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Australian singer Jordan Rakei’s fifth album marks his departure from Ninja Tune – the label behind his past three releases between 2016 and 2019 – and his arrival at Decca. This change in home base brings with it a host of aesthetic changes as well. We’re now met with an artist free from his complexes, the obstacles that prevented him from thinking big, from proposing massive harmonies and orchestrations. On The Loop, everything is loud, from the drums that are often draped over breakbeat hip hop melodies (a link with the album title and its loop concept, perhaps?), to its layers of guitars and gigantic choirs that sing about topics and feelings that have universal appeal. Somehow, none of these elements throw things off balance, nothing muffles his voice that, thanks to meticulous production, lovingly melts over arrangements that are all exceptionally subtle. This serene equilibrium opens the doors for expression, allowing Jordan Rakei to effortlessly explore difficult territories. This includes the soul-pop side of the discography of Bill Withers, a singer Rakei idolizes and whose work has fed his own, especially in the conception of this excellent album, an undeniable highlight of his career thus far. © Brice Miclet/Qobuz
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Declan Gaffney, RecordingEngineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ronald Long, Violin - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Kirsty Mangan, Violin - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Guitar, Bass, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - Homay Schmitz, Composer, Conductor, StringArranger - Simmy Singh, Violin - Georgie Davis, Viola - Raye Harvey, Violin - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Zara Hudson-Kozdoj, Cello - Francesca Gilbert, Viola - Her Ensemble, Strings - Eleonora Consta, Violin - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Natalia Senior Brown, Viola - Coco Inman, Violin - Emma Oldfield, Violin - Meera Priyanka Raja, Cello - Sophie Phillips, Violin
℗ 2023 Jordan Rakei
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Nick Pini, Bass - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Percussion, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, ChoirArranger - Laura Roy, Choir - Sam Crowe, Keyboard - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - BAELY, Choir - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Composer
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Declan Gaffney, RecordingEngineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ronald Long, Violin - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Graeme Flowers, Trumpet - Kirsty Mangan, Violin - Oli Rockberger, Composer - Tom Herbert, Bass - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Mike Lesirge, Composer, Saxophone, StringArranger, HornArranger - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Organ, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, ChoirArranger - Tom White, Trombone - Ryan Jacob, Trumpet - Steve Pringle, Organ, Keyboard - Laura Roy, Choir - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - Natalia Senior-Brown, Viola - BAELY, Choir - Simmy Singh, Violin - Georgie Davis, Viola - Raye Harvey, Violin - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Zara Hudson-Kozdoj, Cello - Francesca Gilbert, Viola - Eleonora Consta, Violin - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Coco Inman, Violin - Emma Oldfield, Violin - Meera Priyanka Raja, Cello - Sophie Phillips, Violin - Barnaby Slade, Tuba
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Declan Gaffney, RecordingEngineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Graeme Flowers, Trumpet - Tom Herbert, Bass - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Mike Lesirge, Saxophone - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Organ, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, HornArranger, ChoirArranger - Tom White, Trombone - Ryan Jacob, Trumpet - Steve Pringle, Organ, Keyboard - Laura Roy, Choir - Oscar Jerome, Composer, Guitar - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - BAELY, Choir - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Declan Gaffney, RecordingEngineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, Synthbass, DrumKit, ChoirArranger - Steve Pringle, Keyboard, Synthbass - Laura Roy, Choir - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - BAELY, Choir - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Graeme Flowers, Trumpet - Nick Pini, Bass - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Mike Lesirge, Saxophone - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, HornArranger, ChoirArranger - Tom White, Trombone - Ryan Jacob, Trumpet - Laura Roy, Choir - Sam Crowe, Keyboard - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - BAELY, Choir - Imraan Paleker, Composer - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Florence Moore, Composer
