Black Focus Electronic ambient and traditional Ghazal forms

ambient and traditional Ghazal forms

was ranked #119 on RollingStone’s list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012

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Black Focus Electronic ambient and traditional Ghazal formsOn Black Focus, Yussef Kamaal frame jazz inside the bass saturated, pirate radio broadcasts of London. Taking inspiration from the anything goes spirit of 70s jazz funk, on albums by Herbie Hancock or the Mahavishnu Orchestra, its a loose template with plenty of room to experiment. The pair, made up of Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu), have had little in the way of formal training. Instead, their musical tastes and approach to playing