STR4 TA Give In To What Is Real

STR4TA s debut album Aspects is out now: Long time friends and collaborators, Gilles Peterson and JeanPaul Bluey Maunick form this new wave jazz funk project, STR4TA. The idea of the project was to capture that raw, moment to moment sound, Maunick says, drawing a contrast to the touches of refinement he and his peers have acquired in the years since. In its early days, the Britfunk sound and the London jazzfunk milieu it grew out of was rooted in raucous live shows, rivalling those of the punk bands in that same period. Recalling his role in the process, Peterson says he was the one making sure things didnt get too polished. I was there at the back, telling them, no, leave it like that, cut it there, or just use that first take, he says. Aspects is available now on 12 LP, CD digital download via Brownswood Recordings. Follow STR4TA: Instagram: Spotify: