His latest comes courtesy of Hobo Camp’s Night Palms compilation.
Silver Lake resident, producer and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Chini recently acquainted the masses with his new project Boy Dude through debut album Cassette For You, a 32 minute journey that serves as a documentation of both Chini’s discovery of his father’s previous writing credits for various Motown artists and his own ongoing love affair with vintage synthesizers and drum machines. The end result is a blissed-out amalgam of funk, soul and psychedelia that sits comfortably alongside contemporaries such as Com Truise and Dâm-Funk.
Now Chini returns with ‘Modern Day Confusion’ which arrives courtesy of Hobo Camp as part of their Night Palms compilation. This one’s so laid back you’ll smell the clouds of weed smoke seeping from your speakers.
Of his label’s new release, Hobo Camp head honcho Randy Ellis said the following,
“[Night Palms] explores the vibes of AOR, G-Funk, jazz, boogie and soul—synthesizing these genres into ‘Adult Oriented Funk’ or ‘AOF,’ a form more loaded and laid-back. It’s a smoother approach to funk, similar in production ethos to many classic G-Funk tracks where producers created or sampled the smoothest yacht-rock and jazz-funk moments to create bass heavy rap. Night Palms takes it one step further, offering original tracks that return more to the initial sources that laid the groundwork for G-Funk to take from. This LP is dedicated to designer, artist and friend Trevor Tarczynski—RIP. The title “Night Palms” was a recurring theme in his work, and the jacket cover was created from his archives.”
Lock in to the trip below.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
Fruit and Grooves Collective 