Valtteri Laurell - Visions of Dilla Format:12" Vinyl Album a fierce and beautiful manifesto

a fierce and beautiful manifesto for a better world

coupled with their unrivalled high-octane live shows

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Rooted in the lineage of house yet never confined by it

striking a perfect balance between the concise 'Shake Your Money Maker' and their later

Valtteri Laurell - Visions of Dilla Format:12" Vinyl Album a fierce and beautiful manifestoFinnish jazz producer Valtteri Laurell reworks some of J Dillas most iconic beats into adventurous big band versions. With drummer producer Teddy Rok (Teppo Mkynen of Five Corners Quintet, Stance Bros. etc.), flutist extraordinaire Elena Pinderhughes and Laurells own 17 piece Ricky Tick Big Band, he creates a big band album that you never thought you would hear. Using the sparse and visionary beats of J Dilla as a starting point, Laurell has composed