Jimi Tenor announces Cola & Jimmu album, Enigmatic

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  • The Finnish producer has teamed up with his wife, Nicole Willis, for a "deep house revival" record.
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  • Jimi Tenor and Nicole Willis will release an album called Enigmatic in July. The husband-and-wife duo have recorded the LP as Cola & Jimmu, and will put it out through their jointly run Herakles label. Though this will be their first output under that name, the pair have a long history of collaboration: Tenor (real name Lassi Lehto) contributed the horn arrangements on two Willis & The Soul Investigators LPs, and they co-wrote the "Call Of The Wild" track from Tenor's 2000 album for Warp Records, Out Of Nowhere. The pair have labelled Enigmatic as a "deep house revival" record, with a press release claiming they drew inspiration from "Bobby Konders releases on NuGroove [and] Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Firecracker," with vocal styles comparable to Gwen Guthrie and CeCe Peniston." It features Tenor's own flute, saxophone and drum programming, while Willis lends her vocals and works on production. Tracklist 01. 369°Grind 02. Enigmatic 03. Transcend Our Love 04. Tombstone 05. So Refined 06. I Made Up My Mind 07. Satyricon 08. Wild Honey 09. Brooklyn Girl 10. Classified Herakles will release Enigmatic by Cola & Jimmu on July 1st, 2013.
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