{"product_id":"jnbo-friends-lp-black-vinyl","title":"Jnbo \/ \u0026 Friends LP Black Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJnbo '\u0026amp; Friends' LP Black Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJnbo is the moniker assumed by Melbourne \/ Naarm-based composer, producer\/engineer and bass player Henry Jenkins. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJenkins is known to most as the producer\/engineer behind Surprise Chef, Karate Boogaloo, and the Grammy-winning Frollen Music Library. Serving as College Of Knowledge Records’ in-house recording and mix engineer, Jenkins has provided the sonic constitution for Melbourne \/ Naarm’s instrumental cinematic soul movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp; Friends sees Jenkins turn his abilities to his own brilliant compositions. The album comprises 12 introspective instrumentals - deep, cinematic odysseys steeped in romance and sincerity, with an unmistakable ‘freak funk bump’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJenkins explains the conceptualisation of \u0026amp; Friends:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I wanted to write a record I would look forward to recording with my friends. The music I was writing had a funk sensibility in the bass and drums, contrasted by a more cinematic approach in the harmonic and melodic content, with guitars slipping and sliding in between. I tried to make that contrast the character of the record. I felt that every song should have the same instrumentation and with the same personnel. This became an enjoyable creative constraint; how much variation could I pull out of the same 8 instruments over the course of the album? I wanted to find as much diversity as I could within these tight bounds.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJenkins applied these principles to the recording of \u0026amp; Friends, bringing together longtime musical collaborators Hudson Whitlock, Darvid Thor and Callum Riley (Karate Boogaloo), Lachlan Stuckey and Jethro Curtin (Surprise Chef), Lewis Coleman and Lena Douglas (The Cactus Channel) to realise unconventional arrangements across three guitars, piano, string synthesizer, Hammond organ, drums and bass, with Jenkins himself assuming bass guitar and production duties. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting album is a strikingly unique melange; moments of picturesque ambience move into head-nodding funk, with the three guitars and three keyboards precisely arranged across the stereo field throughout. The record displays the influences of film composer Bernard Herrmann, lounge pioneer Les Baxter and Motown’s Lamont Dozier, alongside Jnbo’s own eccentric idiosyncrasies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAround\u003cbr\u003eMissing\u003cbr\u003eDogs\u003cbr\u003eTen Cent Piece\u003cbr\u003eLetting Down\u003cbr\u003eLetting Go\u003cbr\u003eName\u003cbr\u003eFalse Cut\u003cbr\u003eBlood Nose\u003cbr\u003eAll\u003cbr\u003eClose\u003cbr\u003eLast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sound Merch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46100360134828,"sku":"COK016","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1779\/6353\/files\/JNOBO_Friends.png?v=1775103699","url":"https:\/\/sound-merch.com.au\/products\/jnbo-friends-lp-black-vinyl","provider":"sound-merch.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}