“Leave all bad things behind” is the title of the first album by Blackshapes.
Of course it is not always easy to leave behind the intoxicating thoughts, the memories that bring us back to frustration, but it is the only way that allows us to live the present breathing deeply, without shadows and without regrets. Music comes to our aid, a wonderful moment of sharing that can be eternal in our heads, if only we know how to attribute the right value to it. Those notes, those pressing rhythms have always been the oldest medicine for our hearts. That is why I write music, for me writing means creating a world where artists and listeners can meet and exchange experiences… without constraints, in a pure way. I write out of need, not to increase my ego.
In this I have had many teachers, blues icons like B.B. King, Albert Collins, Muddy Waters have accompanied me since I was a child, then Soul arrived and then Funk arrived; artists like Rufus Thomas, James Brown, The Meters, Al Green, Ray Charles, Bill Withers, Maceo Parker, Herbie Hancock….have definitely marked my path. Many tracks of this work refer to the vintage sound of those years, they draw inspiration from it for arrangements and melodies created today, in 2018.
Past and present therefore come together, in the name of Funk! “Leave all bad things behind” is a simple album all in all, full of joy and hope, in a world where much is built on a table. Blackshapes wanted to give a different perspective, demonstrating that soul Music is still alive, that the art of giving light to one’s most intimate feelings is still standing.
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