Williams’ Blood

Williams’ Blood (Aeroplane Remix)

Grace Jones [Wall of Sound]

18 December, 2008 | 7.48AM

• Written by: Jack Spontan
• Filed under: Music Recommendations: aeroplane, grace jones, wall of sound

Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound. Indeed.

Yes, the inimitable Grace Jones is back. Her first studio album in almost two decades dropped last month on Wall of Sound and a bumper world tour is set to ensue in the New Year.

All quite remarkable, really, for a woman of 60. But rather than a vain attempt to conceal her age – as we have come to expect from similar Studio 54 era ‘comebacks’ – Jones gracefully delivers an intimate and honest account of her family history with a telling voice that betrays all the wise yet weary undertones of a woman who’s been through it all…

These melodic memoirs are given a Balearic twist by the evermore ubiquitous Belgian duo, Aeroplane, whose popular nu-disco stylings have made them hot property on the remix market.  They don’t disappoint here: the melancholy remains, yet is buoyed along by more of a focus on the gospel vocals and, of course, a couple of blissed-out piano breakdowns just for fun.

Unlucky Americans will be disappointed to learn that this release is currently unavailable State-side, and well they might be, as Williams’ Blood is definitive testament to Grace Jones’ evergreen soul.

• (0) Comments
• (1325) Views
• Check out Aeroplane on Beatport