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KIDJO, Angelique - Remain In Light - Vinyl (LP)
Sold Date:
November 21, 2024
Start Date:
October 29, 2024
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Angelique KIDJO Remain In Light (LP) Kravenworks Canada
Cat: KR 1002LP. Rel: 10 Dec 18
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Side 1 - Track 1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)Side 1 - Track 2. Crosseyed & Painless/LadySide 1 - Track 3. The Great Curve (feat Alicia Keys, Questlove & Blood Orange)Side 1 - Track 4. Once In A LifetimeSide 2 - Track 1. Houses In Motion (feat Tony Allen)Side 2 - Track 2. Seen & Not SeenSide 2 - Track 3. Listening Wind (feat Ezra Koenig)Side 2 - Track 4. The Overload
Long-serving West African artist Angelique Kidjo has pushed the boat out on "Remain In Light", a radical re-imagining of Talking Heads' 1980 album of the same name produced in conjunction with Jeff Bhasker (a "superstar producer" best known for his work with Kanye West and Taylor Swift). In some ways, it has the same inventiveness as Talking Heads' original, it's just that Kidjo and Bhasker have added waves of glistening, West African guitars, intergalactic electronic flourishes, spacey synths and, of course, the effortless soulfulness of the artist's own superb vocals. Highlights include an arresting version of "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)", a wild Afrobeat rendition of "Crosseyed & Painless" fused with Fela Kuti's "Lady" and a total overhaul of "Once In A Lifetime" that's worth the entrance price on its own.
