DROP COLLECTIVE – Inside – CD

INSIDE is the third album (and second in a row on Brixton Records) by the respected ten-piece group from Barcelona that fuses Jamaican music and jazz. DROP COLLECTIVE bravely faces the so-called third album syndrome and makes a sincere declaration of principles, a public manifestation of their musical identity.

The two sides of the album are clearly identified. Side A is Inside-Out, displaying five own-penned compositions, including three songs sung in Catalan and two in English, in which DROP COLLECTIVE make it clear what they like to do and what they are capable of offering. The B-side is Outside-In, four reinterpretations of jazz classics that DROP COLLECTIVE internalise, make their own and, therefore, also form part of their identity.

INSIDE is an album with a compact, solid and synchronous sound, but full of details, which gives a total sense of permanence and singularity to their ska-reggae-jazz mastery, in which many universes fit.