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VISIONEERS - Def Radio - Vinyl (gatefold 180 gram vinyl 2xLP + insert)
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November 29, 2024
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Cat: OMNIVLP 12. Rel: 4 Nov 24
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Side 1 - Track 1. Eyes Don't LieSide 1 - Track 2. The Look Of LoveSide 1 - Track 3. TodaySide 2 - Track 1. RaidSide 2 - Track 2. Layin' Low, Gettin' HighSide 2 - Track 3. What It MeanSide 3 - Track 1. Hurt So BadSide 3 - Track 2. HeatherSide 3 - Track 3. Ital JazzSide 4 - Track 1. Still Making MemoriesSide 4 - Track 2. Red Cactus (album version)Side 4 - Track 3. Cuban Candy Sticks
Def Radio marks the return of Marc Mac's long-running Visioneers project. As ever with Visioneers, this record reimagines the default stock of hip-hop's best-stocked jukebox, often beginning from scratch and/or working around a central sample, to either recontextualise a classic or come up with a new song; whatever the case, the key hallmark of a Visioneers album is its live instrumentation, with flaunts a *gauche et droite* mastery over hip-hop's laggard swing. Where this would usually handled by the chance placement of the sample snippet on the timeline alone, here it (sounds) actually drummed in. On Def Radio, lead tune 'The Look Of Love' predominates with its three-note ostinato and unhurried beat flaneur, whilst runner-ups 'Layin' Low, Gettin' High' and 'Cuban Candy Sticks' also stick out as salient among the troupe.
