baby Pharaoh, 7. Four Corners Of The Earth, 8. Meridian Of Peace, 9. Kivinokka, 10. Magick Of Choice, 11. Peaceful Maelstrom, 12. Polygonal.
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Jimi Tenor has compiled a selection of afro jazz tracks that he has written and performed over the years with musicians Icelandic drummer, Helgi Svavar Helgason, Helsinki based guitarist/bassist and journalist Ilkka Mattila, legendary drummer Tony Allen, Cuban & Berlin based trumpeter Daniel Allen Oberto, Ethiopian/Finnish & Helsinki based percussionist Abdissa 'Mamba' Assefa (Itetune), Nigerian/German & Berlin based percussionist Akinola Famson, Helsinki based percussionist Mongo Aaltonen, American & Paris based spoken word artist/singer & painter Allonymous, Helsinki based flügelhornist Tero Lindberg, Finnish & Berlin based guitarist Kalle Kalima, Polish & Berlin based bassist Patrick Frankowski, British trombonist Hilary Jeffery and Ghanaian/German & Berlin based drummer Ekow Alabi Savage.
Jimi Tenor, born Lassi Osmo Tapio Lehto in Lahti, Finland, who has been releasing recorded music for 30 years, plays several instruments as is his usual practice. He is credited for playing on the upcoming release Saxentric; acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, background vocals, bass kalimba, drums, drum programming, electric guitar, electric piano, flute, Hammond organ, Korg MS-20, Korg PolySix, Log-o-phone, Moog, organ, percussion, Photophone, plastic bongos, programming, shaker, synthesizers, tambourine, tenor saxophone, vocals and Walton organ.
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1. Cap De Creus, 2. Full House, 3. My Baby Is Coming, 4. Vortex, 5. Ursa Major, 6. Baby Pharaoh, 7. Four Corners Of The Earth, 8. Meridian Of Peace, 9. Kivinokka, 10. Magick Of Choice, 11. Peaceful Maelstrom, 12. Polygonal.
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Jimi Tenor has compiled a selection of afro jazz tracks that he has written and performed over the years with musicians Icelandic drummer, Helgi Svavar Helgason, Helsinki based guitarist/bassist and journalist Ilkka Mattila, legendary drummer Tony Allen, Cuban & Berlin based trumpeter Daniel Allen Oberto, Ethiopian/Finnish & Helsinki based percussionist Abdissa 'Mamba' Assefa (Itetune), Nigerian/German & Berlin based percussionist Akinola Famson, Helsinki based percussionist Mongo Aaltonen, American & Paris based spoken word artist/singer & painter Allonymous, Helsinki based flügelhornist Tero Lindberg, Finnish & Berlin based guitarist Kalle Kalima, Polish & Berlin based bassist Patrick Frankowski, British trombonist Hilary Jeffery and Ghanaian/German & Berlin based drummer Ekow Alabi Savage.
Jimi Tenor, born Lassi Osmo Tapio Lehto in Lahti, Finland, who has been releasing recorded music for 30 years, plays several instruments as is his usual practice. He is credited for playing on the upcoming release Saxentric; acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, background vocals, bass kalimba, drums, drum programming, electric guitar, electric piano, flute, Hammond organ, Korg MS-20, Korg PolySix, Log-o-phone, Moog, organ, percussion, Photophone, plastic bongos, programming, shaker, synthesizers, tambourine, tenor saxophone, vocals and Walton organ.
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Limited Edition Vinyl LP
Tracklist LP:
A. 1. Cap De Creus, 2. Full House, 3. My Baby Is Coming, 4. Vortex, 5. Ursa Major, 6. Baby Pharaoh
B. 1. Four Corners Of The Earth, 2. Meridian Of Peace, 3. Kivinokka, 4. Magick Of Choice, 5. Peaceful Maelstrom, 6. Polygonal
Short Info:
Jimi Tenor has compiled a selection of afro jazz tracks that he has written and performed over the years with musicians Icelandic drummer, Helgi Svavar Helgason, Helsinki based guitarist/bassist and journalist Ilkka Mattila, legendary drummer Tony Allen, Cuban & Berlin based trumpeter Daniel Allen Oberto, Ethiopian/Finnish & Helsinki based percussionist Abdissa 'Mamba' Assefa (Itetune), Nigerian/German & Berlin based percussionist Akinola Famson, Helsinki based percussionist Mongo Aaltonen, American & Paris based spoken word artist/singer & painter Allonymous, Helsinki based flügelhornist Tero Lindberg, Finnish & Berlin based guitarist Kalle Kalima, Polish & Berlin based bassist Patrick Frankowski, British trombonist Hilary Jeffery and Ghanaian/German & Berlin based drummer Ekow Alabi Savage.
