This week’s PBS Feature Album is & Friends, the latest release from Naarm-based composer, producer/engineer and bass player Jnbo.
Jnbo is the moniker assumed Henry Jenkins, 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.
& 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’.
The 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.
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from & Friends. PBS Members have the chance to win a vinyl copy of the album - simply email your name and membership number to before midnight Sunday May 3.
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
Ben Frost - 'لأجلك أنت' (All Before You)
Iwuda - 'Smoke Signals'
Genesis Owusu - 'Life Keeps Going'
Ella Thompson - 'Promise To Keep'
Rowena Wise - 'Blood Ties'
Leadville - 'Waiting For The World'
Bergsonist - 'Odyssey'
Cinna Peyghamy - 'Zur زور'
Jaguar B - 'Always This'
Boards of Canada - 'Tape 05'
