Retainer
Context
First single from "Structuralism," Alfa Mist's second album, released on April 26, 2019 on his label Sekito. The track starts from a melancholy hip-hop atmosphere, passes through a string quartet interlude and ends on acoustic piano.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Renaissances (Los Angeles, London), Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz. Among the origins and influences of Renaissances: Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz, Spiritual jazz, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, British jazz, Afrobeat, makossa, highlife-jazz, ECM and European jazz, Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide).