THE NEW ALBUM ... SEPTEMBER 2024
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LAUNCHED - 14|15 SEPT 2024 - THE JAM FACTORY, TAURANGA
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch - a splendid time was had by all! Here's a brief video of Nigel playing cocktail piano to welcome guests to the Futura Motel...
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch - a splendid time was had by all! Here's a brief video of Nigel playing cocktail piano to welcome guests to the Futura Motel...
Now AVAILABLE to stream on your favourite platform: https://music.drm.co.nz/futura
NOW AVAILABLE to stream and buy on BANDCAMP
NOW AVAILABLE to stream and buy on BANDCAMP
Check out Derek's Blog for the behind-the-scenes story of FUTURA
he first review, from Graham Reid's splendid Elsewhere magazine website:
If you haven't heard of Kokomo – and they have appeared at Elsewhere a few times – that is hardly their fault.
Formed in 1991 when Tauranga singer/guitarist Derek Jacombs hooked up with harmonica player Grant Bullot to play blues, they added members, played every festival possible from Sweetwaters 1999 to folk and jazz events, and along the way recorded more than a dozen albums.
The original Kokomo Blues became simply Kokomo and naturally the music changed with more originals, electric guitar arriving in the line-up and now a move into new territory with a dip into electronica alongside their standard instrumentation.
So here is the ambitious 11 minute-plus groove of Futura Motel (a pitstop on Kraftwerk's autobahn about seven minutes in for a guitar solo), mind-bending Arizona rock-blues on Turn the Light Down Low and uneasy electropop on the minimalist Sundog.
Bob Dylan's Dignity is overhauled into synth-pop for (In)dignity, Highway 29 Blues is a slightly menacing atmospheric piece and there are two mixes of Something Funny Going On, one edgy and the other more polished and poppy, with a furious keyboard solo taking it out.
Not everything here is successful – in places you wish for more punch – but you have to admire Kokomo, after all these decades they are up for the challenge of something new to add to their armory.
If you haven't heard of Kokomo – and they have appeared at Elsewhere a few times – that is hardly their fault.
Formed in 1991 when Tauranga singer/guitarist Derek Jacombs hooked up with harmonica player Grant Bullot to play blues, they added members, played every festival possible from Sweetwaters 1999 to folk and jazz events, and along the way recorded more than a dozen albums.
The original Kokomo Blues became simply Kokomo and naturally the music changed with more originals, electric guitar arriving in the line-up and now a move into new territory with a dip into electronica alongside their standard instrumentation.
So here is the ambitious 11 minute-plus groove of Futura Motel (a pitstop on Kraftwerk's autobahn about seven minutes in for a guitar solo), mind-bending Arizona rock-blues on Turn the Light Down Low and uneasy electropop on the minimalist Sundog.
Bob Dylan's Dignity is overhauled into synth-pop for (In)dignity, Highway 29 Blues is a slightly menacing atmospheric piece and there are two mixes of Something Funny Going On, one edgy and the other more polished and poppy, with a furious keyboard solo taking it out.
Not everything here is successful – in places you wish for more punch – but you have to admire Kokomo, after all these decades they are up for the challenge of something new to add to their armory.
Have a listen to a Spotify preview here and save it on Spotify...
The video for "Futura Motel" created by Derek, incorporating film from NASA, extracts from the (public domain) 1927 film Metropolis, the titular artwork by Alex Miln, AI motel pictures generated through Gencraft, extracts from Heironymous Bosch's Garden Of Earthly Delights and more. We recommend watching it on the biggest screen possible with the sound turned UP
A video created by Grant for "I'm Going Fishing" using snippets of the (Pubic Domain) animation 'Jolly Fish - a Dick and Larry cartoon'
The video for 'If This Is All', a socio-political love song, written by Derek, filmed where the song was recorded, at Tauranga's Boatshed Studio, New Zealand
Sprinting swiftly in every direction at once, this is the long-delayed companion-piece to Workhorse. Four songs appear on both albums but in radically different versions. On FUTURA Kokomo's classic sound meets the grooves of house, techno and electronica. This is the album's instrumental...
1. Something Funny Going On (BLUE mix)
2. If This Is All
3. Futura Motel
4. Turn The Lights Down Low
5. (In)Dignity
6. I'm Going Fishing
7. SunDog
8. Highway 29 Blues
9. Something Funny Going On (RED mix)
All songs by Derek Jacombs except
Futura Motel by Derek Jacombs, Nigel Masters, Alex Miln
Turn The Lights Down Low by Nigel Masters, Derek Jacombs
(In)Dignity by Bob Dylan
Produced/Engineered/Mixed by Nigel Masters & Derek Jacombs
Recording | The Boatshed Studio Tauranga, NZ, 2022/2023/2024
Mastering | Tim Julian, The Colourfield, Tauranga, NZ
KOKOMO
Derek Jacombs, Grant Bullot, Nigel Masters, Ian "Beano" Gilpin, Santiago Rebagliati
with: Mike Kirk (electric guitar 4, 6, 8) & Ella Bullot (backing vocal 7)
2. If This Is All
3. Futura Motel
4. Turn The Lights Down Low
5. (In)Dignity
6. I'm Going Fishing
7. SunDog
8. Highway 29 Blues
9. Something Funny Going On (RED mix)
All songs by Derek Jacombs except
Futura Motel by Derek Jacombs, Nigel Masters, Alex Miln
Turn The Lights Down Low by Nigel Masters, Derek Jacombs
(In)Dignity by Bob Dylan
Produced/Engineered/Mixed by Nigel Masters & Derek Jacombs
Recording | The Boatshed Studio Tauranga, NZ, 2022/2023/2024
Mastering | Tim Julian, The Colourfield, Tauranga, NZ
KOKOMO
Derek Jacombs, Grant Bullot, Nigel Masters, Ian "Beano" Gilpin, Santiago Rebagliati
with: Mike Kirk (electric guitar 4, 6, 8) & Ella Bullot (backing vocal 7)
