Description

Their 17th studio album, ldquoIn Search of Better Daysrdquo, will have Incognito fans grinning ear to ear. The fresh, uncompromising, soulful, JazzFunkladen songs and instrumentalsthat are the bones of Incognito continue to shine through . . . and there is more. The sound of Blueyrsquos London for over three and a half decades weaves its waythroughout this album and gives it flesh, with splashes of Drum amp Bass and Broken Beats, Rare Groove, Deep Soulful House, and even influences from the Rock and Bluesthat were at the heart of the UK scene in the late rsquo60s and early rsquo70s.From the driving bass of featured guest Stuart Zender on the opening track, you know that this album is upping the ante and itrsquos going to be one hell of a good rideImaani, Vanessa Haynes, Tony Momrelle, Katie Leone, Vula Malinga mdash the UKrsquos finest and most soulful voices hit you relentlessly one after the other with songs that willremain with you from the first hearing. And as if that was not enough to make this one of Incognitorsquos best albums, in comes American chanteuse extraordinaire aka ldquothevoice of Incognitordquo mdash Maysa, to seal the dealOther special guest artists mdash including pianist AverySunshine, drummer Richard Spaven, cosmic percussionist Jody Linscott, and Japanese guitar legend TomoyasuHotei of Kill Bill fame mdash leave their indelible marks on this muchanticipated release.Grounding the entire album are the usual suspects Matt Cooper and Ski Oakenfull keyboards Francis Hylton bass Francesco Mendolia drums Joatildeo Caetano percussionFrancisco Sales lead guitar Sid Gauld trumpet Trevor Mires and Alistair White trombone Paul Booth, Jim Hunt, and Andy Ross sax and flute and RichardBull everything. These fine artists combine to take the band to a new and higher high The whole thing is beautifully catalogued, blended, and sonically giftwrapped bysound engineer Mo Hausler.Blueyrsquos songwriting and production senses are as always fullspectrum, steeped in deep, rich history, bridging the classic sounds of the past and the tonal and soniclanguages of the present and future. These songs of Love, songs of awareness, questioning, challenging, optimism, joy, and hope are without a doubt some of his bestAs Bluey continues blazing his own trail with his everexpanding community of topoftheline artists, fueled by a passion for storytelling and creating unity through theGroove, Incognitorsquos In Search of Better Days surely takes us there. This album is . . . Truth Incognito CD is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £12.99