The second full-length recording for London-based
Les Hommes
captures a cool,
acid jazz
sound while still maintaining the definitive
Eighteenth Street Lounge
feel. The three-man, three-woman outfit could be likened to
the Cinematic Orchestra
in organic preservation of live instrumentation within their modern sound, but succeeds in embodying all the crucial aesthetic components to still fall in the
electronic
record bins. Classic-sounding organ lines by
Rory More
dance around the
Ron Carter
-sounding upright basslines and the incredible
lounge
/
swing
of drummer
Vladimiro Carboni
. A nice step by
ESL
to further blur the lines between
Groove Holmes
and
Jazzanova
and a warm and seductive listen all the way through. ~ Nic Kincaid