Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei

Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei
Compilation album by
Jordan Rakei
Released9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)
Genre
LabelNight Time Stories
ProducerJordan Rakei
Jordan Rakei chronology
Origin
(2019) 		Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei
(2021)
Late Night Tales chronology
Late Night Tales: Khruangbin
(2020) 		Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei
(2021) 		Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion
(2021)

Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei is a DJ mix album curated by New Zealand-Australian musician Jordan Rakei for Late Night Tales series, released by Night Time Stories on 9 April 2021.[1][2] It marks the 20th anniversary of the series.[3] It includes cover versions of Radiohead's "Codex" and Jeff Buckley's "Lover, You Should've Come Over", and an original song by Rakei, "Imagination".[4]

Background

Jordan Rakei has said that in this album he tried to "distil a series of relaxing moments" and also "help [his] friends’ stuff get into the world."[2] He chose songs from artists he grew up or collaborated with which influenced his music."[3] The album features artists such as Charlotte Day Wilson, Connan Mockasin, Joe Armon-Jones, and C Duncan.[4][3]

Reception

The album received favorable reviews. Josh Abraham of Clash wrote, "[Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei is] an all-round beauty of an album. The 17 track production is clean-cut, but knows exactly how to keep the listener intrigued", and "it’s the perfect cocktail of forgetting about the current climate".[1] Tania Ogier of Backseat Mafia wrote, "Rakei’s wonderfully layered sound is testament to his talent as a gifted songwriter", and "the collective narrative of the 17 tracks flows as a relaxing, meditative soundscape – at times kooky and chaotic, then soulfully therapeutic".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Covering Your Tracks" - DJ Fink
  2. "Mulago" - Alfa Mist
  3. "Mountains" - Charlotte Day Wilson
  4. "Count a Heart" - Moreton & Jordan Rakei
  5. "Untitled 2" - Puma Blue
  6. "Momo's" - Connan Mockasin
  7. "He Came From the Sun" - C Duncan
  8. "Virtual U" - Oso Leone
  9. "Idiom" - Joe Armon-Jones & Maxwell Owin feat. Oscar Jerome
  10. "Everternity" - Snowpoet
  11. "Always & Forever" - Maro
  12. "Speak Up" - Homay Chmitz
  13. "Singularity" - Bill Laurance
  14. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Jordan Rakei (Jeff Buckley exclusive cover version)
  15. "Codex" - Jordan Rakei (Radiohead exclusive cover version)
  16. "Counterpart" - Cubicolour
  17. "Imagination" - Jordan Rakei (exclusive new track)
  18. "Imagination" - Alejandro González Iñárritu (exclusive spoken word)

References

  1. ^ a b Abraham, Josh (2021-04-09). "Jordan Rakei - Late Night Tales". Clash. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  2. ^ a b Rugoff, Lazlo (2021-04-10). "Jordan Rakei helms latest instalment of Late Night Tales series". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  3. ^ a b c d Ogier, Tania (2021-04-11). "JORDAN RAKEI CURATES LATEST 'LATE NIGHT TALES' AND IT'S AN ATMOSPHERICALLY SOULFUL RELEASE". Backseat Mafia. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. ^ a b Skala, Jemima (2021-04-11). "JORDAN RAKEI CONTRIBUTES THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF 'LATE NIGHT TALES'". Mixmag. Retrieved 2021-04-11.