Originally released in the mid-’80s, this intriguing funk-laced album finds the iconic pocket trumpeter navigating through the sonic landscapes that some of his jazz leftist contemporaries such as Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, Joe Bowie’s Defunkt and Ronald Shannon Jackson’s Decoding Society (and Herbie Hancock’ collaborations with Bill Frisell) trafficked.
With Childqueen, this Generation Y Minnie Riperton refines her intoxicating formula. It’s like a fantasy of an obsolete past, yet in tune with the present.
Shunaji readily names Air as a referent group. It was only through production that she discovered hip hop and followed the tradition of J Dilla and Karriem Riggins.
Manga aficionados found out about Kodama—those malicious tree spirits—from Miyazaki’s films. Thus the musical duo has chosen the mysterious and the natural, but their music’s jazz/electro fusion reveals a voluntary tension between the product and the method.
