Joel Holmes - Osmosis

Tracklist
1. It Feels Good (04:26)
2. Playing With My Mind (05:06)
3. Pose (04:26)
4. Got To Survive (04:30)

Having previously worked alongside Cody Currie on two terrific EPs, GRAMMY-nominated pianist and producer Joel Holmes has gone solo on this latest outing for Toy Tonics. As you’d expect given his credentials, Osmosis really is a fantastic collection of cuts. Check first opener ‘It Feels Good’, a fluid, warm and effortlessly soulful number that brilliantly joins the dots between Detroit deep house (think Moodymann, Theo Parrish and Amp Fiddler) and chunkier NYC flavours, before turning your attention to the deep, woozy and fluid ‘Playing With My Mind’, which boasts some great Kaidi Tatham style keys and synths. ‘Pose’ boasts a more bass-heavy and thickset groove alongside Holmes usual starry synths, while ‘Got To Survive’ is a sparkling slab of jazz-funk/soulful house fusion.