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Nucleus was an influential psychedelic jazz-rock band led by Scottish trumpet player, composer, writer Ian Carr. Active from 1969 to 1989, the band has been described as the inverse of progressive rock legends Soft Machine: “If Soft Machine was a rock group that veered towards jazz, Nucleus can be seen as a jazz group that veered towards rock.” In fact, many members from Nuclues would end up joining Soft Machine. Roots is the band’s 1973 masterpiece featuring iconic breakbeats, trip-inducing effects, deeply funky grooves, swirling Rhodes, extended ambient intros, and bamboo flute. The title track was sampled by Madlib for Lootpack and Quasimoto’s “Loop Digga.” The bizarre ’70s sci-fi penthouse album cover is of course amazing and impossible to ignore…
Recommended – Full Listen
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Tags: Breakbeat / Fusion / Samples
Tracklist:
A1 Roots
A2 Images
A3 Caliban
B1 Whapatiti
B2 Capricorn
B3 Odokamona
B4 Southern Roots And Celebration
Credits:
Bass Guitar – Roger Sutton
Design [Sleeve Design] – Keith Davis (3)
Drums – Clive Thacker
Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Dave MacRae
Engineer – Roger Wake
Guitar – Jocelyn Pitchen
Lacquer Cut By – Pete Norman
Mastered By – Simon Francis
Percussion – Aureo de Souza
Producer – Fritz Fryer
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Flute [Bamboo Flute] – Brian Smith
Trumpet – Ian Carr
Vocals – Joy Yates
