Schemes by mike clay
Take a all-star team of arrangers, composers and writers from Montreal, don’t give them any instructions and let them navigate through free jazz, hip hop soul and broken beats: this is what you will get. All the musicians from Schemes were once session musicians for successful pop artists. Our scheme was to make that pop money and put it into a project in which there was no compromise, straight music for the soul.
Much like the session we we’re locked in, this release is a one time deal. It was recorded in various studio’s in between pop sessions, in the early hours of the morning. Everything you hear is live, no gimmicks. Schemes has been supported on underground radio’s across the world on France’s Rinse FM, New York’s Lot Radio and Brooklyn Radio, as well as London’s iconic Reprazent radio.
The first single ‘’Tomorrow’’ will see the day on April 5th – it will be released in conjunction with a mind-blowing video clip composed solely of gifs. These fragments of the internet serve as accompaniment for this rollercoaster of a tune.
WATCH HEAR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Fvt_QTd24
This release will see a limited tape release due on April 26th, once they are gone, they are gone.
Tracklist
| 1. | Introduction to Charles | 2:14 |
| 2. | Hello | 3:47 |
| 3. | Hey There Sister pt.1 | 3:15 |
| 4. | Sublimation | 3:48 |
| 5. | Hey There Sister pt.2 | 5:11 |
| 6. | Cosmic Interludes | 4:41 |
| 7. | Tomorrow | 4:40 |
Credits
All music by Schemes
Words and melodies by mikeclay and Nadia Baldé
All songs produced by Antonin Gougeon and mikeclay on Lacombe Avenue
Additonal production, mixing and mastering on Tomorrow by Maxime Philippe
Schemes is //
Hugo Parent-Potier on the trumpet
Charles Miquelon on the keys
Phil Legentil on drums
Tom Tartarin on the bass
mikeclay and Nadia Baldé on vocals
Cover art by Lea C -
