(Aquarius)

YES!! What a fucking treat this is. To hear more instrumental music from this legendary producer. I don’t know how you all felt about the groundbreaking drop of ‘Elevator Music’ but I still have that on repeat in my rotation! And now you’re telling me we are getting even more of that focus? I couldn’t be happier, let’s get into it!

This is the brand new instrumental track by the one and only Apollo Brown! The man who has spent the last few years creating some of the underground’s best albums to date with such classics as 

-Cost Of Living (With Philmore Greene)

-This, Is Not That (CRIMEAPPLE)

-Funeral For A Dream (Bronze Nazareth)

And as above mentioned, his own beat tape. Now he’s back with another 3-minute track that is here to prove he has not only learnt from the first one but has improved on everything the second time around, added brand new magic and has overall succeeded in breaking new ground for instrumental tracks!

Everything from even the way the track starts off with those delicate keys, followed by those luscious and beautiful jazz chords that have a natural ‘free form element to them’ that later evolves into even grander horns that take the forefront in the song with those same initial jazz chords forming more of a structural presence as the song continues as if a band is coming together and knowing their place!

As we hear the song continue, we get introduced to what sounds like a violin harmony that comes out of nowhere and steals the show for the brief 10-15 seconds it’s there for before it evolves yet again with this time a more ‘free form’ role being given to the initial intricate keys! 

They take centre stage and shine in every crevice of the track in such harmony and delight! 

I love how this 3-minute instrumental track has so many different elements, layers and moments that you can fast forward or rewind to that make this more of a ‘Hip Hop Symphony’ than a single song. It’s absolutely incredible.

To say Apollo has outdone himself on this track would be an understatement. It’s engaging, interesting, fun and grand all in one! I can’t wait to see where he goes from here! 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3OSrCj3WWhNY1ymhE30ME2?si=8htLaSQET5CUVpvN1Ek52Q