Kindness
Otherness
'Otherness' is the anticipated follow up to Kindness' impressive 2012 debut 'World You Need a Change of Mind' The new release delivers on the promise many have seen in Bainbridge since World which was one of the years best albums 'Otherness' possesses to an even greater degree than World what the BBC attributed to its predecessor a humanity that sets the music apart from the brittle pristineness of modern pop and a sense of genuine invention that permeates the whole albumnbsp For 'Otherness' Kindness' Adam Bainbridge surrounded himself with fellow artists cowriting and or recording in cities around the world including Robyn who discovered Kindness via his first album Kelela whom he met through his close friends at Night Slugs Ghanaian rapper Manifest and Devonte Hynes a longtime friend whose 2013 breakthrough Cupid Deluxe included contributions from Bainbridge Throughout 'Otherness' Kindness also drawing upon an immense range of music D'Angelo Herbie Hancock Prince Sade Pete Rock and CL Smooth Kate Bush and Ryuichi Sakamotonbsp to craft a seamlessly coherent set of songs that are at once raw and modern 'Otherness' is the fullest realization to date of an artistic vision that Bainbridge was already beginning to articulate when he first assumed the Kindness moniker and began releasing recordings in 2007 at the Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study where he was granted a residency to explore musicmaking 'Otherness' is produced by Adam Bainbridge Kindness and mixed by Blue May Jimmy Douglass and Bainbridge.
Tracklist
1. World Restart (Feat. Kelela & Ade)
2. This Is Not About Us
3. I'll Be Back
4. Who Do You Love (Feat. Robyn)
5. 8th Wonder (Feat. M.anifest)
6. With You (Feat. Kelela)
7. Geneva
8. For the Young
9. Why Don't You Love Me (Feat. Devonté Hynes & Tawiah)
10. It'll Be Ok