JAMESZOO “FOOL” Street Date: CD 7/22/2016 BF059

Brainfeeder will release the debut album - Fool - from Dutchman Jameszoo on 13th May 2016 on CD and Digital formats. The LP format will follow. Described by the producer as "naive computer jazz", despite features from two bona fide legends - namely legendary jazz pianist and bandleader Steve Kuhn and Brazilian composer and arranger Arthur Verocai - it's a record that fits perfectly into the label’s expanding take on the modern evolution of jazz music, following outings by & , Thundercat and Kamasi Washington. TRACKLISTING Across its 11 tracks, Fool plays out Van Dinther’s journey to 1. Flake find a musical voice he can be proud of and which can also 2. Lose inspire others. Alongside Verocai, Dafé, and Kuhn, the album 3. Soup features a stellar cast of classical and jazz musicians including 4. Flu feat. Arthur Verocai pianist Niels Broos, drummers Julian Sartorius and Richard Spaven, bass guitarists Raphael Vanoli and Stephen Bruner 5. Wrong (aka Thundercat), and saxophonist John Dikeman. All of these 6. Meat different contributions and approaches are weaved together 7. The Zoo feat. Steve Kuhn into a whole by Van Dinther, armed with electronics and 8. Crumble naivety. At times coherent, at times seemingly haphazard, the 9. Nail (Skit) album is always joyful. “I tried to create something that is both tradition and me fooling around,” he explains. “There is 10.Toots something to be said for both sides of the spectrum. If we 11.Teeth always remain in tradition there will be no evolution.”

HIGHLIGHTS Label: File Under: Electronic Export: No Export • Collaborations include Steve Kuhn, Arthur Verocaj, Niels Box Lot: 35 Broos, Julian Sartorius, Thundercat & John Dikeman.

LP - BF059 - $24.99 UPC: 5054429004847

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