The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: ‘Society’s Man’ by Spiral Deluxe
The latest project from legendary Detroit musician Jeff Mills leans into his jazzier instincts and pushes the boundaries of electronic fusion.
Electro-jazz super group Spiral Deluxe, comprised of renowned DJ and composer Jeff Mills (from left), Japanese bassist Kenji “Jino” Hino, legendary keyboardist Gerald Mitchell, and Japanese rocker Yumiko Ohno.
Photo credit: Jacob Kristi, Axis Records
This week’s pick is from one of Detroit’s most iconic figures in electronic music.
Jeff Mills, whose most recent music excursions have revealed a transformative music journey — leaning into his jazzier instincts and pushing the boundaries of electronic fusion.
He founded a group called Spiral Deluxe, a super-group level electronic jazz quartet comprised of legendary keyboardist Gerald Mitchell (Underground Resistance/ Los Hermanos), Japanese rocker Yumiko Ohno (Buffalo Daughter/Cornelius) on Moog synthesizer and the Japanese bassist, adopted New Yorker, Kenji “Jino” Hino — son of Terumasa Hino, the world famous jazz trumpeter.
This dedicated band of musicians are committed to making music that stretches the boundaries of jazz and electronic fusion. They are set to release a new album later this week titled, “The Love Pretender,” and we’ll hear the cut “Society’s Man” — my Pick of the Week — from that upcoming release.
If you dig experimental tracks like these, tune into The Progressive Underground every Saturday evening at 6 p.m. on 101.9 WDET and wdet.org, where we take you on a global musical excursion of discovery, fascination and deep grooves. For the Progressive Underground, I’m Chris Campbell, we’ll see you next time.
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