Burn (Sons of Kemet album)

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Burn
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Studio album by
Released9 September 2013
StudioFish Factory Studios, London [1]
Genre Jazz, world
Length49:37
Label Naim Records
Producer Seb Rochford
Sons of Kemet chronology
Burn
(2013)
Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
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All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Burn is a debut studio album by British jazz band Sons of Kemet released on 9 September 2013 by Naim Records label. [9] This album, and their running series of critically acclaimed performances, led to them winning the 'Best Jazz Act' in the 2013 MOBO Awards. [10]

Contents

Producers such as Micachu, Vince Vella, and Alex Patchwork have remixed various songs from the Burn album. [11] [12] [13] This is the band's shortest album, at under 50 minutes.

Reception

Phil Johnson of The Independent stated, "this is mesmerising trance music of great power." [14] John Fordham of The Guardian noted, "Opening with the galloping-hooves drumming, pulpy tuba hook and Pharoah Sanders-like sax supplications of All Will Surely Burn, the album goes on to balance thunder and reflectiveness surprisingly evenly..." [6] The Arts Desk 's Matthew Wright awarded the album five stars out of five, commenting, "This is still a stunningly vivid and original album, bursting with fresh ideas. What else could simultaneously provoke a rave and a panel discussion about the roots of jazz?" [4] Robert Christgau wrote, "A debut that flaunts their sound, suggests their parameters, and establishes their bona fides." [5] Mike Hobart in his review for Financial Times observed, "The Sons of Kemet deliver insidious riffs, intriguing textures, and a whopping beat..." [7]

Track listing

  1. "All Will Surely Burn" 6:19
  2. "The Godfather" 5:16
  3. "Inner Babylon" 5:20
  4. "The Book of Disquiet" 5:34
  5. "Going Home" 3:52
  6. "Adonia's Lullaby" 4:11
  7. "Song for Galeano" 4:24
  8. "Beware" 3:37
  9. "The It Is" 2:28
  10. "Rivers of Babylon" 8:37

Personnel

Sons of Kemet

Additional musicians

Awards

Winners

Nominations

References

  1. "Burn – Sons of Kemet | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Burn by Sons of Kemet Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. BArnes, Phil (14 April 2014). "Sons of Kemet: Sons of Kemet: Burn album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 Wright, Matthew (18 December 2013). "Album of the Year: Sons of Kemet – Burn | The Arts Desk". The Arts Desk . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Robert Christgau: CG: Sons of Kemet". Robert Christgau . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 Fordham, John (12 September 2013). "Sons of Kemet: Burn – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 Hobart, Mike (6 September 2013). "Sons of Kemet: Burn". Financial Times . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. Paton, Daniel (9 September 2013). "Sons Of Kemet – Burn | Album Reviews". musicOMH . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. "Track of the Week: Sons of Kemet – Inner Babylon | Properganda Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  10. "Winners 2013 | MOBO Awards". Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  11. "The Quietus | News | LISTEN: Micachu Remixes Sons of Kemet".
  12. "Sons of Kemet – Inner Babylon (Vince Vella Remix) | Properganda Online". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  13. "**FREE DOWNLOAD** // Sons of Kemet – Inner Babylon (Alex Patchwork Remix) | Gilles Peterson". Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  14. Johnson, Phil (15 September 2013). "Album review: Sons of Kemet, Burn (Naim Jazz)". The Independent . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  15. "Album of the Year: Sons of Kemet – Burn | New music reviews, news & interviews". The Arts Desk. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  16. "Features | Quietus Albums Of The Year 2013 (In Association With Norman Records)". The Quietus . Retrieved 24 February 2014.