Brooklyn Vegan Features Kneedelus
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Financial Times: 4 Stars, "...the real deal"
Louder Than War (UK): 8.5/10 Kneedelus is warm and dense, rich in layers and flourish
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Fip Radio (FR) Features Kneedelus
“Véritable laboratoire californien jazz et electro, le label Brainfeeder a produit cette année quelques merveilles de fusion expérimentale avec Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus ou Thundercat. Son dernier projet en date “Kneedelus” associe Kneebody, quintet jazz du saxophoniste Ben Wendel et le producteur electro Alfred Darlington alias Daedelus, figure bien connue de la musique électronique et du hip-hop déviant. Le résultat est un bouillonnement créatif et puissant où les compositions ciselées cohabitent avec les improvisations rythmiques de cette formation electro-acoustique inventive.”
“California real laboratory jazz and electronica, the Brainfeeder label produced this year some experimental fusion wonders with Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus and Thundercat. His latest project “ Kneedelus “ dates associated Kneebody, jazz quintet of saxophonist Ben Wendel and electro producer Alfred Darlington aka Daedelus, well-known figure in electronic music and hip-hop deviant. The result is a creative and powerful bubbling where chiselled compositions coexist with rhythmic improvisations of the inventive electro-acoustic band.”
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Pitchfork: 8.0/10 "supernova of a record"
What all of this six-degrees business adds up to is this supernova of a record, rounded out by Adam Benjamin on keyboard, Shane Endsley on treated trumpet, bassist Kaveh Rastegar, and drummer Nate Wood. As a collaborative unit, the friendship between the parties undoubtedly lends itself to the fluidity of these 10 original compositions.
TSF Jazz Hails 'Kneedelus' as the Record of the Day
“Nouvelle sortie Jazz du label Brainfeeder après la révélation Kamasi Washington, Kneedelus est la rencontre électrique (et réussie) entre le groupe Kneebody et le compositeur de musique électronique Daedelus”
“New release of Jazz Brainfeeder label after the revelation Kamasi Washington, Kneedelus meeting is the electric ( and successful ) Kneebody between the group and the electronic music composer Daedelus”
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Pitchfork Reviews "Drum Battle" Single
“Kneedelus“, out 27th November 2015 on Brainfeeder
Pre-order: Brainfeeder / iTunes
Let’s stop and acknowledge the great run Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label is having. Between his own album, You’re Dead!, Kamasi Washington’s The Epic, and Thundercat’s The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam, the imprint blurs the line between jazz and alt-soul, putting unique twists on sophisticated genres. “Drum Battle”, the first single from instrumental quintet Kneebody and producer Daedelus’ forthcoming album, extends the label’s recent winning streak.
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Starwax Magazine Reviews 'Kneedelus'
“L’idéal pour provoquer de l’herpès à un musicien, c’est de coller une étiquette réductrice sur sa musique. Les cinq dernières années ont vu l’émergence de sonorités évolutives où, à l’avant-garde, les musiciens ont enterré les genres et leurs théories. À lui seul, Daedelus interview ici, alias Alfred Weisberg-Roberts, a pulvérisé, à l’aide de la technologie, les murs qui cloisonnaient encore il y a peu les genres. Du rap à l’abstract hip hop en passant par le breakbeat, la trap et le glitch hop techno. Bref : étiqueter est impossible.”
“The ideal to cause herpes to a musician is to stick a label on reducing his music. The last five years have seen the emergence of progressive sounds where at the forefront, the musicians buried genres and their theories. On its own, Daedelus interview here, alias Alfred Weisberg – Roberts, sprayed, using technology, the walls cloisonnaient yet there are few genres. Rap to abstract hip hop, breakbeat, the trap glitch hop and techno. In short: label is impossible.”
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