Jimi Tenor, born Lassi Osmo Tapio Lehto in Lahti, Finland, who has been releasing recorded music for 30 years, plays several instruments as is his usual practice. He is credited for playing on the upcoming release Saxentric; acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, background vocals, bass kalimba, drums, drum programming, electric guitar, electric piano, flute, Hammond organ, Korg MS-20, Korg PolySix, Log-o-phone, Moog, organ, percussion, Photophone, plastic bongos, programming, shaker, synthesizers, tambourine, tenor saxophone, vocals and Walton organ.
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Tracklist LP:
A. 1. Cap De Creus, 2. Full House, 3. My Baby Is Coming, 4. Vortex, 5. Ursa Major, 6. Baby Pharaoh
B. 1. Four Corners Of The Earth, 2. Meridian Of Peace, 3. Kivinokka, 4. Magick Of Choice, 5. Peaceful Maelstrom, 6. Polygonal
Short Info:
Jimi Tenor has compiled a selection of afro jazz tracks that he has written and performed over the years with musicians Icelandic drummer, Helgi Svavar Helgason, Helsinki based guitarist/bassist and journalist Ilkka Mattila, legendary drummer Tony Allen, Cuban & Berlin based trumpeter Daniel Allen Oberto, Ethiopian/Finnish & Helsinki based percussionist Abdissa 'Mamba' Assefa (Itetune), Nigerian/German & Berlin based percussionist Akinola Famson, Helsinki based percussionist Mongo Aaltonen, American & Paris based spoken word artist/singer & painter Allonymous, Helsinki based flügelhornist Tero Lindberg, Finnish & Berlin based guitarist Kalle Kalima, Polish & Berlin based bassist Patrick Frankowski, British trombonist Hilary Jeffery and Ghanaian/German & Berlin based drummer Ekow Alabi Savage.
Jimi Tenor, born Lassi Osmo Tapio Lehto in Lahti, Finland, who has been releasing recorded music for 30 years, plays several instruments as is his usual practice. He is credited for playing on the upcoming release Saxentric; acoustic guitar, acoustic piano, background vocals, bass kalimba, drums, drum programming, electric guitar, electric piano, flute, Hammond organ, Korg MS-20, Korg PolySix, Log-o-phone, Moog, organ, percussion, Photophone, plastic bongos, programming, shaker, synthesizers, tambourine, tenor saxophone, vocals and Walton organ.
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Jimi Tenor featuring Impostor Orchestra LP, Exocosmos, is more than a decade´s worth of sessions emerging from a parallel cosmos. Sometimes the meetings take place in a living room, sometimes inside an electronic sequencer. Fields of rhythms have emerged through the hands of children playing sticks. The composer’s pen has been a conduit of the horizon where past and present choose their sides. The LP which is immediately intimate yet metamorphose into massive, the search for a magic moment has been profound. Tribulation and delight are equally true in Exocosmos.
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A lot has happened since the release of her first single "Mam Pe'ela Su'ure" in 2021. While this release was a pure studio project, Florence Adooni is now an eight-member live formation, made up of young talents from the highlife scene of Kumasi. The group has already considerable credentials: In 2023, they toured Europe twice and thrilled their audiences at festivals such as Roskilde, Down The Rabbit Hole and Überjazz. And this year, with the debut "Fo Yelle" under the belt, Florence and her group embarking on a 50+ concert summer tour through Europe, from Sweden to Portugal to UK and at festivals like FMM Sines, Xajazz, Africa Oye, Fusion, End of The Road.
The title track "Uh-Ah Song" is based on a rhythm typical of Kumasi and shines with its playful and cheerful character. Florence remembers the process of creating the piece: "When my producer Max Weissenfeldt came to me to play me on the piano an idea for a new piece, my daughter, who had just been born, began to sing in rhythm ah-ah-ah, with all joy in her face ever imaginable, while Max was playing. Max turned around and answered her with uh-uh-uh, to which she replied again with ah-ah-ah. We laughed so much and decided to make it a piece that would capture that very moment of joy we just had experienced. That's why it's somehow a children's song".
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The international debut album "Fo Yelle" will be released on Philophon this summer. More
A lot has happened since the release of her first single "Mam Pe'ela Su'ure" in 2021. While this release was a pure studio project, Florence Adooni is now an eight-member live formation, made up of young talents from the highlife scene of Kumasi. The group has already considerable credentials: In 2023, they toured Europe twice and thrilled their audiences at festivals such as Roskilde, Down The Rabbit Hole and Überjazz. And this year, with the debut "Fo Yelle" under the belt, Florence and her group embarking on a 50+ concert summer tour through Europe, from Sweden to Portugal to UK and at festivals like FMM Sines, Xajazz, Africa Oye, Fusion, End of The Road.
