Kevin Reynolds - Family Tree

Part Of: A Certain Circumstance Release Date: Buy Link: Kevin Reynolds SoundCloud | Yoruba SoundCloud | Bandcamp | Release Text: Detroit is a city that has given birth to some of the most important musical movements and artists of the last century. It’s a city of infinite inspiration for the world, a city that throughout all obstacles, has managed to breed a musical vanguard that we are all paying attention and looking up to, not to mention the biting, taking, and straight up jacking of this culture. There is a feeling, even an expectation, which comes with the music from the Motor City. Producer Kevin Reynolds is a true native son of Detroit. With the release of single ‘Fembehyahget’ in 2016, the seeds were planted for Yoruba to release his official debut album. But Kevin Reynolds likes to take things slow! The second single from the collection came a lot later- ‘Come on Then’ in 2021, followed by ‘Riverfront’ in October 2022. Now Yoruba Records is finally proud to announce, ‘A Certain Circumstance’, by former Transmat Records key player, Kevin Reynolds. Anyone with a close connection to the electronic underground in Detroit can attest that Reynolds is one of the city’s most key artists, one of the true unsung heroes of the scene. Considering the sheer amount of talent within the Motor city, that goes way beyond a simple compliment. Opener ‘Abandoned Car Seat’ serves as a great introduction to Reynolds range as a producer, a master class in tech-tinged deep house. Bathed in a warm moody chord progression, accompanied by a cold synth line that’s layered with equal opposite Rhodes melodic line. The blissed-out energy of ‘Fembehyahget’, is followed by the deep tech bounce of ‘Come On Then (Rerub’) and the sun-kissed frost of ‘Riverfront’, all making a necessary re-appearance. ‘Completed Stance’ is the type of composition that finds a true home at Yoruba Records. A looped guitar starts the journey, bringing in piano, then dropping an ancestral stomp on the beat. This has all the ingredients of one of those late-night Yoruba dance floor scorchers. Reynolds strips things down on ‘Family Tree’, showing some bare bones funk, and dropping a vocal sample from someone you may or may not know who is deeply connected to that Detroit legacy stuff we’ve been talking about. ‘Inward Breath’ and ‘Seeking Peace’ bring some of the most transcendental moments of the album. Reminding us of the spacious and supernatural feelings of Hiroshi Watanabe’s 32 Project - music to truly lose yourself to the divine. Closing the proceedings is the broken beat electronic jazz of ‘Soil Before the Rain’. Kevin Reynolds brings a relaxed, but intense focus to this album. Nothing feels forced! There has always been a linear narrative regarding Reynolds as Detroit’s best-kept secret. With ‘A Certain Circumstance’ that secret is finally out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berlin House Music Submit Your Music | Store | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | SoundCloud |