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Dope roll in with a cyclic jam with a nagging riffy melody over a catchy infectious chord sequence that explodes into a massive jam and then takes off into a stratospheric harmonic tour de force. Piano led but synth backed, Kind of Dope really show off how dope they can get. Dope by name Dope […]
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Kind of Dope return to their contemporary Jazz vibes with an original composition flowing around a complex set of changes that seems as obvious and predictable as two five one. Relying heavily on a set of self programmed synths for both lead and background harmonic duties the mood is seventies but the production is twenties.
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Kind of Dope return with a bit of free flowing Jazz 2.0. Synths and Piano lead the way over a complex but rewarding structure supported by pumping drums and a fluid baseline. Dope like to cross boundaries with their compositions and productions but this is a small slice of a more straight ahead Jazzy style
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We call it Easy Jazz Beats. Easy listening for the study and work crowd who need an ear worm but not to be too distracted. In the old days it was elevator music without the beats. We used to flock to elevators to work out what all the great tunes were. We were the elevator
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Cooling breezes drifting in from the trade winds late in the afternoon beckon the changing mood from slumber to activity. Kind of Dope throw down a classic slice of chilled out groove to fill that time with a sonic equivalence. The piano is sultry but nowhere near as sultry as the sax and trumpet. Best
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Dope vibe with a bit of frivolity and groovy fun. The tenor sax leads the melodic riffing with the old skool synth taking over ultimately leading to a harmonised solo featuring both. Underpinning this light hearted but uplifting melange is a tight and funky bass and drum loop with the occasional drop to sparse pad
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Dope have dug up a lilting loop to lay their chords and horns neatly over expressing their inner twenties jazz fusion vibes. Borrowing from past Jazzy refrains but utilising modern techniques to make a surprising simple stab of chromatic juxtapositions of minor ninths and swingy horn lines. Loops, Chords and Refrains Dope style. Probably best
Kind of Dope goes all LoFi Hip Hop with this haunting Miles Davis style muted trumpet led ballad. Piano harmonies to die for and an old skool tenor sax vibrato lusharoony, ably supporting the trumpet. Dope shows their ability to set mood and keep it locked. Lush. Dope by name, Dope by nature #newrelease #music
Dope embrace their loops and play with them playfully mangling and merging and manipulating. Its back to the good old sampler to act as the core creative device while doodling around the abstract sonic structures evolving out of playful pulling and pushing of the loop points from sixteenths to triplets to way beyond. It feels
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After a hot hot hot summer hiatus in 2022 Kind of Dope return with a lazy slice of Great Summer Vibes extracted from the balmy Saharan air floating into the southern reaches, beaches and band rooms. It grooves and its harmonious. Rolling b lines, brass to die for and a full big band arrangement all
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