Musical families always evolve along unusual paths. The synergy that
brings people together can be places, circumstance, school, college
& family. In the case of Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks the
unifying force has always been the love of music. Having worked together
in different configurations since the late 90′s this musical collective
has grown stronger through separate projects coming together to enjoy
the process and results of creating music. In 2010 based in different
countries the 4 musicians/producers met up and began the first of four
recording sessions lasting a week of almost continuous music.
Revolving
seats at keyboard stations, drum kits, programming and more, created a
stream of music connected only by the sense of joy. With a history that
stretches from the structured worlds of sound systems and national
orchestra’s to the chaos of night clubs and blues dances, TMLR have
always drawn from a wide range of influences.Kaidi Tatham,Akwasi
Mensah,Matt Lord, and dego Ranks have provided a link between their many
musical worlds.
In transcending the limits of genre’s and the barriers of style the music defies categories touching down in LA ’75, Kingston ’77, Rio ’80, ’83, Accra ’98 to the world 2019 and yet never really leaving London is a story many can identify with.Bristling sounds from a killer lineup – a 4Hero-related project done by the quartet of Kaidi Tatham, Akwasi Mensah, Matt Lord, and Dego Ranks – music that definitely explores the next level of expression for the 2000 Black generation! All the best London touches are firmly in place here, but the groove's also fresher than before, too – wonderfully cosmic, yet nicely abstract in a few places too – showing the kind of complication that Tatham's brought to his rhythms in recent years – yet still maintaining all the soulful, righteous focus we could have hoped for! The album features guest work by Eric Lau, Sarina Leah, Bembe Segue, and Nadine Charles – and titles include "THB", "Kenny", "Naive", "Seven4", "Mind Skies", "Badly Persuaded", "Stars Shine For You", "Quantum Shift", "You Know It's Like That", and "Mr Pickles".
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