{"product_id":"8714092778922","title":"Alfa Mist - Bring Backs - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfa Mist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his fourth full-length, 2021s genre-melding Bring Backs, British pianist and rapper Alfa Mist showcases his vivid, enveloping mix of jazz, R\u0026amp;B, classical, and hip-hop. The album follows 2019s Structuralism, which appeared on Mists own Sekito label. For Bring Backs, Mist moved to the Anti- label, a shift that finds him further expanding his evocative brand of organic, hip-hop jazz. A largely self-taught pianist, the East London-reared Mist plays in a laid-back, harmonically nuanced style informed by 70s jazz and fusion, 90s hip-hop, and modern electronic production. Mist brings this cross-pollinated aesthetic to Bring Backs, crafting tracks that feel inspired by vintage Lonnie Liston-Smith or George Duke recordings, but with a keen, contemporary ear. Helping him achieve this vibrant, earthy sound are his bandmates, including Jamie Leeming (guitar), Kaya Thomas-Dyke (bass and vocals), Jamie Houghton (drums), and Johnny Woodham (trumpet). The opening Teki is a languid fusion number built around a sparkling guitar arpeggio that Leeming expands with a knotty, Pat Metheny-esque solo. Equally compelling is Run Outs, a dreamy, trap beat groover punctuated by Mists astral keyboard flourishes and space alien sax and trumpet lines. No less expansive is the otherworldly Mind the Gap, a woozy slow-jam rap duet between Mist and Lex Amor that brings to mind 90s, Rebirth of the Slick-era Digable Planets. More grounded is People, a lyrical and folky R\u0026amp;B ballad in which Thomas-Dykes yearning vocals are framed by woody guitar, percussion, and orchestral accents. Strings, flutes, and other classical sounds pop-up throughout the album, as on Last Card (Bumper Cars), a lush, midtempo number whose reedy, trumpet and sax harmonies recall Gil Evans work with Miles Davis. Mists classical inclinations take full form on Once a Year, a brief, yet languorous chamber piece that, as with all of Bring Backs, underlines his wide-ranging taste. ~ Matt Collar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.Teki\u003cbr\u003e2.People\u003cbr\u003e3.Mind the Gap\u003cbr\u003e4.Run Outs\u003cbr\u003e5.Last Card (Bumper Cars)\u003cbr\u003e6.Coasting\u003cbr\u003e7.Attune\u003cbr\u003e8.Once a Year\u003cbr\u003e9.Organic Rust\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45132503220513,"sku":"8714092778922","price":100.0,"currency_code":"RON","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/products\/8714092778922.jpg?v=1684107065","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-ro\/products\/8714092778922","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}