JASPER VAN'T HOF / ヤスパー・ファントフ / PILI PILI (COYOTE EDIT) / レコード

オランダのジャズ・ピアニスト/キーボード奏者 Jasper Van't Hofが1982~1983にかけて行った中央アフリカ・ツアーで出会った当地のミュージシャンとコラボした中で生まれた80'S オブスキュア・クラシックがリイシュー!!
Coyote がリミックス!!

アフロパーカッションとカウベル、キーボードが螺旋のように絡まり一体感を生むバレアリックな名曲!!

COYOTEによるEDITは、原曲をさらにスロウにした80'S UK DUB/POST PUNK的なアプローチ!!


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In 1984, Jasper Van’t Hof, a prominent European jazz pianist, propelled to fame with the energetic ‘Pili Pili’ a 15-minute trance collaboration with Guinea's Isaac Tagul Group. Inspired by a fiery red pepperoni, the track sold over 100,000 copies, leading the group to adopt the name Pili Pili, becoming a hit in the club and disco scene.

Pili Pili's musical roots trace back to Van’t Hof's 1982-83 tour in Central Africa, where he discovered a love for African music. The band embraced authenticity by collaborating with diverse African musicians from Mali, Congo, Senegal, and Guinea. In 2000, Van’t Hof initiat-ed a project with the young Zulu choir Phikelela Sakhu-la from Durban, South Africa.
Pili Pili's style, described as experimental fusion, blends intricate African rhythms with jazz, fusion, funk, and dance. Van’t Hof emphasized the importance of groove over complex solos, stating that intellectual approaches are lost in their music.

The band's performances, marked by their energetic fusion of jazz and African rhythms, gained acclaim across Europe. Regular tours and festival appearances, such as the Jazz Festival of Montreux, solidified Pili Pili's reputation as an excellent live band. Reviews praised the band's dynamic and explosive music, turn-ing every performance into a rhythmic and fiery expe-rience.

Pili-Pili is essential, every home should have one, and to that end NuNorthern Soul are doing a legit reissue (the album and 12 have been out of print since 1984). On the A-side of the new single is an edit from the mid-90s, which does a terrific job of tightening up the OG album mix, losing the Burundi breakdowns and fuzz guitar washes, but still rolling and building beautifully for over 15 minutes. That’s backed by a Coyote remix, which is full of subtle twists to keep old heads on their toes. The cowbell and chants are dropped into echo, the drumming further doubled by delay. Loops, filtering and phasing, adding to the track’s trance-inducing properties. The duo’s dubwise trickery pulling in favourable comparisons to Adrian Sherwood’s seminal seismic shake of the aforementioned Unknown Cases’ Ma Simba Belle.

Supported by Sean Johnston [ALFOS] and Man Power

Luke Una [UK] - This is wonderful! Dark, dirty raw basement soul!

Roberto Lodola [Italy] - Perfect. Thanks

Manu Archero [Archero records, Italy] - Sound of summer 2024!!! Excellent

LOVA [Italy] - What an anthem, the Coyote edit is so good, strong tribal baseline. Bravi!!

Stevie G [Ku De Ta Radio] - Love the OG of Pili Pili but the Coyote edit is a banger!

Ste Hodge [Kat Records] - Pili Pili - Jesus H!!! To be fair it was always crying out for an edit and what a bloody edit. Very considered in every way and just could be the Biggy of the year. ACE!

Luca Averna [Residentes Balearicos, Ibiza] - Coyote Edit for me!!!

Be Lanuit [Ibiza] - The Coyote edit on the legendary Pili Pili, amazing!

DJale [Italy] - Super work

Mr Shiver [London, UK] - Super dope!

Jona Jefferies [Buena Onda] - The Baldelli classic Pili Pili has been on rotation for years, nice to have the Coyote edit to switch it up!

Neil Diablo [El Diablo Social club, Mancheser] - Love the Coyote edit

Andy Taylor [We Are The Sunsets, London] Big one for me, Pili Pili not easy to take on a bonafide Balearic classic but Time and Ampo hit gold on this one.

Krysko [WHP, Manchester] - Sublime!!!

Blair French [Detroit, USA] - Dub dapper!!!

Matty Wainwright - Potato Head, Singapore - Really love this!