The title track "Uh-Ah Song" is based on a rhythm typical of Kumasi and shines with its playful and cheerful character. Florence remembers the process of creating the piece: "When my producer Max Weissenfeldt came to me to play me on the piano an idea for a new piece, my daughter, who had just been born, began to sing in rhythm ah-ah-ah, with all joy in her face ever imaginable, while Max was playing. Max turned around and answered her with uh-uh-uh, to which she replied again with ah-ah-ah. We laughed so much and decided to make it a piece that would capture that very moment of joy we just had experienced. That's why it's somehow a children's song".
"Otoma Da Naba" (The Creator Has Done Well) has a sequencer bass line from a Roland TB-303 as its foundation. While Florence holds her verse in a kind of Ethiopian pentatonic scale, in the pre-chorus she switches to a sweetly swinging heptatonic motif, with a typical highlife guitar in the background creating the atmosphere. In the chorus, the singing then changes in that unique choir style, which is the trademark of Frafra music.
The international debut album "Fo Yelle" will be released on Philophon this summer. More
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Gilles Peterson stated after the band's performance at his Worldwide Festival: "It was my absolute favorite moment in 16 years at the festival. They were everything that music is for me in 2022." The band will complete the summer season 2023 with a solid European tour with a total of 40+ concerts, almost 20 of them in the UK alone. Included is the We Out Here Festival. Based on that and the quote above by Gilles, we expect a strong support by him.
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Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy are back with a new single release after their album debut "Mam Yinne Wa", which can be seen as a harbinger of the second album. You can hear another Frafra Gospel masterpiece by the king of this genre.
"Doose Mam" is a soulful piece that goes straight to the limbs with its repetitive rhythm. The jubilant middle section, in which the wind instruments and the choir pass the balls to each other, is to be emphasized. "Gure Yose Me" ties in with the Frafra Gospel tradition of making use of reggae rhythms. Here we hear a stepper played by Josie Coppola, Europe's No.1 reaggae drummer. Both pieces were produced both in Berlin and in Kumasi by Max Weissenfeldt in Philophon's in-house Joy Sound Studios. More
"Doose Mam" is a soulful piece that goes straight to the limbs with its repetitive rhythm. The jubilant middle section, in which the wind instruments and the choir pass the balls to each other, is to be emphasized. "Gure Yose Me" ties in with the Frafra Gospel tradition of making use of reggae rhythms. Here we hear a stepper played by Josie Coppola, Europe's No.1 reaggae drummer. Both pieces were produced both in Berlin and in Kumasi by Max Weissenfeldt in Philophon's in-house Joy Sound Studios. More
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Special remarks: 4 VINYL ONLY TRACKS // PRINTED GATEFOLD SLEEVE // CELLOPHANE WRAPPED
Tracklist 3x12”:
A1 Whispering Voices
A2 This Is My Journey
B1 My Life
B2 In The Darkness (Feat. Messy Mc)
C1 Time Waits For No Man (Feat. Robert Owens) (Vinyl Only)
C2 A Silver Lining On The Horizon (Vinyl Only)
D1 Interview With An Alien (Vinyl Only)
D2 Moonwalker (Vinyl Only)
E1 Lets Get It On
E2 Dreaming Of Es Vedra
F1 Tell Me When (Feat. Voe)
F2 Back 2 Life
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Sascha Dive delivers his latest album ‘Back 2 Life’ this December, marking Bondage Music’s 15th anniversary.
Frankfurt-based talent Sascha Dive has a long and esteemed history within house music, releasing material via 8Bit, Raum-Musik and Kwench alongside his own Deep Vibes Recordings, while featuring in Cocoon Recordings, long-standing, ‘In The Mix’ series and gaining support from label boss Sven Väth alongside the likes of Guy Gerber, Maya Jane Coles and Laurent Garnier. He now returns to Bondage Music to mark the imprints’ 15th anniversary with fifteen essential house cuts across his ‘Back 2 Life’ LP - delivering the label’s second ever album in the process.
