WILL SESSIONS Vinilo y CD

Review: Will Sessions' The Elmatic Instrumentals is a slick fusion of funk and instrumental big beat, centring on a series of cover versions made for the rapper Elzhi's 'Elmatic' project in 2011 - an original re-rendition of rapper Nas' classic album 'Illmatic'. The precision LP follows Sessions' live funk and jazz performances and collaborations with artists like Black Milk, Danny Brown and Mayer Hawthorne, resulting in something of a creative peak. Each track was recreated from scratch with producer Sam Beaubien, capturing the essence of Illmatic's beats, but with a live band twist.

Review: Will Sessions are a serious crew of funkateers from Detroit with a sizable catalogue behind them. Electromagnetic Reality is their fourth album on their own Sessions Sounds label, breaking a four-year silence due to all the very understandable reasons. You can tell how rooted they are in the Detroit community by the cats they roll with - Amp Fiddler, Andres, Meftah, all artists with an innate sense of funk about them. With the band's co-founder Sam Beaubien joined by an ensemble of lifers, new recruits and guest collaborators, this long-awaited return marks another chapter for one of the finest groups getting down low in the D.