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How many ways can a bleeding man sigh? Crack into a million pieces of hamstrung emotion then reassemble himself with a guitar, a song and a soul?
On Keziah Jones’ long-awaited third album, Liquid Sunshine, the answers come crooning over waves of melody, rhythm and dubwise noise. Astute listeners will discern literate echoes of Curtis Mayfield, Freddy Mercury, Marvin Gaye and Prince in the Nigerian-born Keziah’s keening vocals, of John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Nolen and Jimi Hendrix in his bedevilled and driven rhythm guitar, of Tricky, Nirvana and Soundgarden in Liquid Sunshine’s trippy songcraft and experimental production conceits.
As with any artist of substance, Keziah presents us with more to chew on than the sum of his inspirations. As the great Argentina writer Jorge Luis Borges has remarked, artists invent their influences as much their influences invent them, a fact often overlooked in that reductive game we all play of sourcing recent arrivals to their ancestry. At the end of the day though, the only thing past geniuses can provide a committed young artist with besides a technical foundation and an impeccable standard is the necessity of becoming an individual.
For those who have been following Keziah’s career from his post-busker debut of 1992, Blufunk Is A Fact, through it’s follow-up of 1995, African Space Craft, Liquid Sunshine will appear as both a realisation and a revelation.
Keziah’s growth as musician, vocalist and lyricist will stagger those who already found him more than compelling in those areas; the passion, intellect and courage evident in Liquid Sunshine’s lyric statements equally attest to the profound evolutionary process that has gone on between recordings.
On Keziah Jones’ long-awaited third album, Liquid Sunshine, the answers come crooning over waves of melody, rhythm and dubwise noise. Astute listeners will discern literate echoes of Curtis Mayfield, Freddy Mercury, Marvin Gaye and Prince in the Nigerian-born Keziah’s keening vocals, of John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Nolen and Jimi Hendrix in his bedevilled and driven rhythm guitar, of Tricky, Nirvana and Soundgarden in Liquid Sunshine’s trippy songcraft and experimental production conceits.
As with any artist of substance, Keziah presents us with more to chew on than the sum of his inspirations. As the great Argentina writer Jorge Luis Borges has remarked, artists invent their influences as much their influences invent them, a fact often overlooked in that reductive game we all play of sourcing recent arrivals to their ancestry. At the end of the day though, the only thing past geniuses can provide a committed young artist with besides a technical foundation and an impeccable standard is the necessity of becoming an individual.
For those who have been following Keziah’s career from his post-busker debut of 1992, Blufunk Is A Fact, through it’s follow-up of 1995, African Space Craft, Liquid Sunshine will appear as both a realisation and a revelation.
Keziah’s growth as musician, vocalist and lyricist will stagger those who already found him more than compelling in those areas; the passion, intellect and courage evident in Liquid Sunshine’s lyric statements equally attest to the profound evolutionary process that has gone on between recordings.
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Shoutbox
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MissClarck wrote:
Hi Evrybody, I just want to present you the afrogroove from Bantunani's band. listen to the song blackninja...awesome http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Bantunani
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bolddrummer wrote:
BONGA!!!!
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inikolaivuk wrote:
slaping time
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anti6clone wrote:
I'm the man [1]
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raz0r69 wrote:
Kez is the man [3]
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pierrejeanphoto wrote:
en images : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierrejean/sets/72157622250649529/
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CheCheSalvadore wrote:
WOW!!!
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aogunbowale wrote:
Just got back from seeing him @ jazz cafe, London. Wicked show!
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WadeSimm wrote:
fab show at RfP!!!!
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domel003 wrote:
Kez is the man [2]
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superwomanL wrote:
Kez is the man
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echo-wrapping wrote:
http://culturebox.france3.fr/all/3091/Keziah-Jones-en-live/#/all/3091/Keziah-Jones-en-live/
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echo-wrapping wrote:
best blufunk!
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TheInfatuated wrote:
Ooh, the tasty slap bass...! @_@
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SideshowAk wrote:
amazing voice
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pingsooo wrote:
Fantastic guitarist! Would love to see him perform live!!
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needabeat wrote:
great music!
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Liodhahattr wrote:
wow nice guitar skills
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carlthompson wrote:
One cooool cat. Memories of Kaz at Glasto still fresh!
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mebocaina wrote:
see you tonight jpincone!
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New York Shows this weekend
16 Oct 2009 | from www.keziahjones.com
We were asked to remove these from the site for Legal reasons. The two shows are still happening. The Roots Jam, has been cancelled by The Roots. If you missed the post then come and see him play at Le Poisson Rouge on Wed 28th October.
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