jazz.K.lipa - This Ain’t Bruno

Описание: jazz.K.lipa - Wrap-Up, The Dresden Tapes

File Under: Funk / Dub / Breakbeat / Drum & Bass / Jazz / Disco / Freestyle

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After a long break from releasing music, jazz.K.lipa returns with an album that captures exactly where his sound stands today. He was never really gone - but this is the first time he brings all of his influences together in one place: Soul, Funk, Jazz and Reggae blended with modern club sounds from Disco to Drum & Bass and UK Garage.

Wrap-Up, The Dresden Tapes isn't a typical concept album - it's a freestyle collection of 20 original tracks that showcase the full range of his production style. It works before and after a club night just as well as on the dancefloor itself - whether in the club, on the way to a festival, at sunset, or in late-night headphone mode.

A clear thread runs through the record: warm harmonies, organic basslines, dub-infused echoes, rhodes phrases, and drum grooves that shift between classic rare-funk aesthetics and modern beat culture. The reggae/dub influence is always present - not as a genre stamp but as an underlying aesthetic that gives the tracks depth, space and identity.

jazz.K.lipa moves freely between styles without committing to one of them. That's the core of the album: open, hybrid, unbound, yet unmistakably his own. The tracks reflect what inspires him today - and what you hear in his DJ sets. Genre borders don't play a big role here: if it grooves, if it has soul, if it moves, it belongs in the picture.

Wrap-Up, The Dresden Tapes is a snapshot of a producer and DJ who knows his roots, embraces his current phase, and stays open to what's coming next. It's not a nostalgic throwback - it's a warm, contemporary, club-ready album that works exactly where jazz.K.lipa feels at home: somewhere between the dancefloor, the headphones and the nighttime city.

Audiophile mastering by Angelos Timewarp Stoumpos @ Timewarp Mastering

Cover Design: Florian Stumpf / Rhino Soulsystem


Junodownload Review:
It's kinda hard to describe an album when 100 words isn't enough even just to list the various sounds, styles and influences it touches on! Over the course of the 20 tracks here, German artist jazz.K.lipa shows he's a man of eclectic tastes as he flits back and forth between hip-hop, soul, Balearica, jazz, Afrobeat, UKG,, trip-hop, D&B and even out-and-out pop (see the cheekily titled, Prince-inspired 'This Ain't Bruno'), sometimes individually, sometimes in various combinations - though reggae and dub provide the backbone on which it all hangs. Standouts to these ears include the Eastern-tinged 'Frosta Steppa Dub' and soulful D&B workout 'Feel The Way Feel The Sound'.

Catalogue No: TMDG 273
Release Date: December 19, 2025
Media: Digital & Special Edition CDR

jazz.K.lipa - Wrap-Up, The Dresden Tapes will be available on December 19, 2025 as a digital download and special edition CDR at timewarpstore and all digital music retailers and streaming services worldwide.


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