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omar - the man - freestyle records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Simplify
2. The Man
3. Come On Speak to Me
4. I Can Listen
5. Bully ft. Scratch Professer
6. Treat You ft. Caron Wheeler
7. Fuck War, Make Love
8. I Love Being With You
9. Eeni Meeni Myni Mo
10. When You Touch We Touch
11. Ordinary Day
12. Track 12
13. Track 13

Omar returns with a brand new album!

The buzz generated by the single release of the album's title track, The Man, confirmed beyond doubt that Omar is very much at the top of his game.

Across the rest of this new album, opener Simplify sets the template, with its luscious and majestic string backed introduction raising the curtain on this deep, hard grooving number. Omar also joins forces with Germany's Hidden Jazz Quartett on High Heels - growling organ spars with the tough, jagged drumbeat on this tough, funk driven collaboration. Elsewhere, latin textures and rhythms have always been part of Omar's far reaching musical vocabulary, and on Come On Speak To Me and Ordinary Day restless south American beats underpin the crisp and fresh melodies.

Omar has re-recorded his classic love song There's Nothing Like This, which this time features bass player Pino Palladino. The touching sentiment remains undiminished, but the addition of soaring strings, soulful, jazzy horns, a vibrant live and acoustic feel, plus an extended and new arrangement.