The album In A Sentimental Mood will be out next week and it’s a collaboration between 20 artists from the instrumental hip-hop scene seeking to bring a modern fusion between the jazz genre with smooth hip-hop beats. The compilation features 14 tracks that communicate introspective feelings and make the soul of the artist vibrate in unison with the soul of the avid listener of instrumental hip-hop.
The compilation takes us on a dynamic tour of the particularities of the 20 artists and their deepest ways of communicating through music. In a sentimental mood is all that this name represents, and the sum of all its tracks can only be described as creamy.
With totally contrasting and significant tracks like Burnout Society composed and produced by Brazilian artist Yuri Bastos a.k.a. Linearwave that between dissonances and broken rhythms in 7/4 tempo conveys the anguish and tiredness about being part of the gears of society. I know that as instrumental music artists our criticisms are usually very metaphorical, found between the lines and it’s always good to see an artist managing to exercise concrete criticism in their art.
The song Backhome by the duo Tatuí brings a guitar in warm tones with a chord progression that sounds comfortable like our home along with the noise of the record player and the rhythm of the brush pattern that transports you to the couch at home listening to old vinyl. The music walks along the traditional jazz lines, performing the classic and simple with sublime perfection.
Or Lipsticks by Leo Franciozi, which I can easily describe as a poem by Jack Kerouac… Irreverent, mystical, and nostalgic, it makes you feel on the road wearing sunglasses with the sunset on the horizon turning the whole scene orange with brushstrokes of rose in sparse clouds.
These are just a few mentions, and I strongly recommend that you go and draw your own conclusions from this handmade compilation on September first! Stay Tuned!
Artists involved:
middt
Moon and Tasty
45
FaOut
Beto Braga
Geezmo
IzaBeats
2F U-Flow
MounQ
Astronaut Monkey
Leo Franciozi
Maadrhino
Ricardo Schneider
Leo Franciozi
tatuí
Linearwave
Miyuki Kuzuoka
Billy Wuot
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