Kinch, Soweto / Conversations with the Unseen
| Album: | Conversations with the Unseen | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Kinch, Soweto | Added: | Oct 2004 | |
| Label: | Dune | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-11-15 | Pull Date: | 2005-01-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 16 | Jan 9 | Dec 26 | Dec 19 | Dec 12 | Dec 5 | Nov 28 | Nov 21 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 12, 2005: | the Dog and Pony Show
Snakehips |
4. | Dec 22, 2004: | Biased Diffusion
Doxology, Intro |
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| 2. | Jan 12, 2005: | The Panoply
Spokes and Pedals |
5. | Dec 18, 2004: | Morning Glory
Equiano's Tears |
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| 3. | Jan 05, 2005: | the Dog and Pony Show
Spokes and Pedals |
6. | Dec 08, 2004: | The Dog and Pony Show
Spokes and Pedals |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-11-14
Reviewed 2004-11-14
British saxophonist and rapper. Tracks stick to a mainstream bent, mostly straight-jazz instrumentals with a few 90-degree turns into fairly safe hip-hop territory.
Jazz-wise, Kinch is the descendent of Coltrane that you'd expect, and he spins some nice fast sax solos. A jazz guitar provides the second lead voice. The raps seem reasonable (I'm admittedly no expert here) and get a weird tilt from Kinch's British accent.
1- Cool-handed rap. "Open it up."
2- Gets into some nice fast jamming
3- Slow mystery. Opens with nice sax solo.
4- Slinky little theme. Midtempo and light.
5- Bright mid/fast post-bop
6- Mellow R&B with rap. Jazzy background led by guitar.
7- Sly Middle-Eastern groove. Kind of retro.
8- Bouncy happy bebop
9- Slow and romantic, a bit sappy/loungy.
10- Mid/fast, opens with a big drum solo
11- Cross between rap and Tin Pan Alley. Interesting and sunny.
12- *FCC* Closing rap, with band callouts and thank yous.
Jazz-wise, Kinch is the descendent of Coltrane that you'd expect, and he spins some nice fast sax solos. A jazz guitar provides the second lead voice. The raps seem reasonable (I'm admittedly no expert here) and get a weird tilt from Kinch's British accent.
1- Cool-handed rap. "Open it up."
2- Gets into some nice fast jamming
3- Slow mystery. Opens with nice sax solo.
4- Slinky little theme. Midtempo and light.
5- Bright mid/fast post-bop
6- Mellow R&B with rap. Jazzy background led by guitar.
7- Sly Middle-Eastern groove. Kind of retro.
8- Bouncy happy bebop
9- Slow and romantic, a bit sappy/loungy.
10- Mid/fast, opens with a big drum solo
11- Cross between rap and Tin Pan Alley. Interesting and sunny.
12- *FCC* Closing rap, with band callouts and thank yous.
Track Listing
| 1. | Intro | 7. | Snakehips | |||
| 2. | Doxology | 8. | Mungo's Adventure | |||
| 3. | Conversations with the ... | 9. | The Flame Thrower | |||
| 4. | Elision | 10. | Equiano's Tears | |||
| 5. | Spokes and Pedals | 11. | Good Nyooz | |||
| 6. | Intermission: Split Decision | 12. | Outro |