Sam Gendel - COOKUPNonesuch releases Sam Gendels COOKUP, a new album comprising interpretations of R&B and soul hits originally released between 1992 and 2004. As with his 2020 Nonesuch debut, Satin Doll, Gendel recorded COOKUP in his native California with his friends and collaborators Gabe Noel and Philippe Melanson; the trio again adopts an approach of simultaneous synchronized sonic construction deconstruction of the albums source material, which this time includes

sample-heavy trance-pop that gives of a rare edit type of energy – it lives in a world that is less considered with ‘intelligent’ dance music and more concerned with having a good time

issuing two dynamite albums on Creative Vibes in 1999 and 2001

ten years after its inception

with a touch of broken beat magic

Ses Rodes is the new concept double album by Jazz N Palms for the brand-new label

garnered Grammy awards and widespread reverence

These remakes offer a parallel reading of the last four decades of releases

"Lil Dutchie" (Produced by Diamond Ortiz) and "Glide Through the Galaxy" (Produced by XL Middleton)

By adding new drums

or as he puts it "getting the snake to eat its own tail"

Frankie Feliciano and OPOLOPO

as seen with their Grammy-nominated second album