Album: Fudge by Michael Kiwanuka
Genre: Alternative

Description: For the self-produced FUDGE, Michael Kiwanuka quite clearly set out with one mission in mind: to make the music he loves. The first words we hear on opening track “Summer Clothes” aren’t Kiwanuka’s, in fact, but a recording of jazz legend Chick Corea saying exactly this: “What music is about... is creating the kind of things that you think are beautiful.” FUDGE is a tender, considered offering of art for the sake of it, a tribute to his own definition of beauty that never veers into selfish or self-serving songwriting.

Kiwanuka savours each strum and softly-padded drumbeat, and even the friction from discordant moments or clashing notes (“You Sent Me Flying”) never feels out of tune or place. Half of FUDGE‘s tracks clock in at five minutes or over, which invites the listener to stretch out with languid, slow-building meditations (“Love in My Heart”), hushed confessions of love (“Sing”) or dusky, panoramic instrumentals (like “Steve’s Paradise”, in which Kiwanuka’s voice is a sparse presence—we don’t hear him until about halfway through—giving the organ, sliding guitar and backing harmonies to take the lead). FUDGE is a tribute to taking your time.

Artist Background: Michael Kiwanuka is a British soul musician who is signed to Communion Records. He has been compared to Bill Withers, Randy Newman, and Otis Redding, as well as Van Morrison and the Temptations. In January 2012 he won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. Kiwanuka grew up in Muswell Hill, North London, the son of Ugandan parents who had escaped the Amin regime. He attended Fortismere School, leaving there in 2005 after completing his A-Levels. He was regarded as a very friendly and modest student wit... Part of the Newton Abbot, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: Son Little, Curtis Harding, Black Pumas, Leon Bridges

Music Scene: Part of the Newton Abbot, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: Alternative

For the self-produced FUDGE, Michael Kiwanuka quite clearly set out with one mission in mind: to make the music he loves. The first words we hear on opening track “Summer Clothes” aren’t Kiwanuka’s, in fact, but a recording of jazz legend Chick Corea saying exactly this: “What music is about... is creating the kind of things that you think are beautiful.” FUDGE is a tender, considered offering of art for the sake of it, a tribute to his own definition of beauty that never veers into selfish or self-serving songwriting.

Kiwanuka savours each strum and softly-padded drumbeat, and even the friction from discordant moments or clashing notes (“You Sent Me Flying”) never feels out of tune or place. Half of FUDGE‘s tracks clock in at five minutes or over, which invites the listener to stretch out with languid, slow-building meditations (“Love in My Heart”), hushed confessions of love (“Sing”) or dusky, panoramic instrumentals (like “Steve’s Paradise”, in which Kiwanuka’s voice is a sparse presence—we don’t hear him until about halfway through—giving the organ, sliding guitar and backing harmonies to take the lead). FUDGE is a tribute to taking your time.

Fudge

Michael Kiwanuka

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