INNER CITY and IDRIS ELBA, “We All Move Together”
IDRIS ELBA & THE KNOCKS and TIGGS DA AUTHOR, “One Fine Day”
After establishing himself as a force in the electronic producer/DJ world over the last decade, actor Idris Elba (after conquering COVID-19 no less) finds himself as part of no less than two new dynamic dance music releases.
The first is “We All Move Together”, the title song from the most recent album by Inner City as led by influential house legend Kevin Saunderson. Kevin brought back the highly regarded Inner City moniker last year after an almost 30 year absence with the album Inner City Presents Need Your Love, with the new Inner City featuring Kevin’s son Danitez. “We All Move Together” is a fresh experience, with a two minute spoken-word lead-in from Idris that name-drops every Inner City smash that dance music fans like me adore so much. It’s this Faithless-like flourish that leads in to a song that blends in classic house and more experimental, techno-styled rhythms that you would hear more on a Chemical Brothers track than one by Inner City. It works seamlessly, and I’m looking forward to listening to the rest of the album.
NYC dance music mainstay production duo The Knocks bring us “One Fine Day” in conjunction with producer Idris (rather than vocalist Idris – those duties are carried admirably by Tanzania’s Tiggs Da Author). It’s a complex, rhythmic track that continues where last year’s Summer Series songs by The Knocks like “Awa Ni” left off. “One Fine Day” is one slamming track and full of positive vibes, about seeing those dreams through until you make your own successes. All proceeds for “One Fine Day” go to further develop England’s Black Cultural Archives heritage centre.
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