The Main Ingredient JID015 open-ended transitions and sudden ensemble

open-ended transitions and sudden ensemble pivots are integral to the piece rather than imperfections

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While the album’s title draws its inspiration from Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We

On its release ‘Calypso’ was voted one of the year’s best 50 reissues in Rolling Stone magazine and received glowing reviews in Pitchfork

Ibex emerged out of the ashes of the sixties group the Soul Echos band

The Main Ingredient JID015 open-ended transitions and sudden ensembleThe second and final studio album from hip hop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth, 1994s The Main Ingredient was more polished than their debut Mecca And The Soul Brother. While it may not have yielded a monster hit in the shape of They Reminisce Over You like its predecessor, the carefully selected soul and jazz samples and mature themes made it a hugely appealing listen.