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From album
Emergency on Planet Earth
Jamiroquai · 1993 · Track 5
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Duración6:23
ÁlbumEmergency on Planet Earth
Año1993
ISRCGBARL1201198
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The story behind
The song Music of the Mind, with its 6:23 minutes duration, immerses us in Jamiroquai's sonic proposal from their debut album. This piece, as part of Emergency on Planet Earth, was conceived at a key moment for the band, which was consolidating itself as a benchmark for international funk and the acid jazz movement. The group's name, a fusion between the Iroquois tribe and the concept of musical "jamming," already gives us a clue to their approach: an update of funk for the nineties, with roots in improvisation.
The recording of Music of the Mind featured the participation of Jay Kay and Mike Nielsen in both production and mixing, while Mike Nielsen also handled the recording engineering. This album, released in 1992, laid the groundwork for the sound that would characterize Jamiroquai, an English group that knew how to incorporate nuances of disco and electronica into their funk and acid jazz proposal. The didgeridoo, an instrument prominently heard in other songs on the album such as When You Gonna Learn? and Didgin' Out, adds a distinctive texture to their sound. The lyrics of the singles from this first work explored protest themes, addressing issues such as pollution, hunger, and deforestation, which earned the album significant recognition in the United Kingdom.