Theo Parrish「This Is For You」でヴォーカルを務めていたデトロイトの女性シンガーMaurissa Roseをフィーチャーしたアルバム！ Silver, Platinum & GoldのPatrick Motenが書いたダンス・クラシックDamaris「What About My Love?」のカヴァーも収録！ Kaidi TathamやMatt Cooper(Incognito, Outside, D*Note)も参加！

35年にわたる音楽キャリアで数多くのシンガーと共演してきたDave Leeが、新たな音楽パートナーMaurissa Roseと作り上げた意欲作。Theo Parrishのレコードで聴いたMaurissaのヴォーカルに感銘を受け、2022年3月にロンドンのスタジオで共同制作が実現した。

ソウル、ディスコ、R&Bに加え、ソウルフル・ハウスの要素も散りばめた全11曲（カヴァー1曲含む）を収録。Dave Leeにとってはキャリア初の、全曲同一ヴォーカルによるアルバムという記念すべき作品となった。

Maurissaの自然で温かみのあるヴォーカルが、Daveの精巧な音楽世界と見事に融合。95BPMのストリート・ソウルからアップテンポなブギーまで、多様なスタイルを網羅している。オープニング『You Decide』のシンセ・サウンド、『What About My Love』のモダン・ブギー・アレンジ、ソウルフル・ハウス『I Feel the Sun』、そしてベースの効いたアシッド・ナンバー『You're Giving Me Life』と、バラエティに富んだ楽曲が並ぶ。

大西洋を隔てたロンドンとデトロイトという異なる都市の文化が、音楽によって見事に結びついた証となる作品。ヴァイナル盤の豊かな音響が、2人の創造的な化学反応を余すところなく伝える。サンプリングに頼らない真のモダン・ディスコ・ソウル・サウンドを体感できる1枚だ。

A1. You Decide
A2. What About My Love
B1. I Feel The Sun
B2. All Around The World (Redemption Dub)
B3. You're Giving Me Life
C1. By Loves Design
C2. No Question About It
C3. Just A Matter Of Time
D1. I’ve Been Here Before
D2. All Around The World
D3. Do You Believe

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During the 35 years of making music, Dave Lee has constantly been searching for new singers and writers to work with. A search that’s ended up with many fantastic collaborations and releases with the likes of Thelma Houston, Taka Boom, Dianne Charlemagne and Seal. More recently this quest led him to Maurissa Rose and the creation of their album ‘London / Detroit’. After hearing Maurissa's voice on a Theo Parrish record Dave reached out to her and after a few long phone conversations and mp3 swaps they both agreed a visit to London would be much more fun than trying to work together remotely. Maurissa made the journey from her home in Detroit to write and record an album with Dave at his studio in March 2022 - as they both feel that creating music together in the same room is always better. The fruits of their labour yielded 11 brand new songs (and 1 cover) tapping into their collective love of Soul, Disco and R&B, with a sprinkle of Soulful House. This album is a special one for Dave Lee as it’s the first time in his career he’s recorded an entire album with same singer on every track.

In the album’s liner notes Dave talks of how Maurissa is a naturally creative person, full of ideas, warm & unpretentious which is reflected in her vocal performances throughout ‘London / Detroit’. Dave’s expertly crafted music is backed up with a deeply passionate yet effortless delivery from the Detroiter, a marker of someone who has honed and perfected their art. When it comes to the music side of this LP, Dave Lee is once again proving he’s still at the top of his game and shows no sign of relenting. Drawing from his encyclopaedic knowledge of all things Soul/Funk/Disco, we are treated to a range of styles, BPMs and influences from 95bpm street soul to more uptempo disco and boogie flavours. Be it the rippling synth voyage opener of ‘You Decide’, taking the Johnnie Taylor classic ‘What About My Love’ into a modern Boogie realm, upping the tempo on the soulful houser ‘I Feel the Sun” or bringing the tempo back down to the bassy acidic chug of ‘You’re Giving Me Life’. Mr Lee is truly adept at creating a modern disco soul sound without the usage of samples.

London and Detroit might be two very different cities on opposite sides of the Atlantic but this album is proof that creative synergy knows no distance.