Rise is a twentysomething beat technician, crate digger and musician from Manchester. Currently recording for the Futuristica Music label, Rise has worked with and produced for artists such as Deborah Jordan, Replife, Jazz Chronicles, Low Budget Soul, Beit Nun, Truth & Spinnerty to name a few. Under aliases such as Meccca:83 and REdefinition, he continues to explore new genres and spaces: expanding the ever growing list of pseudonyms that make up the Solar Sound System.
2011 sees the release of the debut Rise album “Messages” on Futuristica Music which is a deep, spiritual jazz record with splashes of hip-hop and heavily influenced by Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Madlib, Strata East & Black Jazz.
For lovers of the Jazzman label, Nostalgia 77, Cinematic Orchestra & J-Dilla!
You can also expect forthcoming EPs from Mecca:83 and REdefinition on the Futuristica Music imprint.
Rise – 10 albums I would recommend to everyone:
01. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
02. Common – Like Water For Chocolate
03. Pharoah Sanders – Elevation
03. Jaylib – Champion Sound
04. Arthur Verocai – Arthur Verocai
05. D’Angelo – Voodoo
06. The Roots – Things Fall Apart
07. Lewis Parker – Masquerades & Silhouettes
08. George Duke – Faces In Relfection
09. Bobbi Humphrey – Blacks & Blues
10. Paul Horn – Altura Do Sol
