Tony Williams - Foreign Intrigue

Tony Williams - Foreign Intrigue12" Black Vinyl. Drummer Tony Williams had a long, fruitful relationship with Blue Note Records starting in the 1960s when he appeared on numerous post bop classics (Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage, Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch, Andrew Hill Point of Departure) and made his first 2 albums as a leader: Life Time (1964) and Spring (1965). After Blue Note relaunched in 1984, Williams returned to the label eager to form a new acoustic band as a vehicle to perform

a collection of songs that pivot around the theme of ‘home’

second single Lost In The Game continues that theme with its incessantly catchy funk-inspired beat

all delivered in the band’s typically laconic

releases his new album Pure Luxury via Memphis Industries

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All in the service of locating the feelgood pop alchemy in a song in which no parts are repeated

inventing glam rock and officially kicking off the 1970s

I Love The New Sky lands somewhere between Paul McCartney's RAM and Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and certainly that recipe covers both the all-pervasive tunefulness and high quality

bedroom-pop fashion – that became an analogue for the theme of the album as a whole…

Raising Hell became the first Platinum and multi-Platinum hip hop record

A Love Record Stores Independent Album of The Year 2020

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