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Nick Pini, Bass - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, ChoirArranger - Laura Roy, Choir - Sam Crowe, Keyboard - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Kwaku Asante, ComposerLyricist - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - BAELY, Choir - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Nathalie Slade, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ronald Long, Violin - Jonathan Harvey, Bass - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Kirsty Mangan, Violin - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Mike Lesirge, Composer, StringArranger - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, Synthbass, ChoirArranger - Steve Pringle, Organ - Laura Roy, Choir - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - BAELY, Choir - Simmy Singh, Violin - Georgie Davis, Viola - Raye Harvey, Violin - Zara Hudson-Kozdoj, Cello - Francesca Gilbert, Viola - Eleonora Consta, Violin - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Natalia Senior Brown, Viola - Coco Inman, Violin - Emma Oldfield, Violin - Meera Priyanka Raja, Cello - Sophie Phillips, Violin
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ronald Long, Violin - Jonathan Harvey, Bass - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Kirsty Mangan, Violin - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Linden Jay, Composer, RecordingEngineer - Mike Lesirge, Composer, StringArranger - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, Synthbass, ChoirArranger - Laura Roy, Choir - Sam Crowe, Keyboard - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - BAELY, Choir - Simmy Singh, Violin - Georgie Davis, Viola - Raye Harvey, Violin - Zara Hudson-Kozdoj, Cello - Francesca Gilbert, Viola - Eleonora Consta, Violin - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Natalia Senior Brown, Viola - Coco Inman, Violin - Emma Oldfield, Violin - Meera Priyanka Raja, Cello - Sophie Phillips, Violin
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Declan Gaffney, RecordingEngineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Jonathan Harvey, Composer, Bass - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Tom Herbert, Bass - Alex Reeve, Guitar, Percussion - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, ChoirArranger - Graham Godfrey, Composer, RecordingEngineer, DrumProgrammer - Steve Pringle, Composer, Organ, Keyboard - Laura Roy, Choir - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - BAELY, Choir - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Nick Pini, Bass - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, Synthbass, DrumProgrammer - Sam Crowe, Keyboard - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Harry Michael Robert Charles, Composer
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Declan Gaffney, RecordingEngineer - Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ronald Long, Violin - Jonathan Harvey, Composer - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Kirsty Mangan, Violin - Tom Herbert, DoubleBass - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Composer, Guitar - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, StringArranger, Synthbass, ChoirArranger - Graham Godfrey, Composer, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer - Steve Pringle, Composer, Keyboard - Laura Roy, Choir - Wilson Atie, Choir - Tehillah Daniel, Choir - Frida Touray, Choir - Ernesto Marichales, Percussion - Natalia Senior-Brown, Viola - BAELY, Choir - Simmy Singh, Violin - Georgie Davis, Viola - Raye Harvey, Violin - Raghav Mehrotra, DrumKit - Zara Hudson-Kozdoj, Cello - Francesca Gilbert, Viola - Eleonora Consta, Violin - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Coco Inman, Violin - Emma Oldfield, Violin - Meera Priyanka Raja, Cello - Sophie Phillips, Violin
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Matt Colton, MasteringEngineer - Ronald Long, Violin - Ben Baptie, MixingEngineer - Kirsty Mangan, Violin - Oli Barton-Wood, RecordingEngineer - Alex Reeve, Guitar - Jordan Rakei, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, Keyboard, Synthbass - Homay Schmitz, Composer, StringArranger - Natalia Senior-Brown, Viola - Simmy Singh, Violin - Georgie Davis, Viola - Raye Harvey, Violin - Zara Hudson-Kozdoj, Cello - Francesca Gilbert, Viola - Eleonora Consta, Violin - Sam Button, RecordingSecondEngineer - Coco Inman, Violin - Emma Oldfield, Violin - Meera Priyanka Raja, Cello - Sophie Phillips, Violin
℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
Album review
Australian singer Jordan Rakei’s fifth album marks his departure from Ninja Tune – the label behind his past three releases between 2016 and 2019 – and his arrival at Decca. This change in home base brings with it a host of aesthetic changes as well. We’re now met with an artist free from his complexes, the obstacles that prevented him from thinking big, from proposing massive harmonies and orchestrations. On The Loop, everything is loud, from the drums that are often draped over breakbeat hip hop melodies (a link with the album title and its loop concept, perhaps?), to its layers of guitars and gigantic choirs that sing about topics and feelings that have universal appeal. Somehow, none of these elements throw things off balance, nothing muffles his voice that, thanks to meticulous production, lovingly melts over arrangements that are all exceptionally subtle. This serene equilibrium opens the doors for expression, allowing Jordan Rakei to effortlessly explore difficult territories. This includes the soul-pop side of the discography of Bill Withers, a singer Rakei idolizes and whose work has fed his own, especially in the conception of this excellent album, an undeniable highlight of his career thus far. © Brice Miclet/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:10
- Main artists: Jordan Rakei
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2024 Jordan Rakei ℗ 2024 Jordan Rakei
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