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Ghia

Curação Blue

$30

The Outer Edge

TAC014
LP
2022
Media: NM
Sleeve: NM

In stock

The story about the lost recordings of Ghia continues: Following the “At The Hilton” single, “Curaçao Blue”, the band’s first full-length album features 10 unreleased tracks in a similar Balearic vein as featured on the single.

Although the technical aspects in the creation of the band’s earliest tracks may have been straightforward, the outcome is high-quality, creative, modern jazz-funk, with one step in the electro-funk genre due to the use of a drum machine and synthesizer basslines. The album features mostly 4-track recordings, based mainly on the musicians’ weapons of choice: a DX21 keyboard (later updated to the legendary DX7) and a guitar. Many things had to be done live in just one take, though the artists were unafraid of using overdubbing techniques to weave their instrumental journeys. The DIY aesthetics just add more beauty and uniqueness to the songs and compositions, and the result is an extremely harmonic work of undeniable musicality. Ghia delivers Balearic jazz-funk at its finest.