Us3 – Hand On The Torch

Us3 – Hand On The TorchLP Blue Note MOVLP3014 (2022) Netherlands The British jazz hip hop fusion collective Us3 founded in 1992 in London and its notable members included producers Mel Simpson and Geoff Wilkinson. The group scored a major hit in 1994 with Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), a track that displayed the group's fondness for sampling classic recordings from the Blue Note label (in this case, Herbie Hancock's Cantaloupe Island'). The track was included on their debut

Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound

Named after the cartons pasted on the walls in an optimistic attempt at sound-proofing

released in by Sire Records

recorded on Record Store Day in 2018 at Plaid Room Records

Numerous publications have since declared it one of the best albums of the '90s with Pitchfork calling it “a core of ungodly gorgeous songs that is every bit as moving and relevant today as it ever was

it’s also a devoted exercise in realism

Originally issued in 1989

Recalling Ennio Morricone spaghetti westerns

anthropologist

" "Last Ride")

Featuring the singles “I’d Do It All Again

guitarist and multi-instrumentalist