- Soulful house music born from jazz-funk and '70s psychedelia.
- In interviews, Chicago icon Anthony Nicholson often says he doesn't consider himself a house producer because of the genre's limiting range. Instead, he describes his work as an abstract combination of various styles that include jazz, R&B and soul. This diverse palette is tangible on his latest release for The Jazz Diaries, a two-track EP that's a whole lot more than just house music.
On the lead single, the Clairaudience label boss dishes out serious groove through a funk-driven rhythm section, warm kick drums and glistening peals of electric piano. The record takes many elaborate swerves and detours, moving from heady synths to raw disco in a way that channels Nicholson's collaborator Ron Trent.
"Future Black Fusion," meanwhile, adds elements of psychedelic rock and layered percussion into a rolling bassline that work the body into a slow sweat, the kind that accumulates after slow gyrations, rather than a head-to-toe workout.
“I try to create this music with the intentions of inspiring a soloist to deliver an honest performance when they're playing on the track," Nicholson said in a press statement accompanying the release. "The arrangement sets the tone." Spaciously composed in a way that allows each layer of keys and drums to climax, his latest EP is just begging to be performed live.
Lista de sequência de músicas01. DirtyDiscoJazzFunk
02. Future Black Fusion