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SB#5
Electronic · 2018 · 12 tracks · 42m

SB#5

Gramatik

Dusty soul samples and crisp boom-bap drums collide in this love letter to New York City. A warm, instrumental journey through late-night jazz and hip-hop.

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It's like finding a lost jazz record in a Brooklyn basement and realizing it has the perfect drums.

A sophisticated, urban nostalgia that feels both lonely and deeply comforting.

SB#5 · vs · Gramatik
Nostalgic+1.2σ

Nostalgic saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 42m
01
No Place Like NYC
3:15
02
Still Doin’ It
3:11
03
East River Soul
3:13
04
What's the Use of Jivin’
3:21
05
Good Love
2:36
06
I Know It
3:56
07
Step Aside
4:02
08
What She Said
3:06
09
Bring It Up
2:50
10
Just Imagine
4:02
11
Let Me Know the Way
3:09
12
Muy Tranquilo (live @ Le Zénith Paris)
5:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the piano loop in No Place Like NYC captures the specific melancholy of a winter morning in the city.
The transition into the live atmosphere of Muy Tranquilo where the crowd noise merges with the iconic guitar riff.
The rhythmic stutter of the vocal chop in Good Love that feels like a heartbeat skipping.
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