When Will We Land?

デジタルプロダクションとオーニックな音楽の融合で注目を集める新鋭プロデューサーバリー・キャント・スウィムによるデビューアルバム!!

スコットランド・エディンバラ出身で、ロンドン在住のマルチ奏者、バリー・キャント・スウィムことジョシュア・マニーが、〈Ninja Tune〉からデビュー・アルバム『When Will We Land ?』をリリース!
ディープハウスからジャズ、アンビエントからアフロビートの快活なパーカッシブまで、多様な要素が織り混ぜられた全11曲は、デジタルプロダクションとオーガニックな音楽性が見事に融合。〈XL Recordings〉からも作品をリリースしそのハスキーで力強い歌声が魅力的なアーティスト、ラプスリーをフィーチャリングした先行シングル「Woman」を筆頭に、アフロビートのドラムループを活用したタイトルトラックや、ブラジルの巨匠トリオ・テルヌーラをサンプリングした「Dance Of The Crab」まで、クラブミュージックのエネルギーを取り入れつつ、オーガニックな要素もブレンドされた、ジョシュアのこれまでの旅路を語る、音楽的自叙伝がここに完成!

Barry Cant Swim is Joshua Mainnie, a London-based producer and musician originally from Edinburgh. His brand of house music is lush and tuneful, emphasizing melodies alongside laid-back grooves, with vocal samples and organic instrumentation being prominent elements. His tracks bring to mind artists like Fred again.. or Bonobo in club mode, but with more of a fondness for rave pianos (just check "Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore" from 2022s More Content EP). When Will We Land? is his Ninja Tune-issued debut full-length, and its a more intricately crafted, moodier statement than his earlier singles, focusing on stirring vocal samples and wistful arrangements. While he initially sought out other collaborators for the project, he ended up making all the music by himself, and much of the album feels grand and cinematic -- its not hard to imagine him incorporating orchestral parts on a future effort. When Will We Land? opens with a title track centered around an existential spoken word sample, building up fluttering pianos into an emotional, percussive burst, with ghostly vocals wailing in the background. "Deadbeat Gospel" highlights a raw, lo-fi recording of a friend from university called somedeadbeat, setting his stream-of-consciousness poetry to a sprinting, trancey rhythm. "Sonder" (previously featured as the first track on More Content) bathes a gentle piano hook and gorgeous African vocals in a layer of vinyl crackle. "Sunsleeper" chops up vocal samples from Galician folk group Aliboria, resulting in the albums most purely gleeful moment, while Lapsley contributes dusky vocals to "Woman," which comes closer to ODESZAs territory. The crisp drums, dramatic strings, and yearning vocal samples of "I Wont Let You Down" recall some of Mobys more soundtrack-ready songs. "Always Get Through to You" is soulful disco-house with choral vocals and handclaps, and "Tell Me What You Need" unexpectedly and successfully dips into smooth 80s electro-pop, intriguingly filled with echoing bird calls. Mainnie lets loose with "Dance of the Crab," an ecstatic samba-influenced track sampling Brazils Trio Ternura. Barry Cant Swims knack for detailed arrangements and passionate vocal samples makes for a creative, accomplished debut album. ~ Paul Simpson

エディンバラ出身のアーティストがニンジャ・チューンからファースト・アルバムを発表。UKクラブ・カルチャーの因子と、アヴァランチーズやコーナーショップが脳裏に浮かぶ温かい人懐っこさが混じったようなサウンドは、よりダンス・ミュージック色が濃くなったホット・チップとも形容できる。多国籍な雰囲気も特徴の本作は、鼻歌混じりで踊れるレイヴ・ポップだ。
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