1973

This is the sound of a city that never quite wakes up, captured in the amber of 1970s analog tape. Marc Moulin and his ensemble create a sonic landscape that feels both incredibly tight and hallucinogenically fluid. The Fender Rhodes is the undisputed star here, dripping with a liquid, chorus-heavy texture that makes every chord progression feel like it is reflecting off a wet pavement. It is jazz-funk, but stripped of any sunshine or disco glitter, replaced instead by a brooding, Belgian cool that borders on the cinematic.

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