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Cancel anytime. Start Free Trial Start Free Trial Get Started Start Free Trial Download TIDAL Playlist Import Supported Devices Get Support Discover TIDAL About Magazine Originals Unplugged Account Sign Up Redeem Voucher Redeem Giftcard Manage Account Store Company What is TIDAL Partners Careers Press TIDAL is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hi-def video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture.Home News Best New Music Reviews Albums Tracks Sunday Reviews 8.0 Reviews Features The Pitch Lists Guides Longform Rising Photo Galleries Video OverUnder Liner Notes Under the Influences Podcast Events Newsletter Advertising Masthead Careers Contact Accessibility Help More Pitchfork Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago Pitchfork Music Festival Paris Pitchfork Music Festival Berlin Pitchfork Radio Pitchfork Podcast Home News Reviews Best New Music Features The Pitch Video Podcast Staff Picks Events Toggle main navigation menu Open search module Expand audio player Home News Reviews Best New Music Features The Pitch Video Podcast Staff Picks Events Toggle main navigation menu Open search module Expand audio player Robert Glasper Kaytranada The ArtScience Remixes EP Blue Note 2018 6.7 by Dean Van Nguyen Contributor Jazz PopRB April 19 2018 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Open share drawer This remix set, based on Glaspers 2016 album, moves with the freewheeling rhythm of a beat tape.Hes the cool custodian of old-school grooves who, with his band, the Robert Glasper Experiment, has built a flourishing career out of reinterpreting African-American music history, bridging jazz, soul, RB, and hip-hop.
Robert Glasper Black Radio Recovered The Remix Album Free Trial StartRobert Glasper Black Radio Recovered The Remix Album Series In 2012The two installments of his guest-heavy Black Radio series in 2012-2013 and 2016s Artscience all flowed like curated mixtapes of the finest vintage. On The Artscience Remixes, the keyboardist and producer probes another vital form of Black musical expression: the remix. Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP saw his tracks flipped by old-world heads like Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Questlove. For The Artscience Remixes, the keyboardist plumps for just a single collaborator in 25-year-old Canadian Kaytranada. Given his youth and his affinity for fizzing electronic textures, its not necessarily the most obvious choice. Yet Kaytranada has in the past shown plenty of respect for his golden age hip-hop forefathers, and that serves him well on this set. The remit of the remixer has always been simple enough to be scrawled on the back of a pack of cigarettes: keep the cuts fresh and keep them glorious. Here, Kaytranada finds enough new angles to make the project meaningful while staying true to Glaspers long-term modus operandi. ![]() These are tracks that would sound great crackling through your old Sony Walkman on a beat-up C-90. The thick, 1980s boogie-style orchestration of Thinkin Bout Youa sweet love song that captures being in a relationship when youre touringis now a fluid, dapper RB number. Written in Stone features some classical-style piano chords before falling out of step as the vocals are slowed and screwed. Its a welcome moment of tension in an otherwise satin-smooth set. The original nine-minute version focused on spontaneous jazz expression. Here, the borders of the song are reined in, with the vocals replaced by those of Alex Isley, imbuing the track with a more contemporary RB feel. Its fine in concept, but spoiled by a hyperactive drum loop that blemishes the records otherwise urbane groove. Its even bookended by two daft but enjoyably absurd skits featuring Don Cheadle, who worked with Glasper on the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead. As the stakes never feel particularly high, this will go down as a minor release in both Glasper and Kaytranadas discographies. Never mindthe timeless nature of these grooves is hard to grow bored of.
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