Boozoo Bajou - Grains (2009)

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Nuernberg based DJ Producer duo Boozoo Bajou is famous for his dubby soul and jazz influenced sound. However, his latest album ‘Grains’ is pretty different to his previous work. It is more of a consequential development, as it detaches from the familiar lounge music and moves more towards acid-folk / singer songwriting.

While tracks like 'Kinder Ohne Strom' remind me of a godforsaken landscape from an old western movie, 'Tonschraube'’s and 'Big Nicks'’ setting could be in a smoky bar somewhere in New York. The highlight on Grains is definitively the fragile, but at the same time hopeful voice on ‘Same Sun‘ and ‘Messengers‘ which belongs to the upcoming British singer songwriter Rumer.

All in all the album creates a slightly melancholic atmosphere, by combining acoustic folk and classic songwriting with modern elecronica, blues, jazz and dub elements. A nice piece to listen to on a lazy Sunday afternoon with a cup of tea and a novel.

Grains appears on February 22, 2009 on !K7 Records