Sola Rosa today
releases new EP,
In Spaces.
In Spaces features the new single
Leave
A Light On - an effortlessly cool and soulful track, which
features British singer Kevin
Mark Trail and the unmistakable voice of Kiwi powerhouse,
L.A. Mitchell, and
premiered on UK’s Bondafide
Mag
HERE Fronted by New Zealand music stalwart, Andrew
Spraggon, Sola
Rosa once again pushes into new sonic landscapes with
In Spaces.
“This EP I feel is like a bridge between our 2015 album
Magnetics, which was
quite synth and beats focused compared to where we are headed with the next
album, which is more live instrument based. I felt these tracks needed to be
released separately as they have their own voice in the Sola Rosa timeline,”
says Spraggon.
“I also love the remixes on this EP. Flytones are from Istanbul. I had been
following them for a little while on Instagram. They post some really inspiring
clips of their Dilla-esque, neo soul jams. I am also a huge fan of Canadian duo
Potatohead People and their underground hit album
Big Luxury on Bastard Jazz.
It’s great to be able to reach out to producers I love and respect and
collaborate”.
In Spaces builds
on Sola Rosa’s
trademark fusion of genres, from hip-hop and jazz, to neo-soul, Latin and funk.
It includes the already released tracks
So
Fly, which also features Kevin Mark Trail, who rose to prominence in
the early 2000s working with The
Streets; and
Back
To You, featuring rising Kiwi sensation Noah Slee.
Additional production and mixing of the EP was done by renowned Kiwi producer /
mix engineer Andy
’Submariner’ Morton at Creative Orchard (
Home Brew,
Che Fu,
Mark de Clive-Lowe); and mastered by Kelly
Hibbert at Almachrome (J Dilla, Madlib, Lying Lotus, Aloe
Blacc).
The record is Sola Rosa’s
fourth EP and sits alongside six full-length albums, two remix albums, as well
as a handful of hits, including the iconic 2009 tune
Del Ray, which has
amassed more than 2.5 million plays on Spotify and
Turn Around, feat.
Iva Lamkum, which has
clocked more than one million plays.
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