Cognitiva and ANMA Records present ‘Outlines’, a snapshot of a new generation of exciting producers from across Europe, collaborating and mixing jazz, broken beat & house in exciting new ways. 10 tracks split into two parts on vinyl, featuring ones-to-watch Contours, Werkha, Footshooter, Allysha Joy, Karmasound and Domenico Sanna. ANMA and Cognitiva have not only curated the featured artists but have also instigated many of the collaborations featured.
We’re excited to premiere Cognitiva boss SofaTalk (Piero Paolinelli), rework of “Evidente” by acclaimed pianist Domenico Sanna. Collaborator Shalka Mani draws you in with her poetry over piano licks and scattered snares.
”A ‘contrafact’ is a musical composition that, like in the case of many of Charlie Parker’s songs, consists of a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. My approach to ‘Evidente’ was to take the original melody from Thelonius Monk’s ‘Evidence’, (being also a contrafact of Just You Just Me), and I transferred it to the bass line and to the drum groove.” – Domenico Sanna
Label bosses Angelo and Piero see ‘Outlines’ as “an open book, a narrative that looks to not only the future, but also considers the past. Sounds, cultures and colours come together on a mutual path”. An exciting collection of first dates, first collaborations that have yielded exciting mutant strains of jazz, funk, broken beat and house music.
Outlines drops April 2nd via Amna & Cognitiva Records, order your copy here.