fingers inc / mr fingers / larry heard

The piano on this is glorious

i love how long it is

same

my favorite larry heard track is essentially a smooth jazz track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMu48sKkg-A

the best parts of "alien" are also very smooth jazzed out

http://youtu.be/kOvEtlUh0gk

oops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOvEtlUh0gk

see also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpHPumHv06E

ammnesia / introduction / sceneries not songs / alien are all-time

but honestly, i was really disappointed by dance 2000 / love's arrival / where life begins

ironically, i think the problem might not be that the smooth jazz is too smooth but that the housey bits are too smooth!

has anyone ever heard back to love?

oh the end of my cool story is that i probably won't listen to the new one because i haven't checked out his stuff since "sun can't compare" had its day

had no idea this existed, sounding incredible

"Introduction" is one of my fave ever albums. To my ears there's a big difference between the jazz playing / textures on that and what I heard on some of this album. New one's way too syrupy for me. But if Najee/ Kenny G's your bag then enjoy!

Back to Love is my favourite Larry Heard. I associate it with good times. It came out to mixed (poor) reviews in the UK dance music media as I remember (Mixmag, Muzik). Larry sings on most tracks. His voice is so delicate and warming. Lyrically it's nothing too special. The later tracks (there are additonal ones on CD) are him in smooth jazz mode.

Swing beat Larry?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=77&v=85gxUbRyLU8

Kenny G did whole albums with kashif that are worth listening to

Kenny G did whole albums with kashif that are worth listening to

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i think i had my mom buy this moment bc i loooved the todd terry single remix of "havana"

g force is extremely tight thanks deej

whoa I love this album, thanks ILM for noting something I wouldn't have heard otherwise

/g force/ is extremely tight thanks deej

UK weather is currently providing the optimum listening conditions for this fine lp.

the RA faint praising of this lp is so cloth-eared, it is not that far off something worthy of the "sprawling masterpiece" epithet ffs!

Some of the house tracks are a bit meh but overall it's a good solid album. The smooth jazz tracks at the start totally work and are excellent springtime music, as pointed out above. This is especially worth picking up if you don't have the Mr Fingers 2016 EP because it's all on the album

I really liked Outer Acid so I'm looking forward to checking this out

I had a 3 hr train journey through the Scottish highlands at the weekend and this sounded incredible looking at all the coastlines and countryside. I love how intimate it all feels - the muted drums and the softness of the melodies and chords. Even though it is a really long album it feels like there's not a second wasted - every drum hit or delay effect feels like it's been placed in the exact right moment.

It's only just beginning to dawn on me now how lovely Cerebral Hemispheres is

Fast becoming my default listening when I wake up at 4am gripped by the fear

it's the best album

Think I wanted something else when it came out but now it sounds perfect

it is so, so good

I can't believe it was only two years ago when it was released, it feels like something from a different era now when I'm playing it. Not heard it in a while, it went amiss when my last pc died. It's the shit!

has 100% lived in my car cd player since release day, disc 1 is top notch driving jams

FYI y'all the second best larry heard album, "sceneries not songs vol. 1", is getting reissued with the incredible OG cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElunG4om3HU

(my favorite is "alien")

Still upset about my copy of Alien - bought it on holiday and when I got home I found I had two disc twos and zero disc ones. Fucking record shops!

noooooooo

oh sweet re: sceneries not songs! those albums have a lot going on!

https://i.ibb.co/JF6SnGr/mrfingers.jpg

maybe i'm dumb but is this where larry got the name? had never heard of this book until today

I’m vaguely aware of reading an interview where he mentions it was a nickname given to him as reference to his piano playing skills. I could be wrong.

He got that nickname because anybody that doesn't like him gets the finger.

ha! :)

I always thought it was because he was known for producing the most finger bangin' club tracks.

makes sense to me

The name thing is another tricky issue, because it started off as Loose Fingers, my little brothers made up this whole Loose Fingers thing. It goes back to my tendency to grab an instrument and start faking like I knew how to play it, get on the piano and fake like I’m playing something, so I would always move my fingers fast and they started saying this “loose fingers” thing. And then when I put a record out and that’s what I ended up using for the artist name, because I didn’t know what the response was going to this stuff – it’s off the wall – and I didn’t know anything about the music business other than I hear records and I buy them, that’s pretty much the extent of what I knew. And that’s why I used that name, as like a safety net. If it turned out to be a total embarrassment, I can actually hide and say I don’t know who that Loose Fingers is. And it was modified to Mr. Fingers within one release, really. And then modified to Fingers Inc. when I teamed up with Robert.

ah okay! can still dream that comic book is about the time he worked with 4hero though

i wish it was from the comic book too. let's just pretend.

can still dream that comic book is about the time he worked with 4hero though - LOL.

new mr. fingers record, around the sun pt 1, is divine

oh wow glad i saw this revive

ugh it sounds amazing, any word on a digital release?

wavs on boomkat: https://boomkat.com/products/around-the-sun-pt-1

ahhh thanks

I've been listening to Sceneries Not Songs 1 and 2 a ton lately. Had no idea this guy was still making new music! I'm excited to check it out.

reaaaaallly needed this

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