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01. Renegades Of Jazz - Lemon Squeezers
02. Renegades Of Jazz - Big Fish
03. Renegades Of Jazz - Another Day (Going in Too Deep)
04. Renegades Of Jazz - Nevertheless
05. Renegades Of Jazz - Hot Wired (feat. Donnie Numeric)
06. Renegades Of Jazz - Light Me Up (feat. Clair Fallows)
07. Renegades Of Jazz - En Route (feat. Urda)
08. Renegades Of Jazz - Then And Now
09. Renegades Of Jazz - Don't Break My Heart (feat. Afrika Fuentes)
10. Renegades Of Jazz - Hands And Hands
11. Renegades Of Jazz - Set Me Free (feat. Jon Kenzie)
12. Renegades Of Jazz - This Journey (feat. Kemi Ade)
ARTIST
TITLE
Nevertheless
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
AR 121LP AR 121LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/14/2019

Double LP version. Gatefold sleeve. Were David Hanke to pass on from this mortal coil tomorrow, Nevertheless might prove his perfect epitaph. It's a refreshingly honest and autobiographical album that harks back to his early twenty first century musical influences but actually has its route much earlier in this self-styled "Renegade Of Jazz"'s life. The album's appellation refers back to Hanke's first live concert experience when in 1984, at the age of six, he went to see a blues-rock band called Nevertheless whose guitarist was none other than his own father. With music clearly already running through Hanke's DNA, this was the moment that, perhaps subconsciously, triggered his life-long love affair with soulful sonic creativity. Nevertheless sparks into action with the irresistibly uplifting "Lemon Squeezers," a suitably life-affirming opener complete with exhilarating guitars and as the man tells us, "(the) basic characteristic, the beat!" and it's a rock-solid beat at that. With some Renegades Of Jazz trademark horns added for extra spice, and of course everything programmed by Hanke himself, this is the perfect introduction to his scintillating style. "Big Fish" continues the brass obsession -- it has a more sonorous, almost big band feel, even though it is being delivered solely by one pair of hands and that singular, special musical brain. Hanke adds some nifty piano work for extra cheekiness, a theme continued on "Another Day (Going In Too Deep)," where Hammond-style keys and perfectly chosen vocal samples do battle with more foot-friendly beats, before going deep with Afro-flavored licks and horn riffs. The title track starts life as something of a moment of calm with a more introspective feel, but not for long as it makes way for more trademark beats and vocal loops, and more of those irresistible horns! It's the prelude for a watershed moment on the album as Hanke introduces his first guest in the shape of Bristolian rapper Donnie Numeric (one half of Delegates Of Rhyme) on the scorching "Hot Wired." It's the perfect illustration of our producer's love for the hip-hop art form, and Donnie's smooth lyrical flow combines with those Renegades Of Jazz brass and guitar riffs to make more demands to move one's feet.