In This Life Together
Kindred The Family Soul
India.Arie
Producer: Kindred The Family Soul, Anthony Bell
Hidden Beach Records, 2005
1 CD
Catalogue #: 96512
EAN: 0827969651223
UPC: 827969651223
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Kindred The Family Soul: Aja Graydon, Fatin Dantzler (vocals).
Additional personnel include: India.Arie (vocals).
Recording information: Studio Z, Philadelphia, PA.
Husband and wife team Fatin Danzler and Aja Gaynor, together Kindred the Family Soul, create music which could emanate only from two souls in spiritual touch, as they explore each other's dark and glorious passages and unfold the oft-forgotten sensuality in undying love. IN THIS LIFE TOGETHER builds on the immense promise of the duo's 2003 debut SURRENDER TO LOVE, as Kindred create lush, lolling landscapes crafted with bits of funk, hip-hop, and jazz of all shades. The power of the concoction is overwhelming on tracks like "Let It All Go," a song blending sensitive and sexy that recalls Al Jarreau, Billie Holiday, and Parliament.
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India.Arie
With the runaway success of her 2001 debut ACOUSTIC SOUL, India Arie became one of the most important figures in contemporary R&B. Though she's often lumped in with the neo-soul movement, she comes more from a '70s singer-songwriter orientation, influenced by James Taylor and Bill Withers as much as she is by Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. Her stripped-down production and straight-ahead songs, built around her own acoustic guitar, eschew cookie-cutter R&B production for a refreshing simplicity.
