jimi tenor / NY / HEL / BARCA (2CD盤)
ロスアプソン？初期の推しキーワードの一つとして“エキゾ”があったんですね。もちろんハワイのマーティン・デニーなんかを筆頭に、このジミ・テナーさんのPUUからリリースされた無国籍エキゾな「Europa」なんかも当時の通販カタログには“エキゾ”扱いとして紹介していました。そこからのテナーさんの活躍は凄まじく、WARPからの諸作や自身のフルート演奏を発揮するオーケストラものからトニー・アレンとのアフロ・ファンクまで、常に豊かなミュージック・ライフの風を感じております。そんなテナーさんの「Sahkomies」（1994）「Europa」（1995）「Intervision」（1997）「Organism」（1999）「Out Of Nowhere」（1999）「Utopian Dream」（2001）という6枚のアルバムからセレクト編集された初期ベスト盤的2枚組CDが、独bureau bから2020年にリリースされております!!! オシャレなソウルフルさと、どこかトボケたようなスペイシー・センスが光るジミ・テナー・ワールドをご堪能下さいませ！ Finnish composer and multi-instrumentalist Jimi Tenor has joined forces with Bureau B to release "NY, Hel, Barca" - a retrospective compilation spanning the years 1994 - 2001. The double LP features early works and selected tracks from his first six albums, long since deleted. Having disbanded Jimi Tenor And His Shamans, the artist embarked on a solo career in the early 1990s, recording his debut work "Sähkömies" on rudimentary equipment in a small New York apartment. The album was released in 1994 on the Finnish imprint Sähkö, who also issued Tenor's sophomore work "Europa" a year later, expanding on the ideas articulated on the first disc. In spite of the experimental nature and free form of these early recordings, Tenor's instinctive grasp of pop appeal, his spontaneity and whimsical sense of humour are clearly in evidence. On the back of a game-changing performance at the Love Parade in Berlin, Jimi Tenor scored his first hit with "Take Me Baby", entering the charts and signing a deal with the seminal electronic label Warp Records. The three Warp albums - "Intervision" (1997), "Organism" (1999) and "Out Of Nowhere" (2000) - were touchstones in the electronic club music scene of the period. Effortlessly blending jazz, synthesizer sounds, Afrobeats and drum machine dubs, Jimi Tenor created a distinctive sound which he himself rewired and renewed. Not that his compositions were overly academic, on the contrary - they often resembled free-flowing, sporadic sketches, with an infectiously irrepressible touch of the absurd. The 20 tracks on "NY, Hel, Barca" document key stages of Jimi Tenor's remarkable creative path, underlining the prolific and varied nature of his artistic output. Then as now, he shines like a satellite hovering over the European pop landscape. （bureau b） CD 1 1. Xineotepe Heat 2. Utopian Dream 3. Take Me Baby 4. Fantom (The Wandering Ghost) 5. Tesla 6. Year Of The Apocalypse 7. Spell 8. Rubberdressing 9. Teräsmies 10. Suggardaddy CD 2 1. A Daughter Of The Snow 2. Shore Hotel 3. Muchmo 4. Backbone Of Night (feat. Riga Symphony Orchestra) 5. My Mind 6. Natural Cosmic Relief 7. Voimamies 8. Unmentionables 9. Theme Sax 10. Outta Space Format：2CD Label：bureau b (GER)
