Chris Brann must be a soft-spoken gent. I’ve never met him, but I’ve known his records for most of my life and it forms a thread of seminal releases that run through house music history as bright and as powerful as any of the pioneers.
I don’t mean one good track that everybody knows. I mean a dozens of good tracks that everybody loves. You know them by a name on the label — Wamdue, Ananda Project — and sometimes buried in the liner notes behind a vocalist in the spotlight, as with Kayenne and “Rain Fall Down.”
The first single from the singer’s forthcoming album, Brann’s production on “Rain Fall Down” is passed into the capable hands of Anthony Nicholson, Marc Cotterell and Groove Victim, who turn in remixes that range from Nicholson’s tribal/soulful groove to Cotterell’s deep dub and what might be Groove Victim aka Jay Brown’s final release after his passing in 2021.
Vibes for miles. Out now everywhere, digitally from NDATL on Bandcamp.
Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Remixes) (NDATL / Digital)
1. Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Anthony Nicholson-Miquifaye Rewerk) (07:34)
2. Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Anthony Nicholson-Miquifaye Instrumental) (07:35)
3. Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Anthony Nicholson-Miquifaye FREE RADIO EDIT) (03:42)
4. Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Marc Cotterell Vocal Rub) (07:53)
5. Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Marc Cotterell Instrumental Rub) (07:22)
6. Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Groove Victim’s FoulSoul Vocal Dub) (05:46)
7. Kayenne: Rain Fall Down (Groove Victim’s FoulSoul Instrumental Dub) (05:59)
⚪️ Disclosure Statement: This record was not submitted as a promo.
