Durand Jones

Durand Jones – Wait Til I Get Over (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:12 minutes | 840 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans

No one has been able to avoid Durand Jones & the Indications in recent years. This is due to their version of soul and R&B, which is both modern and clearly in the tradition of their idols. A retro sound for the future of the genre. After three albums, the solo debut of band leader Durand Jones, »Wait Til I Get Over«, will be released on May 5, 2023.

The difference to the collaboration with The Indications? The songs live even more from the sound of his homeland, the rural south of the USA. Blues, gospel, folk and rock, for example, flow into the harmonies of the first single »Lord Have Mercy«, which is broken up by a heavy electric guitar at the end. A groove »that feels like driving through a muddy swamp«, as Durand Jones told in advance.

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Durand Jones & The Indications – Private Space (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:44 minutes | 416 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
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Developed after being apart for much of the year, Durand Jones and the Indications’ Private Space, the group’s third album, is creatively explosive and delights in upending expectations. Pushing beyond the boundaries of the funk and soul on their previous releases, Private Space unlocks the door to a wider range of sounds and launches boldly into a world of synthy modern soul and disco beats dotted with strings. It’s an organic, timeless record that’s as fresh as clean kicks and familiar as your favorite well-worn LP. Its 10 tracks are both an escapist fantasy and a much-needed recentering after a tumultuous 2020. Throughout, The Indications highlight a collective resiliency – as well as the power of a good song to be a light in the darkness. Durand Jones and The Indications have long provided the soulful soundtrack for such deep thoughts, both on stage and on your turntable. But as the world slowly resets from the chaos of the past year, Durand Jones and The Indications’ Private Space is arriving at just the right time.

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Durand Jones & The Indications – Durand Jones & The Indications (Deluxe Edition) (2016/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:10 minutes | 854 MB | Genre: Soul
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Bayou-born soul sensation, Durand Jones, is bringing his raw energy to Colemine Records with his 2016 debut album. Jones brings you fiery original soul music, pairing soaring vocal work with dusty drums, slinking guitars and screaming organs. With a stellar background in gospel, Jones got his start in the church, singing in the choir of his hometown in rural Louisiana. When his music career took him to Bloomington, Indiana, he was selected to join the legendary Indiana University Soul Revue, and it was through his involvement that he met writer/producer duo Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein. The three began writing original soul music, recording themselves straight to tape in the basements of Bloomington- a process which brings you the gritty sounds available on Ohio-based Colemine Records. Sure to satisfy fans of Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, Aloe Blacc, and Leon Bridges.

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Durand Jones & The Indications – Durand Jones & The Indications (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 33:07 minutes | 352 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans – Colemine Records

Bayou-born soul sensation, Durand Jones, is bringing his raw energy to Colemine Records with his 2016 debut album. Jones brings you fiery original soul music, pairing soaring vocal work with dusty drums, slinking guitars and screaming organs. With a stellar background in gospel, Jones got his start in the church, singing in the choir of his hometown in rural Louisiana. When his music career took him to Bloomington, Indiana, he was selected to join the legendary Indiana University Soul Revue, and it was through his involvement that he met writer/producer duo Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein. The three began writing original soul music, recording themselves straight to tape in the basements of Bloomington- a process which brings you the gritty sounds available on Ohio-based Colemine Records. Sure to satisfy fans of Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, Aloe Blacc, and Leon Bridges.

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Durand Jones & The Indications – American Love Call (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:39 minutes | 473 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans

Durand Jones & the Indications aren’t looking backwards. Helmed by foil vocalists in Durand Jones and drummer Aaron Frazer, the Indications conjure the dynamism of Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, AND the Impressions. Even with an aesthetic steeped in the golden, strings-infused dreaminess of early ’70s soul, the Indications’ sophomore LP, American Love Call, is planted firmly in the present, with the urgency of this moment in time. The Indications’ 2016 self-titled debut was the product of friends who met as students at Indiana University in Bloomington, In., recorded for USD452.11, including a case of beer. American Love Call, the band’s sophomore LP is instead the record the Indications dreamed of making, fleshed out with strings, backing vocals, and a newfound confidence in songwriting. Blending a slew of influences from years spent crate-digging, guitarist Blake Rhein says the Indications approach songs in the same way hip-hop producers do, as likely to pull inspiration from ’70s folk-rock or classic R&B as they are Nas’ Illmatic. “Did I expect to do this shit once I got out of college? Hell no,” Jones relays, laughing. “Totally not. But this is what God is telling me to do – move and groove. So I’m gonna stay in my lane.”

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