Jiyu - Caught in the Rain at the Tea Shop

Dubsoul Records

£21.22

Format: LP - 140g Black Vinyl
Catalogue No.: DSRLP011
Release Date: 18 Feb 2022
Genre: Broken Beat/Nu Jazz

A1. Woman Behind the Sun
A2. So Many Moons to Go
A3. Caught in the Rain at the Tea Shop
A4. Before the Cicadas Awaken
A5. Who Rules the World
B1. King of Manana
B2. Paralel Dreams
B3. Some Things Never Change
B4. The Pinewoods on the Mountain

Local jazz scenes keep evolving into new interesting variations, and this album by Copenhagen collective Jiyu, is no exception. A dusty brass opening, old as the sun, followed by a guitar/flute theme, driven by a lazy boom-clack beat, quickly outlines this hybrid-jazz sound, blown in from the future. The blend of dreamy, mellow jazz, hip hop, downbeat, bossa nova vibes, and cinematic electronic soundscapes, has caught the listeners attention worldwide, and the digital singles “So Many Moons to Go”, “King of Mañana” and “Parallel Dreams”, have made it to some serious jazz playlists on Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal. The album have been supported by radio dj’s in UK, DK, IT, ES and more…

Jiyu is produced by guitar player and composer Emil Jonathan Søegaard A.K.A Low Pressure and former Stereo Deluxe recording artist EMO. The fellow musicians are, Bo Rande on trumpet, Lukas Rande on flute and sax. Carsten Skov on Vibraphone. Lennart Ginman on upright bass. Kinck on vocal, Thomas Dietl on drums, and AC. Woodman on Wurlitzer-piano.