Name: Kiwanuka
Brand: Michael Kiwanuka

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

7795277

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Heavyweight Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-05-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0602577952777

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

7795275

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Digipack.

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2019-11-01

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

7795281

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Extended format: Yes

Deluxe Hardcover Book Sleeve.

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1 / CD / Extended format: Yes / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Michael Kiwanuka

Genre GB

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label GB

Polydor

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Michael Kiwanuka is a British soul musician, born on May 3, 1987 in Muswell Hill, London. With his captivating voice and heartfelt lyrics, he has established himself as one of the most talented artists in the industry.
Born and raised in North London, Michael's passion for music began at an early age. Influenced by iconic artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding, he developed a unique sound that blends elements of soul, folk, and rock.
Since bursting onto the scene with his debut album "Home Again" in 2012, Michael has garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. His soulful melodies and introspective songwriting have resonated with audiences worldwide.

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Kiwanuka is the follow-up to Michael’s number 1 album, Love and Hate, released back in July 2016 that resonated broadly both critically and in the public’s affections, netting the British musician his second Mercury Prize nomination and his second and third Brit nominations too.

Recorded in New York, LA and London, Michael returned to the studio with Danger Mouse and Inflo, the same production team that combined so magnificently on Love and Hate, Kiwanuka finds a new assuredness in Michael’s writing, and takes the basic sonic blueprint of that last record to a dizzying new realm.

Kiwanuka sets off on a journey that evokes the psychedelic haze of its predecessor, but ramps up a very broad sense of scale. With his exquisite band of players, Michael channels an assortment of the late greats (a nod to Gil Scott-Heron here, Bobby Womack flecked there, and the ever present Otis Redding vocally) for a richly rewarding record that sits typically at odds with the notion and expectations of a successful British singer-songwriter in 2019, and moves even further away from the folk-imbued vintage soul of his debut album, Home Again, back in 2012.

Michael will tell you of his love for records that entwine their songs with incidental skits and shape-shifting spiralling outros, so that the listener experience is almost that of listening to one long, dramatic song. Kiwanuka fulfils that winding, dream-like haze, unhurried, and is peppered with some of the best songs of Michael’s career to date. At its very heart is a song called Hero; a scorched epic that propagates the essence of the whole record into a sub five-minute psych-fuzz song.

Where Love and Hate showcased Michael’s prowess with a guitar, Kiwanuka showcases an ear for musical adventure. Themes that resonated so loudly previously return here, namely Michael’s life-long confusion and questioning of his own identity, but also that of hope and of power. That Michael has spent the past year or two writing and nurturing the record, whilst also finding a newly discovered love for documenting his life behind a lens, lends itself to the suggestion of an artist putting a microscope on his own life.

Kiwanuka

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