Mo Kolours - Rockets To Mars

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Taken from an exciting new body of work entitled ‘Original Flow’, the singular musical spirit Joseph Deenmamode aka Mo Kolours releases soulful lead single 'Rockets To Mars'.

‘Rockets to Mars’ questions the lack of care for the billions of people with nothing, while governments plan to explore space. “This sparked a comparison in my mind to a Sonny Okuson song that I would reference when performing” says Mo Kolours. “Okuson’s song talked of the lack of resources in many communities in the world, while governments go to the moon”.

While retaining a spirit of exploration and improvisation, Deenmamode grows and flexes beyond beat tape brevity, expanding composition and stretching his musical muscle to play live with other musicians. The tracks on the upcoming album ‘Original Flow: Chapter One’ have been constructed from sessions, improvisations and soundbites captured from contributions by musicians including Deenamode’s brothers Reginald Omas Mamode and Jeen Bassa plus Andrew Ashong, Charles Bullen, Dwaye Kilvington, Eddie Hick, Stefan Asanovic, Myele Manzanza, Ross Hughes, and Tom Dreissler. Deenamode says “I’m proud of this album’s creative process. Coming from a tradition of scouring through hours of records, I wanted to create my own samples, to find that perfect loop that no other producer could put their hands on. I decided to invite a group of friends and acquaintances, who also happen to be incredible musicians, to a studio in Crystal Palace to improvise based on some loose ideas I had. We spent all day, and recorded everything”.

A catalogue of critically acclaimed records, including his self-titled debut (2014), ‘Texture Like Like Sun’ (2015), 2018 album ‘Inner Symbols’ and three companion EPs, established Deenmamode as a prodigious musician and vocalist. Pitchfork extolled his “hypnotic, tribal-infused dance grooves”, DJ Mag appreciated the “colourful celebration of soundsystem culture”, and Resident Advisor advocated that “no one sounds quite like Mo Kolours”. Musical analogies were drawn by The Guardian as “The best album Curtis Mayfield never made with A Tribe Called Quest and Lee Perry” and Mojo as “like Marvin Gaye produced by J Dilla”.

‘Original Flow: Chapter One’ is set for release on 17th November 2023. ‘Original Flow: Chapter Two’, with a vinyl and CD combined double album release, is scheduled in 2024 on We Release Jazz..

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