Azymic vinyl

A breath of fresh air for nu-jazz and broken beat fans, this collection of songs by Polish producer Przasnik is happy to eschew chin-stroking seriousness and instead cut loose with a kaleidoscopic set of sounds that can't fail to entertain even the most hardened of listener. <br>Opener "Piggyback Ride" is a lively vamp around Ray Charles's "Hit The Road Jack" and mounted on a perfect set of nu-jazz drums and sampled brass. "Kind Of A Thing" continues in a similar vein - sampling a line from "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" by Duke Ellington. While it may sound a little cheesy, Przasnik handles it brilliantly and keeps the listener firmly on their toes as he dices up loops in much the same way The Avalanches once did. <br>More conventional songs like "Doo That" show Przasnik's skills with live arrangements - throwing pianos, Rhodes and live percussion into the mix with some subtle vocals and brass building in the background. "Barber On The Dancefloor" however goes full pelt to rock a dancefloor - courtesy of the drums from The Monkey's Mary Mary and a host of Latin samples arranged with a chaotic energy. There's no filler here at all and it's a delight from start to finish - a perfect shot of energy for even the most casual jazz fan.