Mo Kolours - How I (Rhythm Love Affair)

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  • Mo Kolours makes music that's so relaxed it often sounds like he falls asleep before finishing it. That was the feeling on his strong debut album, where songs ended abruptly or just spilled into new ones, stumbling through dub, hip-hop, soul and R&B. It's a style that works well on the full-length format, but a five-track EP puts more weight on his delicate songs. Thankfully, How I (Rhythm Love Affair) features two of his best. The title track is exactly the kind of ramshackle soul that Deenmamode is a master of. He loops a female vocal and upbeat bongos, letting them waft through the air before he begins singing along. It all hangs together nicely, and the dubby bassline provides something to latch on to. The Henry Wu collaboration "South LDN" is the other winner, with plaintive synths fluttering above low-end melodies that wander like they're lost. The rest of How I (Rhythm Love Affair) is a little more slender. "Sumerian Mother" is the best, with charmingly exotic instrumentation held down by a classic boom-bap beat. "Sega Chuckle" is an unsettling number that's full of sampled laughter, while "On My Way" bleeds Deenmamode's core sound into a psychedelic collage of warmly chanted vocals and broken rhythms. The two vinyl bonus tracks are even stranger but arguably more endearing, especially the staticky chop-up "I Find My Eyes." It's a Jackson 5 track hacked into pieces, looping in a crude fashion that actually emphasizes the beauty of the original. Like the best of Mo Kolours, it's both simple and catchy.
  • Tracklist
      A1 How I A2 Sega Chuckle A3 On My Way B1 Sumerian Mother B2 South LDN B3 I Find My Eyes B4 Went To A Disco
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