Mo Kolours - Original Flow [CD]

We Release JAZZ

£15.28

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: WRJ013CD
Barcode: 4251804144667
Release Date: 31 May 2024
Genre: Street-Soul/Hip-Hop/Jazz/Reggae

Biovinyl 2LP , Heavy 350gsm Sleeve, Obi, Original Artwork by Mo Kolours. Very Limited and Non-Returnable.

Digipak CD.

We Release JAZZ is very happy to announce an exciting new body of work by Joseph Deenmamode aka Mo Kolours.

A catalog of critically acclaimed records, including his self-titled debut (2014), ‘Texture Like Like Sun’ (2015), 2018 album ‘Inner Symbols’ and three companion EPs, established Deenmamode as a prodigious musician and vocalist.

Pitchfork extolled his “hypnotic, tribal-infused dance grooves”, DJ Mag appreciated the “colourful celebration of soundsystem culture”, and Resident Advisor advocated that “no one sounds quite like Mo Kolours”. Musical analogies were drawn by The Guardian as “The best album Curtis Mayfield never made with A Tribe Called Quest and Lee Perry” and Mojo as “like Marvin Gaye produced by J Dilla”.

Five years ago, Deenmamode moved to the Japanese countryside. Far away from familiarity, he contemplated his place and further questioned his identity. “I had none of my ‘own’ people around. I Had time to really find what makes me tick musically. Japan has helped me go back to those subconscious leanings, really go deep, and reflect the aspects that make up my story”.

The tracks on ‘Original Flow’ have been constructed from sessions, improvisations and soundbites captured around the world during this time; collecting contributions from musicians including Deenamode’s brothers Reginald Omas Mamode and Jeen Bassa plus Andrew Ashong, Charles Bullen, Dwaye Kilvington, Eddie Hick, Stefan Asanovic,Myele Manzanza, Ross Hughes, and Tom Dreissler.

Deenamode says “I’m proud of this album’s creative process. Coming from a tradition of scouring through hours of records, I wanted to create my own samples, to find that perfect loop that no other producer could put their hands on. I decided to invite a group of friends and acquaintances, who also happen to be incredible musicians, to a studio in Crystal Palace to improvise based on some loose ideas I had. We spent all day, and recorded everything”.

‘Original Flow’ is an album of UK street-soul nouveau, future indigenous jazz fusion, Rasta Segga, Nyahbinghi jazz, Malagasy Hebrew hip hop. While retaining a spirit of exploration and improvisation, it sees Deenmamode grow and flex beyond beat tape brevity, expanding composition and stretching his musical muscle to play live with other musicians. Themes of empowerment, overcoming adversity, and mental liberation coexist with notes from ancient history, futurism, and science, as well as musings on family and togetherness.

Tracklist 2LP: A1. Magic Momentum A2. Rockets To Mars A3. The News These Days A4. Life (Skit) A5. Love Vibration B1. Original Flow B2. Hold On B3. Surviver (Skit) B4. Tatamaka Pt.1 B5. Tatamaka Pt.2 C1. Time (Skit) C2. Time C3. Jinja (Skit) C4. Kochirakoso C5. Our Tactus C6. Nah Personal D1. No Chains D2. Push Comes To Shove D3. We No Let Y'All In D4. Mexico (Skit) D5. Future For Our Children