jyoti (ocotea)

jyoti is georgia anne muldrow's jazz persona. the name derives from the sanscript word for 'light' and is also the name given to her by family friend and jazz great alice coltrane. this alias is used by muldrow for her jazz-inspired works when taking a break from her soul/hip-hop hybrid sound with non-comformative production and song structures. the album 'ocotea' is clearly influenced by late 1960s/early 1970s avant-garde and electronic jazz. this sound is modernised and makes for an intriguing release, a half-hour instrumental journey lead by her ancestral orchestra and guided by experimental synthesizers. it will be interesting to see how the jyoti project develops over the future, you can buy the debut here.


jyoti - black mother

meet me at the pomegranate tree

will holland, often known as quantic, creates music that draws upon elements of soul, funk, jazz, and salsa, yet retains a very contemporary feel in terms of production. you would expect most music with this range of influence to be dominated by samples, but being a multi-instrumentalist, much will holland's sound is original composition. in this particular song, 'meet me at the pomegranate tree', i love the handclaps, clicks of fingers, and how the bass works extremely well with the drums.



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quantic - meet me at the pomegranate tree [megaupload]