Tenderlonious - Hard Rain

The Ruby Rushton saxophonist/flautist’s solo album explores intoxicating dope house and beat music that oozes futuristic funk.

This sparse but perfectly populated masterpiece takes inspiration from J Dilla and echoes elements of vintage Blaze, Larry Heard and Carl Craig. Warm and soulful, but also spacious and clean, ‘Tender’ extracts maximum flavour out of just a few ingredients. “Casey Jr.” kicks proceedings off with a neck-snapping bass heavy p-funk monster. Real electro laced cosmic jazz funk keys and technohi-hatss coalesce exquisitely on “Buffalo Gurl”, whilst the breathtakingly deep ‘Hard Rain’ sounds both current and classic. “Low Tide” is an ambient jazz interlude that clears the palate, before “Another State of Consciousness” trips the light on a kaleidoscopic discoball of pure synth ecstasy.

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Artist:  Tenderlonious 

Label: 22a
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Jazz
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number: 22A028LP
Released:  21 June 2019