Over the past couple years, we've introduced SoulTrackers to soul artist, poet and all around Renaissance Man, Tai Allen. Tai has always pushed creative and commercial boundaries, and he's done it again as he's announced The High X The Mighty, a soundtrack for his upcoming poetry book (due February 2016). It is an interesting concept, and not one that fits the ordinary mold of soundtracks. And to get folks ready, he has issued a video for the first single, “Go Groove (Cadillac x Beemer).”
Allen, who is an award-winning poet and creative, has a penchant for connecting and intersecting musical genres -- and “Go Groove” is no exception. Produced by Suede Jenkins, the mid-tempo love song features the boom-bap of hip-hop, the melody of classic 70’s soul music and the lyrical approach of blues.
Over the past couple years, we've introduced SoulTrackers to soul artist, poet and all around Renaissance Man, Tai Allen. Tai has always pushed creative and commercial boundaries, and he's done it again as he's announced The High X The Mighty, a soundtrack for his upcoming poetry book (due February 2016). It is an interesting concept, and not one that fits the ordinary mold of soundtracks. And to get folks ready, he has issued a video for the first single, “Go Groove (Cadillac x Beemer).”
Allen, who is an award-winning poet and creative, has a penchant for connecting and intersecting musical genres -- and “Go Groove” is no exception. Produced by Suede Jenkins, the mid-tempo love song features the boom-bap of hip-hop, the melody of classic 70’s soul music and the lyrical approach of blues.
Tai tells us, “‘Go Groove' is about what it means to fall in love during a chaotic time - and the highs and lows that come with it. It causes you to consider all the things that can happen to interrupt love and friendships. It also shows how this love thing is beyond complete understanding, but is completely understood.”
The drama of love is also what led him to the single’s accompanying visuals, which feature a mashup of French animator Cube’s minimalistic short, “Perils Of Love.” “I was already aware of Cube’s work, but I found the short while enjoying a series of foreign films. It immediately grabbed me in how simple and complex it was in conveying the journey of, and to, love.”
We have the video for “Go Groove (Cadillac x Beemer)” as our newest SoulTracks First Look. Check it out below and tell us what you think!
To cop this single, visit: https://taiallen.bandcamp.com/
Tai Allen - “Go Groove (Cadillac x Beemer)”