Eclectic graffiti artist, DJ and producer Dj Marrrtin unveils his new album "Cyclothymix".
Following the success of his album "La Pie Bavarde", a duet with Tino, mc from Dayton, U.S.A., Marrrtin delivers a moody, intense, indeed psycho-musicographic psychomusicographic. He promises us a finely mixed set, at the heart of his inspirations: Hip Hop, Funk, Sound Illustration, Jazz...
Opening with "Awakening", straight out of a Dilla beat tape, followed by the Brazilian very Brazilian "Estrellas", an up-tempo theme sublimated by the gentle voice of Carla Vallet, who also infuses her suave voice on the track "Darjeeling", a bewitching call to let go.
In his global wanderings, he takes us to New York with the track "L.O.V.E."an ode to love, featuring the Temple's guardian, A.G. of the mythical collective DITC and his protégée Hii Siddity , from the duo The Girll Codee.
"Taraxacum" plunges us into a languorous atmosphere, sublimated by the flute of Antoine Laloux from The Selenites Band. Then comes "Ben", a boom bap - melancholy jazz production, where the grain of vinyl mingles with the roughness of the Akai S950 sampler.
Marrrtin's musical drifting and whirling is a tribute to breakdance and hiphop culture with "Inspiration Medley", a nod to anthems such as SWAT, Nautilus ... backed by the keyboards of his Funky Bijou teammate, Deheb. A duo whose famous classics are played for the biggest world Breakdance Battles.
Sample culture, drum breaks, Abstract Hip Hop, for the tracks "True" and "Time for Love", in which a guru preaches pan-love in the time of the Apocalypse for Love", in which a guru preaches pan-love in the time of the Apocalypse, or "Indian Groove , an Indian echo of Marrrtin's many travels, which leaves us and saturates us with dopamine.
"Cosmic Consciousness Without Transition", in the spirit of a mood-changing we plunge into the strange, scandalized prescription, guardian of the garden of love.
To close this essential album, "Headhunter", a dark Jazz Funk track with dusty soundtrack tinges, brings us to a close of dusty seventies soundtrack, with saturated clavinet responding to obsessive melodies of Medline's flute.
Ultimately, "Cyclothymix" is conceived by Marrrtin as a mirror to our changing moods and seasons.
This is everything if your a jazz fan or if your a fan of the greatest rapper of all time. Could drop these tracks after playing the originals, would bug out the discerning listeners. Lee Gordon