Cheesy Mash, Intimidating Lecturers and The Best Album Of The Year

Today was a day of revelations for me. I discovered one of the best recipes for cheesy mash that I've ever encountered (Take a look here), I learnt whilst in a particularly nerve racking meeting with one of the most intimidating lecturers at university that he is actually a very cool bloke, and I listened to one of the best jazz album's I've heard this year! 

It was about five o'clock and the epic saga of the cheesy mash (which basically constitutes a whole meal for me as a student) was behind me. I lounged back in my chair scrolling lazily through my itunes library and pausing occasionally to double click on any song which I felt appropriately summed up my content and chilled state. Nothing was really 'Filling the hole' that my musical craving had opened up within my psyche until... Here's where it gets exciting people, you'll be glad of the fact that you were patient enough to sift through all that cheesy mash bollocks and got to my point that... I clicked on the new Electric Aunt Jemima release which I'd been sent and what erupted from my speakers was some of the most stylish grooves and seeringly cool motifs that them M-Audio BX5A's have ever projected!

The album starts with a bluesy, Stevie Ray Vaughn-esque guitar lick which is backed elegantly by some ambient electronic effects. The guitar line grooves so naturally and easily that you find yourself craving that big swooping drum fill which will head inevitably into a solid four four beat.. and it doesn't disappoint. The drums's come crashing in without warning and you find yourself bathed in rhythmic ecstasy. Trumpet and guitar lines play melodic motifs in unison and if you get a real sense that this is going to a bloody fantastic record, you wouldn't be wrong! The whole album draws upon the obvious compositional and performance virtuosity on display from its musicians creating a diverse sound which ranges from the insanely groovy in tracks such as 'Jemima's Brew D' to the plain insane in tracks like 'Monkey Didjerrydo'. Its a fantastic old fashion record in terms of the journey that the pieces take you on and each track holds their own on an individual listen aswell as a collective unit!

If you've not heard of Electric Aunt Jemima they are:

Graeme Flowers: Trumpet/Fugelhorn 

Ivo Neame: Keys 

Jacob Quistgaard: Guitar

Neil Charles: Bass

Michael Castellanos: Drums

Vince Vella: Percussion 

Go and check out their album released on the F-IRE label on 10th of November

They'll be launching the album at cafe 1001 in London's Brick Lane on the 17th November