Eighty Three - (5:35) 130 BPM
Katanaboy - (4:44)
100 BPM In The Garden Of Mindfulness - (4:56) 75 BPM
Afternoon Bob - (4:44) 90 BPM
Bonne Anse - (4:58) 90 BPM
Late In March - (6:27) 134 BPM
Review: Some producers turn out new albums like the rest of us brush our teeth. Others prefer a 'quality over quantity' approach - and that's certainly true in the case of Paul Murphy AKA Mudd, who here delivers what's only his second-ever solo album, and his first since 2006's 'Claremont 56' (though to be fair there have been a clutch of collaborative efforts along the way). It was worth the wait, though: that's given him 18 years to perfect his distinctive but hard-to-classify midtempo style, and 'In The Garden...' is indeed as close to perfection as you're likely to get. Blending elements of jazz-funk, disco, lounge and Balearica, it's perhaps best summed up as a contemporary update of the jazz-fusion sound of the late 70s/early 80s, but our advice would be to not worry too much about labels, and instead just press 'play', lay back and enjoy! Very classy stuff indeed.
from $1.89C56LP 026
09 Feb 24
Balearic/Downtempo