Summer Sound

I'm feeling the sunshine today and Stones Throw enticed me to grab the lastest Madlib opus from the title alone: "Summer Suite".

Even the Stones Throw site has to admit that the master's work is not always easy to digest: "This suite is a single track comprised of four major sections and several different themes, altogether feeling similar to, more more cohesive, than one of Madlib's jazz mixtapes." But I have to admit that this Suite of music has just the right vibe.

Until, that is, I recieved my Amie Street newsletter.
Quantic and his Combo Barbaro sounds like summertime in the city. With traces of Vince Guaraldi and Roy Hargrove's Habana, this album is groovin like a good summer road trip or barbecue.

EDIT: Just came across this amazing Trailer from the forthcoming Mochilla/Sonido del Valle production. Based around the music of Quantic and his Combo Barbaro.

Tradition in Transition: A Postcard from Cali (TRAILER) from Quantic on Vimeo.