Jamie Cullum: Momentum on 2 LPs

Mit "Momentum" erscheint das mittlerweile sechste Album von Jamie Cullum. Seinen Titel hat das Werk dadurch bekommen, dass Jamie das Album anders als alle seine vorherigen Alben angegangen ist. Dadurch hat es schon fast ein Eigenleben entwickelt.

Bei der Entstehung von "Momentum" nutzte Jamie Cullum für ihn ganz neue Wege. Der Sänger erstellte Demos zu Hause und arbeitete sogar mit iPhone-Apps und Kassettenrekordern um einen neuen Sound zu erzielen. Jamie Cullums neues Werk behandelt die Zeit zwischen Jugend und Erwachsensein.

Thematisch behandelt "Momentum" die Zeit zischen Jugend und Erwachsensein. "Du beginnst die Welt in einer anderen Weise zu verstehen und so viele Dinge zu erkennen - hässliche ebenso wie schöne. Und du fragst dich: "Hab ich genug getan? Habe ich alles erreicht was ich wollte? Und was ist mit allem was ich nicht getan habe?" so Jamie.

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Having sold over ten million records worldwide, performing to sold out tours across the globe, working on a variety of unique projects that have seen him collaborate with a range of artists from Stevie Wonder, Pharrell, Sander Kleinenberg, Rizzle Kicks to The Roots, Jamie continues to enjoy an incredible creative roll.

The album, titled 'Momentum' for good reason, is bursting with ideas and inspirations which almost have a life of their own. Indeed, Jamie approached this record in a completely different way to his previous LPs, for the first time using DIY home demos as a blueprint for the majority of its tracks. and for a while, using everything from iPhone apps, charity shop keyboards and cassette recorders as his 'go-to' instruments during the process.

'Momentum' has one overarching theme: "The album is about that crossover period from youth into adulthood where you still have one foot in each" explains Jamie. "You start to understand the world in such a different way and see things more as they are - both ugly and beautiful. You're caught between that fresh sense of the wider picture whilst still battling those same old issues within your own head. Take Me Out (Of Myself) through to Everything I Didn't Do to Get A Hold of Yourself. Have I done enough? Have I achieved all that I thought I would? What about everything I didn't do?"

The album was produced in part by Jim Abbiss (Artic Monkeys, Adele) and Dan The Automator (Kasabian, DJ Shadow) and it should come as no surprise that, combined with Jamie's talent for writing a tune, the album is brimful of powerful songs; from the opening declaration of intent 'The Same Things' to the beating heart of the album 'Sad, Sad World', which began life on a train journey into London, ending with 'You're Not The Only One', a song written in response to being a judge on Sky One's reality show 'Must Be The Music' alongside Dizzee Rascal.

(jamiecullum. com)

Rezensionen

,,... so zeigt ,,Momentum" ... einen Singer-Songwriter mit dem Hauptfach Piano in munteren Tracks von Pop ... über Jazz ... bis HipHop ..." (Audio, Juli 2013)

,,Auf seinem Weg vom kleinen Jazzrebellen zum großen Singer / Songwriter ist Jamie Cullum weiter vorangekommen." (Stereo, August 2013)