Liam Bailey - Zero Grace - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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Liam Bailey comes out swinging with InchWhite Light,Inch an instant-classic, dancefloor filler. The rough and tough drum break intro catches you from the first beat before the track gives way to an infectious and uplifting reggae-dis- co number. Liam's instantly recognizable voice showers his muse with praise over deep round bass lines and a four on the floor beat. The combination of Leon Michels' crushing production and Bailey's lyrics like InchYou love yourself, you're so exciting, like no one elseInch... is sure to make this a staple in dj sets around the globe. The B side InchCold & ClearInch is a proper lighters in the air, slap the wall, top ranking tune. The track struts in the door with a natural and undeniable confidence. Liam weaves a heavy metacognitive story over the one drop drums, perfect basslines, and organ stabs that will have people stepping in rhythm. The lo-fi production weaves elements from the finest early rocksteady era with touches from the late 70s / early 80s digital era and takes the entire vibe into the present with unorthodox arrangements and vocal treatments. Bailey has a tune here that will hold up next to the classics in the dancehalls from the yards of Jamaica to the discotheques in his homeland of England. Album Tracks 1. White Light 2. Cold & Clear

Since moving to Lopez Island in Puget Sound last year, Liam Bailey has learned to simplify. InchI want to sing about the mystery of our brief and beautiful time on earth together. It's not that I want to understand it or define it for anybody else, but I need my listeners to know that I am in awe of our earthly circumstances and that they should be too. There's a party going on and we're all invited.Inch Sometimes Bailey's dissection of the mystery can come across as religious examination, or at least flirting with those concepts, but really it's just more evidence of the way that bluegrass, blues and other American music has seeped under his skin. While Bailey has always been comfortable playing a range of styles, he's now loose enough in his interpretive abilities to experiment with instruments he's not proficient in. He has abandoned the electric guitar for the mandolin, and has been playing the three-string tres in a Cuban band on Lopez. After attending high school in Holland and the USA, Bailey attended college in Boston. Inch I was shamed out of my heavy metal passion and my tastes changed very quickly,Inch Bailey recounts. InchI got right into jazz and then bluegrass after that.Inch His biggest influence has been guitarist Bill Frisell. InchHe wasn't ashamed of his roots in rock and roll. He incorporated them into his jazz playing and melded them with bluegrass and Americana. He has a unique approach and so do I.Inch Like Frisell, Bailey didn't want to be limited to one genre of music. InchI became passionate about everything I heard,Inch Bailey admits. InchIf I listened to Django then I wanted to play swing, if I listened to Dave Douglas I wanted to play jazz and if I listened to Jeff Buckley then I wanted to play rock. It's still that way.Inch In addition to guitar, he took on the fiddle as well as the mandolin. He also began to sing. His first tag-released a