“These tracks mirror what I have experienced in the last 15 years. Each one has its own story – of pain, emotion, learning, curiosity – the need to find and create new sounds, new beats and this is what continues to drive me to look further, further and further…." - Sascha Dive
“2006-2021: 15 years of Bondage Music is about harnessing those great moments and spiritual experiences from the Dancefloor. The vision of Bondage Music is to bring authentic, quality and honest dance music to those in the know. Music which makes you move touches the heart and brings you to a deeper place in your soul.” - Sven C. & Sven G., Bondage-Music
Dive opens up with the luxurious ‘Whispering Voices’ and ‘This Is My Journey’, two tracks fueled by twinged vocals, glimmering motifs, and dubby chords. The temperature rises on ‘My Life’, before the acidic ripples and spoken words of Messy MC on ‘In The Darkness’ unveils a subliminal slice of electronica.
‘Time Waits For No Man’ sees a standout collaboration alongside the iconic Robert Owens, while resonant kicks and evolving melodies can be found on ‘A Silver Lining on The Horizon’.
The second half unveils further entrancing productions such as ‘Interview With An Alien’, as progressing effects wrap around minimalist-style programming, while ‘Moonwalker’ and ‘Let’s Get It On’ lean towards deep house territories, alongside the up-beat and sun-drenched reverberations of ‘Dreaming Es Verda’ and ‘Tell Me When’.
A vibrant, dynamic and imbued collection of tracks, ‘Back 2 Life’ delivers a far-reaching album showcasing an essential milestone for both Dive and Bondage-Music while celebrating a long-standing partnership in style.
Sascha Dive ‘Back 2 Life’ drops via Bondage-Music on 13th December
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Tracklist 3x12”:
A1 Whispering Voices
A2 This Is My Journey
B1 My Life
B2 In The Darkness (Feat. Messy Mc)
C1 Time Waits For No Man (Feat. Robert Owens) (Vinyl Only)
C2 A Silver Lining On The Horizon (Vinyl Only)
D1 Interview With An Alien (Vinyl Only)
D2 Moonwalker (Vinyl Only)
E1 Lets Get It On
E2 Dreaming Of Es Vedra
F1 Tell Me When (Feat. Voe)
F2 Back 2 Life
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Sascha Dive delivers his latest album ‘Back 2 Life’ this December, marking Bondage Music’s 15th anniversary.
Frankfurt-based talent Sascha Dive has a long and esteemed history within house music, releasing material via 8Bit, Raum-Musik and Kwench alongside his own Deep Vibes Recordings, while featuring in Cocoon Recordings, long-standing, ‘In The Mix’ series and gaining support from label boss Sven Väth alongside the likes of Guy Gerber, Maya Jane Coles and Laurent Garnier. He now returns to Bondage Music to mark the imprints’ 15th anniversary with fifteen essential house cuts across his ‘Back 2 Life’ LP - delivering the label’s second ever album in the process.
“These tracks mirror what I have experienced in the last 15 years. Each one has its own story – of pain, emotion, learning, curiosity – the need to find and create new sounds, new beats and this is what continues to drive me to look further, further and further…." - Sascha Dive
“2006-2021: 15 years of Bondage Music is about harnessing those great moments and spiritual experiences from the Dancefloor. The vision of Bondage Music is to bring authentic, quality and honest dance music to those in the know. Music which makes you move touches the heart and brings you to a deeper place in your soul.” - Sven C. & Sven G., Bondage-Music
Dive opens up with the luxurious ‘Whispering Voices’ and ‘This Is My Journey’, two tracks fueled by twinged vocals, glimmering motifs, and dubby chords. The temperature rises on ‘My Life’, before the acidic ripples and spoken words of Messy MC on ‘In The Darkness’ unveils a subliminal slice of electronica.
‘Time Waits For No Man’ sees a standout collaboration alongside the iconic Robert Owens, while resonant kicks and evolving melodies can be found on ‘A Silver Lining on The Horizon’.
The second half unveils further entrancing productions such as ‘Interview With An Alien’, as progressing effects wrap around minimalist-style programming, while ‘Moonwalker’ and ‘Let’s Get It On’ lean towards deep house territories, alongside the up-beat and sun-drenched reverberations of ‘Dreaming Es Verda’ and ‘Tell Me When’.
A vibrant, dynamic and imbued collection of tracks, ‘Back 2 Life’ delivers a far-reaching album showcasing an essential milestone for both Dive and Bondage-Music while celebrating a long-standing partnership in style.
Sascha Dive ‘Back 2 Life’ drops via Bondage-Music on 13th December
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180G VINYL // VINYL ONLY // NEW PRINTED SLEEVE
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Special remarks:
180G VINYL // VINYL ONLY // NEW PRINTED SLEEVE
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A2 Irv.in - Future Vision
B1 James Dexter - Small Talk
B2 Sous Sol - All Around
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