JUJU

Not long ago, on a night lit up by a fat golden moon, JuJu took a trip. Fuelled by rocking guitar and one-string swing, by backseat bass and Afro-jazz beats, Justin
Adams and Juldeh Camara travelled to the place where tradition meets psychedelia - and then teetered, out there, on the edge. Theirs was a journey of rhythmic circles and open spaces, a journey over age-old grooves and along futuristic highways: a journey where the destination - with its whirling spirals and other kaleidoscopic motifs - counted as much as the journey.

In Trance

• JuJu
• Indigo Musikvertrieb

The new album recorded live to capture the spirit of JuJu’s electric performances on stage - channelling trancey rhythms from traditional
Africa, leftfield jazz and the wilder end of rock.

Not long ago, on a night lit up by a fat golden moon, JuJu took a trip. Fuelled by rocking guitar and one-string swing, by backseat bass and Afro-jazz beats, Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara travelled to the place where tradition meets psychedelia – and then teetered, out there, on the edge. Theirs was a journey of rhythmic circles and open spaces, a journey over age-old grooves and along futuristic highways: a
journey where the destination - with its whirling spirals and other kaleidoscopic motifs - counted as much as the journey.

“We just came together, plugged in and played,” says Adams of In Trance, a onetake marvel that begs repeated listening. “We played it exactly as we play it live. It was a bit like controlling a runaway horse - that is completely spooked!” And: “We just went into the studio and did five live takes without headphones or overdubbing. We set out to make swing music, dance music, trance music; we got all those things.” All those things, and more…