French Kiwi Juice or just FJK if you’re texting, brings good vibes with his Time For A Change EP, the second EP in over a year from the producer out on Roche Musique. On it, the dreadlocked Parisian impresses over four-tracks of sunshining jazz-indebted electronic funk.
‘Instant Need’ rocks the R&B funk look with soulful samples and keys set to headnodding beats. ‘Unchained’ is a jazzy number channelling funk synths and big bass into a hard-rocking beat number. ‘So Much To Me’ twinkles and sparkles with soulful Flume-style samples and funky bass guitar. The EP runs at a pleasing 22-minute long and it’s one that I’ve hit repeat on quite a few times already immediately after its playback.
Perfect summer music.
Hat tip for the EP link: James O’Donohue.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
