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XamVolo’s shape-shifting debut album is stunning. At only 23 years old, the Londoner-turned-Liverpudlian infuses a delicate soul hemmed with jazz and pop in All The Sweetness On The Surface, a mix that was already well distilled in his two previous EPs, Chirality (2016) and A Damn Fine Spectacle (2018). It’s an ingenious record that stretches itself over fifteen diverse tracks. Everything changes, except his warm voice that remains well-attached to his lyrics, which he unfurls nonchalantly. Lose yourself in the voluptuous R&B which is shaped by guitar riffs, distant synths, softened choirs and the heavy tempo on the suave track Lose Love. Enjoy the well-cut jazzy brass of Feels Good, which samples from Thelonious Monk's Thelonious. Succumb to the elegant soul of Old Soul. Behind those round tinted glasses, Samuel Akinlolu Folorunsho has created the perfect neo-Soul setting. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
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Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dawson, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruno Major, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - XamVolo, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fred Cox, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Co-Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - XamVolo, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Britton, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Freddie Joachim, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - XamVolo, Producer, Additional Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Dyer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Britton, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Thelonious Monk, Composer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Morris, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Bishop, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Farmer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Dyer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Turville, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Vasquez, Composer, Producer, Co-Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Phamous, Composer, Author, Producer, Co-Producer - Nick Mills, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Horne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - XamVolo, Producer, Engineer, Additional Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Folorunsho, Composer, Author - Alam Nathoo, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Cedric Mitchell, Composer, Drums, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Anatoliy Vyacheslavov, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Genovese, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Dyer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Vasquez, Composer, Producer - Paul Phamous, Composer, Author, Producer - XamVolo, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, Composer, Author
℗ 2018 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Maths Time Joy, Producer - Tim Worthington, Composer - Timothy Worthington, Drums, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - XamVolo, Producer, Additional Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, Composer, Author
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Parker, Composer, Author, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Cooper, Composer, Author, Producer, Drums, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - XamVolo, Author, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, Composer
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Dyer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - XamVolo, Producer, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Folorunsho, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
XamVolo’s shape-shifting debut album is stunning. At only 23 years old, the Londoner-turned-Liverpudlian infuses a delicate soul hemmed with jazz and pop in All The Sweetness On The Surface, a mix that was already well distilled in his two previous EPs, Chirality (2016) and A Damn Fine Spectacle (2018). It’s an ingenious record that stretches itself over fifteen diverse tracks. Everything changes, except his warm voice that remains well-attached to his lyrics, which he unfurls nonchalantly. Lose yourself in the voluptuous R&B which is shaped by guitar riffs, distant synths, softened choirs and the heavy tempo on the suave track Lose Love. Enjoy the well-cut jazzy brass of Feels Good, which samples from Thelonious Monk's Thelonious. Succumb to the elegant soul of Old Soul. Behind those round tinted glasses, Samuel Akinlolu Folorunsho has created the perfect neo-Soul setting. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:24
- Main artists: XamVolo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2019 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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