Name: Robert Glasper Experiment with Metropole Orchestra - Let It Ride (Live Amsterdam, 13 april 2014) by andjustinforall
Duration: 8 min 50 s
Description: The Robert Glasper Experiment with the Metropole Orkest performing Let It Ride, with Casey Benjamin on vocoder. Recorded with my iPhone at the now defunct MC Theater, back in 2014.

This is a collection of beats recorded straight from the stereo output of Thes One's Akai MPC3000, December 2014. It is presented as a free gift to lovers of sample based production, feel free to share, like etc!! Happy Holidays.

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"Paradox" is the second single from the forthcoming album "Abstract Intuition"

These tracks were recorded in a single session at the end of 2022 and received minimal overdubs of percussion. Even the delays and effects were mostly recorded live between tape machines, delays and a harmonizer.
Improvisations with a certain human rawness.

Twm Dylan - Upright Bass
Ben Hadwen - Sax & Flute 
Raimund Wong - Cassette loops, Yamaha MT400 & processing
Nick Woodmanasey Drums, Percussion, mixing & production

Paradox

The Robert Glasper Experiment with the Metropole Orkest performing Let It Ride, with Casey Benjamin on vocoder. Recorded with my iPhone at the now defunct MC Theater, back in 2014.

Robert Glasper Experiment with Metropole Orchestra - Let It Ride (Live Amsterdam, 13 april 2014)

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Debut single Breakthrough introduced the insanely catchy but deeply soulful blend of synths and groove, but here on the album that is explored to the fullest with longer breakdowns and more expansive, experimental solos. Pocket 5 displays the, possibly unexpected, influences of broken beat and almost combative rhythm playing – particularly in the complex guitar and keys breakdown where Koor and O’Keefe layer conflicting time signatures and battle to ride it out to the heavy drum return. 

Cannonball brings warm mellowness that delicately evolves through beats, touching on bossas alongside their fundamental hip-hop sensibilities. But even here there is a raucous zenith before the band sublimely recede into the silence of the a-side ending. 

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Dragonfly undoubtedly reflects on the work of Herbie Hancock and is the most direct throwback to the band’s earlier work, which is a welcome marker of how far they have come. A quintessential jazz funker. 

The album closes with the thoughtful and introverted shuffle of Miles Away. In the final eight minutes of Murmuration, The Expansions allow space and time to take precedence, with once-more-restrained peaks and developments. It becomes clear though, that the band cannot resist one last explosive finale, as they rise with screeching synths, strings and dubs for a perfect race to the finish line. 

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2. Heartbreaks + Setbacks
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From the deep, rumbling entrance of ‘Tenfold,’ each of the 12 tracks coalesce with Thundercat’s signature bass, his riffs and basslines gliding sky high to meet Fly Lo’s astral touch. Bruner’s vocals and harmonies also soar with open honesty, rising above heartbreak with uplifting odes to love and companionship (‘Tron Song’) and wise mantras to live by (‘Special Stage’). The album plays as a comedy and tragedy at the same time, delicately addressing tracks like ‘We’ll Die’ while bringing the all-out cosmic funk of the anthemic ‘Oh Sheit, it’s X.’

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Robert Glasper Experiment with Metropole Orchestra - Let It Ride (Live Amsterdam, 13 april 2014)

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