The sublime Time Capsule remains Weldon Irvine’s most fully realized and influential recording. A supremely talented multi-instrumentalist and composer, Irvine had a musical vision that was unerringly soulful, spiritual, and funky. Assembled as a kind of musical scrapbook documenting the thought patterns and belief systems of the early ’70s, it nevertheless boasts a surprising vitality and timelessness thanks to luminous funk grooves that anticipate the latter-day emergence of acid jazz. Irvine also rhymes over several tracks, further cementing his influence on successive generations of hip-hop.
Lado 1 | |
1 | Time Capsule |
2 | Feelin’ Mellow |
3 | Soul Sisters |
4 | Déjà vu |
Lado 2 | |
1 | Watergate Don’t Bug Me! |
2 | Spontaneous Interaction |
3 | I Am |
4 | Bananas |