Sensory Blending, by Aura Safari, Jimi Tenor

Sensory Blending

by Aura Safari, Jimi Tenor

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1.	Bodily Synesthesia 05:32	buy track
2.	Lunar Wind 07:24	buy track
3.	Bewitched by the Sea 04:50	buy track
4.	My Bluebell 06:36	buy track
5.	Last Waltz in Perugia 03:11	buy track
6.	Gimlet 06:12	buy track
7.	It's Too Easy to Love You 04:47	buy track
8.	Your Magic Touch 05:44	buy track
9.	Indigo 02:35	buy track

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Great music is often about chance meetings and impromptu creative sessions and so it is that Hell Yeah proudly serves up Sensory Blending, a new collaborative album from Italian collective Aura Safari and Finnish musician Jimi Tenor. The nine-track record arrives on 26th April 2024 and is a lush and luxurious fusion of jazz-funk styles.

This glorious record came about after Tenor was playing a Hell Yeah party at Tangram in Perugia. Aura Safari were local and, in some free time the day before the gig, everyone jumped in the studio together. They had never met before but soon found plenty of free-flowing common ground and the result of that one-off session is now served up on this vibrant new album that brims with musicality, indelible melodies and subtly uplifting vibrations.

Tenor has toured the world and previously collaborated with the likes of Japanese master Calm. He is a psychedelic space-jazz-funk king, skilled musician, composer and producer who, since the mid-nineties, has released more than 25 albums and 45 EPs. Aura Safari is made up of bass, synth, guitar and keys players Lorenzo Francioli, Ruggero Bonucci, Nicola Pitassio Andrea Moretti, Lorenzo Lavoratori, Daniele Melloni and Nicholas Iammatteo, and they are label regulars who served up their sublime Island Dreams album here last year.

Says Jimi, who enjoyed his time in Perugia and adds that "the studio session was 100% efficient. I showed up and we started to play. Almost all that was made was material that we could use for the album. I love to work fast. Quick brushstrokes. Finish! I was amazed at how intuitively the Aura Safari guys could come up with new parts for songs. I mentioned some feeling or approach and they seemed to find it just like that.”

'Bodily Synesthesia' is the seductive opener with steamy sax notes and gentle grooves that are topped by aloof vocal whispers. 'Lunar Wind' is another slow and steamy mix of jazzy keys and soulful vocal hooks, 'Bewitched By The Sea' is a more tropical and percussive number with majestic melodies and 'My Bluebell' picks up the pace with jazz-funk grooves and hustling chords. 'Last Waltz In Perugia' has freeform sax lines soaring over meticulous drums that ebb and flow and 'Gimlet' brings a playful, samba-tinged rhythm and sunny flute leads straight from South America. There's a laidback, carefree mood to 'It's Too Easy To Love You' while 'Your Magic Touch' is a dancey number that exudes melodic joy, and 'Indigo' closes in dramatic fashion with a conversational sax that sticks long in the memory.

Sensory Blending is a seamless fusion of collaborative minds from Aura Safari and Jimi Tenor and it could well be performed live at some special select shows later in the year.

credits

released April 26, 2024

All Tracks written by N. Iammatteo, L. Lavoratori, A. Moretti, L. Francioli, R. Bonucci, Nicola Pitassio, Lassi Lehto, D. Melloni

Published by E.M.G. / Budde Music

Keyboard, Synthesizer: Lorenzo Francioli
Bass: Ruggero Bonucci
Drums: Nicola Pitassio
Vocals, Sax, Flute: Jimi Tenor
Keyboard, Synthesizer on “Bewitched by the Sea”: Jimi Tenor
Vocals on “My Bluebell” Toimi Tytti
Cuica and Congas on “Gimlet”: Giuliano Pitassio
Produced by Aura Safari
Recorded at “Urban Recording Studio” Perugia
Artwork by Filippo Gabelli
Master & Vinyl Cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle
A&R Marco Gallerani

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P+C 2024 Hell Yeah Recordings
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Aura Safari Italy

Aura Safari are: Nicholas Iammatteo, Andrea Moretti, Lorenzo Lavoratori, Daniele Melloni, Lorenzo Francioli, Ruggero Bonucci e Nichola Pitassio..
Years spent in the local scene of Perugia attending Umbria Jazz Festival every summer and winter nights at the legendary Red Zone Club have shaped the sound of Aura Safari. ... more