This much anticipated follow-up to 1999's "Motion" is a perfect blendof late sixties jazz and the ever-changing world of sample based music.Main man J. Swinscoe has gone from orchestrating rhythm samples toleading his own rhythm section, comprised of drummer Luke Flowers,pianist John Ellis and bassist Phil France, who also co-wrote thedisc's seven tunes. The use of samples is very tasteful, ranging fromslit-drum and thumb piano to choirs and strings. At times, it sounds asif some of the tunes may have been written around the samples asthey're just too damn tasty. The bulk of the disc is agroove-oriented/chillout feel from the rhythm section with fabperformances from soprano saxophonist Tom Chant andelectronics/turntables provided by Patrick Carpenter of DJ Food fame.While a lot of the instrumental tunes are epic in proportion (anywherefrom six to eleven minutes), they don't come off as "jam band" as thesubtleties of samples and ambient backdrops make the whole greater thanthe individual parts. Vocal legend Fontella Bass appears on the ballad"All That You Give" in a stand-out performance, and the deep-groove of"Evolution". Rapper Roots Manuva provides the social narrative on "AllThings To All Men" as only he can. Personally, "Every Day" should bethe disc that does for sampling what "Bitches Brew" did for fusion.
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