by Since the London jazz collective Kokoroko broke out with its 2018 Track Refersey Junction, it has been known for a calming brand of improvised instruments. Mixing whispered melodies with steamed horns, downtempo -Hand -Percussion and Highlife guitar is a loose, wholesale sound. Her debut album 2022, we could be more, continued in the same sense, full of warm brass and gently historic vocal harmony.
The latest efforts never last. In its 11 traces of tempos, speed rarely exceed 100 bpm and roll in calm bass lines and sluggish grooves. The group entered a confident and calming tone and plays through the Lullaby Vocalharmonies by Never Lost, the slow guitar from closer to me and rhodes piano reflections on my father in heaven.
There are differences: The second half of the sweetness influenced by Afrobeat brings through trumpeter sheila maurice gray and the tromboneists Anoushka Nanguy interwoven horn soli and finds short moments of lively counterpoint before they dissolved in silence. Thanks to the presented singer Lulu, Idea 5 transforms into moping R&B, and since you play DAH like a sun-drenched piece of the 80s British radio.
These are appealing side steps, but you cannot completely free yourself from Placid Kokoroko Soundworld. Tuff Times can feel too soft and delicate, with differences in dynamic similarities being swallowed. It is ideal for everyone who wants to set themselves and switch off, but there is no brave energy push to really attract attention.
