Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei

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Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei
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Compilation album by
Jordan Rakei
Released9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)
Genre
Label Night Time Stories
Producer Jordan Rakei
Jordan Rakei chronology
Origin
(2019)		Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei
(2021)
Late Night Tales chronology
Late Night Tales: Khruangbin
(2020)		Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei
(2021)		 Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion
(2021)

Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei is a DJ mix album curated by New Zealand-Australian musician Jordan Rakei for Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 9 April 2021. [1] [2] It marks the 20th anniversary of the series. [3] It includes cover versions of Radiohead's "Codex" and Jeff Buckley's "Lover, You Should've Come Over", and an original song by Rakei, "Imagination". [4]

Contents

Background

Jordan Rakei has said that in this album he tried to "distil a series of relaxing moments" and also "help [his] friends’ stuff get into the world." [2] He chose songs from artists he grew up or collaborated with which influenced his music." [3] The album features artists such as Charlotte Day Wilson, Connan Mockasin, Joe Armon-Jones, and C Duncan. [4] [3]

Reception

The album received favorable reviews. Josh Abraham of Clash wrote, "[Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei is] an all-round beauty of an album. The 17 track production is clean-cut, but knows exactly how to keep the listener intrigued", and "it’s the perfect cocktail of forgetting about the current climate". [1] Tania Ogier of Backseat Mafia wrote, "Rakei’s wonderfully layered sound is testament to his talent as a gifted songwriter", and "the collective narrative of the 17 tracks flows as a relaxing, meditative soundscape – at times kooky and chaotic, then soulfully therapeutic". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Covering Your Tracks" – DJ Fink
  2. "Mulago" – Alfa Mist
  3. "Mountains" – Charlotte Day Wilson
  4. "Count a Heart" – Moreton & Jordan Rakei
  5. "Untitled 2" – Puma Blue
  6. "Momo's" – Connan Mockasin
  7. "He Came from the Sun" – C Duncan
  8. "Virtual U" – Oso Leone
  9. "Idiom" – Joe Armon–Jones & Maxwell Owin feat. Oscar Jerome
  10. "Everternity" – Snowpoet
  11. "Always & Forever" – Maro
  12. "Speak Up" – Homay Chmitz
  13. "Singularity" – Bill Laurance
  14. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" – Jordan Rakei (Jeff Buckley exclusive cover version)
  15. "Codex" – Jordan Rakei (Radiohead exclusive cover version)
  16. "Counterpart" – Cubicolour
  17. "Imagination" – Jordan Rakei (exclusive new track)
  18. "Imagination" – Alejandro González Iñárritu (exclusive spoken word)

References

  1. 1 2 Abraham, Josh (2021-04-09). "Jordan Rakei - Late Night Tales". Clash . Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  2. 1 2 Rugoff, Lazlo (2021-04-10). "Jordan Rakei helms latest instalment of Late Night Tales series". The Vinyl Factory . Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ogier, Tania (2021-04-11). "JORDAN RAKEI CURATES LATEST 'LATE NIGHT TALES' AND IT'S AN ATMOSPHERICALLY SOULFUL RELEASE". Backseat Mafia. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. 1 2 Skala, Jemima (2021-04-11). "JORDAN RAKEI CONTRIBUTES THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF 'LATE NIGHT TALES'". Mixmag . Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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