Domu – Up + Down
| Label: | Archive (2) – FILE 002 LP |
|---|---|
| Format: | 2 x Vinyl, 12", Album |
| Country: | Italy |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Electronic |
| Style: | Broken Beat, Future Jazz, Soul, Techno |
Tracklist
| A1 | Up And Down | 2:29 | |
| A2 | Gotta Set It | 4:07 | |
| A3 | Sail Away With Me | 5:11 | |
| B1 | Cloud City | 5:49 | |
| B2 | Mara Jade | 6:20 | |
| C1 | Space Monkeyz | 6:01 | |
| C2 | Repercussions | 5:44 | |
| D1 | Wuntoto | 6:01 | |
| D2 | Last Time | 6:35 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Goya Music Distribution
Credits
- Keyboards, Programmed By – Domu
- Other [Design] – LuciaP
- Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Dominic Stanton
Notes
Published by Dipiù s.r.l.
Archive is a trademark of Dipiù s.r.l.
(c)&(p) 2001 Dipiù s.r.l.
Distributed by Goya Music Ltd.
Archive is a trademark of Dipiù s.r.l.
(c)&(p) 2001 Dipiù s.r.l.
Distributed by Goya Music Ltd.
Other Versions (2)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Up + Down (CD, Album) | Archive (2) | FILE 002 CD | Italy | 2001 | ||
New Submission | Up + Down (CDr, Album, Promo) | Archive (2) | none | Italy | 2001 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Listening to the contemporary jazz scene today in 2021, there's some great things happening. Closer to home in the UK, it is interesting to acknowledge that leading artists like Emma- Jean Thackray have had their hands in Londons broken beats scene & supported the music/adopted the principles in much of their own work.
Risingson below commented that 'broken rhythms, really broken, sparse and sudden changes of melodies that makes this album closer to free jazz', & I completely agree. I've long held the opinion that the broken scene has been almost the one true extension of jazz in many ways: answering the times, incorporating the urban landscape & all experimental influences to come with a new, modern formula that speaks for the people. For a relatively small local scene, escaping widespread media recognition (at the time), the musicianship & progression of jazz within is unparalleled.
Domu remains an enigma of the early 2000's London BB explosion & this early LP on Archive was just a taste of what's to come... What a talented guy. Top notch selection & one to cherish.- A hint of the little popularity of the broken beat genre is how this album still has no review. Domu here released his first full LP and, to me, his masterpiece, bringing a sound that is uniquely him and no one else. There is some instrumental hip hop with scratches and there is gentle rnb, but the core of "Up + Down" is broken rhythms, really broken, sparsed, and sudden changes of melodies that makes this album closer to free jazz, only cooler. The rhodes piano, 70s fusion tricks and loops that are part samba and part madness makes it win in Afronaught and ZeroDB territories. All the songs in the album are highlights, and I don't know which ones I can pick as favourites. The two-part and free-flow of "Last Time" with the great voice control of Nicola Kramer? Maybe the harsh wonders of strings and congas in "Space Monkeyz"? Or the beautiful sax-driven "Body Electric"? Or the wonderful colaboration with Ian O'Brien in "Wontoto"? I can't say: it's one of my favourite albums and I find it flawless. It's a pity that its distribution was so extremely limited, though.
