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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Shabaka Hutchings-led jazz quartet features guest appearances from Angel Bat Dawid, D Double E, Joshua Edelin, Lianne La Havas, Moor Mother, Kojey Radical, and Steve Williamson.
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- Record Label: Impulse!
- Genre(s): Jazz
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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May 13, 2021An 11-track album that finds them at their most dynamic and urgent.
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May 12, 2021It doesn’t feel like as much of an instant classic as 'Your Queen Is A Reptile', but it has all the makings of a slower, more thought-provoking, ultimately more accomplished project, the likes of which will remain relevant for decades to come.
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May 17, 2021Black To The Future is both musically and thematically bold and important. It is a major statement contextualising the present, aiming to better understand the past and, hopefully, providing a provocation for a better future.
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MojoMay 11, 2021It's sonically deeper and more emotionally engaging, from start to finish, than any previous SOK release. [Jun 2021, p.83]
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May 17, 2021Jazz tempos have always posed an implicit challenge to the 4/4 order, but this is an album that really wants its transmissions to be received.
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May 12, 2021The music is raw, melodic and explosive, and captures the inner reflection one must undertake to properly envision the future.
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The WireJun 29, 2021A curious lack of urgency pervades. [Jun 2021, p.66]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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May 22, 2021
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