JIMI TENOR TALKS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF LONELINESS IN HIS MUSIC, HIS EXPERIMENTS IN BREWING BEER, THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS MUSICAL TASTE, HIS LAST ALBUM AND POSSIBLE COMEBACK TO DANCE MUSIC
Jimi Tenor is a remarkable artist with a wide and rich musical background who is always ready for unexpected twists and taking new directions in music. He managed to cover so many genres and has done so many collaborations, yet still manages to create something new in his unique approach to creating sound and his artistical image – being famous for the funky outfits that he designs himself.
He started his path in music during his youth at the end of the 80’s as a frontman of the punk-industrial band, Jimy Tenor And His Shamans. Then in the 90’s there was a period of romance with electronic music when he was released on one of the most forward-thinking labels, Warp, and for a short period became a pop star with his big hit, “Take Me Baby”, that shook the dancefloors all over the world and had a great ironic video that was on all the main music channels. But boarder of styles were always narrow for artists like Jimi Tenor and he went further in his musical evolution, starting to do his own eccentric interpretations of jazz, funk and soul, sometimes moving to afrobeat or making a comeback to dance music.
He could be seen in a small night club doing a one-man show, which thanks to his excellent multi-instrumental skills and a big bunch of recognizable and loved by the audience songs, is always an unforgettable experience. Also, he played with big band setups, that changed from album to album, as well as at music festivals and big concert halls. His true passion for music gives him the ability to have an open view on things and to be ready for experiments.
Jimi Tenor found time to talk with All Andorra in the middle of his tour for his new album about his latest projects, the spirit of loneliness in his music, his beer brewing experiments, favorite collaborations and many other interesting things.
Interview: Dmitry Tolkunov
Hi Jimi! What are you up to now? This year you had a great album, are you mostly touring with it at the moment, or planning to make some new music?
I’m on tour right now. I’m in Austria at the moment and tomorrow we have a show in Italy. My last album, “Order Of Nothingness”, was released in June 2018. We worked for a long time on it in Philophon studio in Berlin. Mostly I worked on it with two guys – Ekow Alabi Savage who is my longtime musical partner – we have been working together for around 10 years, and Max Weissenfeldt with whom we have been creating stuff together for the last couple of years.
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