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mark de clive-lowe - church - mashibeats / ropeadope - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Jazz

1. The Mission
2. Nova Roda
3. Brukstep
4. The Processional
5. Now or Never
6. Ghaziya
7. Sketch for Miguel
8. Hollow
9. Prayer
10. Imam
11. Sun Up Sun Down
12. Mason's Galaxy
13. Distractions

Given his famed productivity, it's a surprise to find that Church is jazz keyboardist, broken beat legend and future jazz producer Mark De Clive-Lowe's first solo set since 2013. Check!!

For those who dig his musically rich blend of jazz, hip-hop, downtempo beats, global influences and club-friendly rhythms, Church is certainly well overdue. Predictably, it's a fine set, dripping with winding horns, intense rhythms, skewed electronics, impeccable keys (naturally) and heady, late night soul. Highlights are naturally plentiful, from the head-nodding soul-jazz bagginess of "Now Or Never", and languid lounge jazz of "Sketch for Miguel", to the voodoo rush of "Nova Rhoda", which comes layered with tribal chants and dense African percussion.