What kinda music

"As a fully collaborative album, 'What Kinda Music' feels doubly heavy. For Dayes, it represents his first full-length release since the breakup of Yussef Kamaal; for Misch, it's a proving ground for his musical chops. 'What Kinda Music' is cosmic in scope; the reverb layered throughout the album makes it expansive, and you can hear both musicians stretching themselves to the outer limits. As a pair, Dayes and Misch bring out the best in each other. Where 'Geography' was almost too clean, 'What Kinda Music' is muddied with depth and darkness from Dayes' rhythms, offsetting Misch's pitch-perfect vocals ... From Misch's admiring lyrics in "Nightrider" ("Mr. Dayes with the break of the drums/It's icy cold") to the tight interplay between the separate drum and guitar improvisations in "Kyiv," the album bears both their signature imprints. 'What Kinda Music' also feels indebted to the collaborative nature of the South London jazz scene, as does the presence of saxophonist Kaidi Akinnibi and Dayes' previous collaborator, bassist Rocco Palladino".

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"The duo's judicious mash-up of electronica, hip hop, jazz and prog - containing echoes of everything from Sweetback to another genre-defying, guitar-playing singer-songwriter, Lewis Taylor - is heard to captivating effect in the shimmering backdrop of "Nightrider", which features US rapper Freddie Gibbs. "Festival" supplies sonic ear candy in abundance, from Kaidi Akinnibi's repeating three-note sax motif which haunts the track to the ever-present, yet almost subliminal, reverb-heavy textural layerings ... Bassist Rocco Palladino lays down the groove on the high-flying rapture of the purely instrumental "Lift Off", which builds to a crescendo of life-affirming proportions ... Best of all is the marmoreal smoothness and deeply satisfying pocket of the Misch/Dayes co-write "I Did It For You". With Misch's lead vocal set so far back in the mix that it feels more like another instrumental line being whispered from within the overall textural fabric, it's a song which immediately engraves itself on your heart".

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"As a fully collaborative album, 'What Kinda Music' feels doubly heavy. For Dayes, it represents his first full-length release since the breakup of Yussef Kamaal; for Misch, it's a proving ground for his musical chops. 'What Kinda Music' is cosmic in scope; the reverb layered throughout the album makes it expansive, and you can hear both musicians stretching themselves to the outer limits. As a pair, Dayes and Misch bring out the best in each other. Where 'Geography' was almost too clean, 'What Kinda Music' is muddied with depth and darkness from Dayes' rhythms, offsetting Misch's pitch-perfect vocals ... From Misch's admiring lyrics in "Nightrider" ("Mr. Dayes with the break of the drums/It's icy cold") to the tight interplay between the separate drum and guitar improvisations in "Kyiv," the album bears both their signature imprints. 'What Kinda Music' also feels indebted to the collaborative nature of the South London jazz scene, as does the presence of saxophonist Kaidi Akinnibi and Dayes' previous collaborator, bassist Rocco Palladino".

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"The duo's judicious mash-up of electronica, hip hop, jazz and prog - containing echoes of everything from Sweetback to another genre-defying, guitar-playing singer-songwriter, Lewis Taylor - is heard to captivating effect in the shimmering backdrop of "Nightrider", which features US rapper Freddie Gibbs. "Festival" supplies sonic ear candy in abundance, from Kaidi Akinnibi's repeating three-note sax motif which haunts the track to the ever-present, yet almost subliminal, reverb-heavy textural layerings ... Bassist Rocco Palladino lays down the groove on the high-flying rapture of the purely instrumental "Lift Off", which builds to a crescendo of life-affirming proportions ... Best of all is the marmoreal smoothness and deeply satisfying pocket of the Misch/Dayes co-write "I Did It For You". With Misch's lead vocal set so far back in the mix that it feels more like another instrumental line being whispered from within the overall textural fabric, it's a song which immediately engraves itself on your heart".

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