BIONDI, Mario - This Is What You Are - Vinyl (7")
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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 Mario BIONDI This Is What You Are (7") Schema Italy
Cat: SC 721. Rel: 20 May 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Side 1. This Is What You Are (feat The High Five Quintet - radio edit)Side 2. This Is What You Are (The Brazilian Rime)
"This Is What You Are" is undoubtedly Mario Biondi's most celebrated work. He first sung it for original composers Was A Bee in 2004, before re-recording it for his debut album (alongside the High Five Quintet) in 2006. Since then it has been reissued or remixed on numerous occasions. Here it gets reissued on a tidy 7" single, with a punchy radio edit - a swinging, Sunday afternoon style chunk of Latin soul-jazz rich in jaunty grooves, soaring orchestration and smooth vocals - being joined by the "Brazilian Rime" rework. This tasty re-recording re-casts the song as a breezy, samba-fired slab of early 1970s style Brazilian MPB. It's an inspired interpretation and could well become the definitive version of the track.
