Ian Simmonds - All Thats Left '2019

Tracks list

‘All Thats Left’ is the 15th studio album from Ian Simmonds
following 2015s ‘The Right Side Of Kind’. Starting his musical
career in the 80s with the Sandals, Simmonds then moved on to producing as
Juryman, Wiseintime and under his own name: Ian Simmonds. Throughout his
enormous body of work, Simmonds has always channeled pain into his music, but in
his latest incarnation, there is anger, patience, and a driving energy that ebbs
and flows throughout the album. His sound is purposeful, and at times the
messages challenging, the beats quick and his vocals haunting. 

Released on a 17-track 180-gram double vinyl, CD and as an extended digital
release which features two bonus tracks! The album features two tracks from his
single ‘The Lion Share’ and ‘Rudy’s Choice’ as
well as 17 new tracks. Not fitting into one genre, Simmonds’ signature
moody but poignant style is spread liberally over Jazz, Electronica, Trip Hop,
the abstract and a bit of Afro Funk and Dub creating an incredibly well rounded,
eclectic sound. There is the downtempo, reflective ‘Avoiding
Obsolete’, where a distant tinkering piano motif frames Simmonds’
beautiful warm melodic vocals, the production is sparse, but you are drawn in
greedily. Then there is ‘Mackblajick’ which has a nu-jazz feel with
its mysterious dulcimer and insistent guitar motif that wouldn’t be out
of place in a Baz Luhrmann 1920’s Jazz club. If it’s an
instrumental track you’re looking for then you’ll find it in
‘Kendal Slice’ which has a wild but retrospective feel, with
abstract jazz drumming and a running pace. Special mention goes out to one of
the bonus tracks, an eerie, middle eastern style cover of Burt
Bacharach’s ‘The Look of Love’. 

Tracklist:
01. Ian Simmonds - The Lion Share
02. Ian Simmonds - Rudys Choice
03. Ian Simmonds - True Love
04. Ian Simmonds - Hey Mista
05. Ian Simmonds - Uncle Sass
06. Ian Simmonds - Avoiding Obsolete
07. Ian Simmonds - Leonardo
08. Ian Simmonds - Mackblajick
09. Ian Simmonds - Standard 8
10. Ian Simmonds - Buried Heads
11. Ian Simmonds - Pickin Leaves
12. Ian Simmonds - Born In The North Poem
13. Ian Simmonds - Consumed Blue
14. Ian Simmonds - The Kendal Slice
15. Ian Simmonds - Time Too
16. Ian Simmonds - A Prance In Hope
17. Ian Simmonds - Feeling Form
18. Ian Simmonds - Into Stone
19. Ian Simmonds - The Look Of Love

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