Lonerism (Vinyl 2xLP) Jazz

Lonerism (Vinyl 2xLP) JazzA kaleidoscopic work that refracts several strains of lysergic rock music beamed in from the sun blanched 60s and an effortless, beatlesesque melodicism, parkers effusive songwriting and guitar talents are magnified to the nth degree on this mind expanding trip. a bounding leap forward in parkers brand of psychedelic pop, 'lonerism' encapsulates a wide screen worldview liberally doused with optimism, synthesized tropicalia, hits of dreamy melancholy

The solo pieces refine ideas first explored on earlier ambient works

Filled with classic disco flair

he produced a series of highly ambitious disco records aimed at positioning him as an international star

Originally released in 1974 on President Records

' and so many

such as Déjame" and "Sobre un vidrio mojado

" are disappointingly short

' 'The Party's Over' and 'Mirror Man

The collaboration with Sula Bassana on both 'Rotierende Reisenbaum' and 'Noorderlicht'

local Kumasi legends CK Mensah

one which operates at the very heights of what rap can be

Pan Am's sophomore LP ("one of the strangest rap works of recent times"