bad colours: pink
Francisco Espregueira
Ibe Soliman is a London-born, Maryland-raised and Brooklyn-based DJ and producer. Under his moniker Bad Colours he releases one of the best debut projects of 2021. PINK, via Bastard Jazz, is a powerful 9-track album that is influenced by the garage culture from both sides of the Atlantic as well as funk, post-disco, proto-house and rap samples. A fantastic output that resulted of the time passed in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bad Colours is known for his residencies at some of New York’s top venues, rocking crowds as a DJ for over a decade. In fact he shared the decks with the likes of James Murphy, Mark Ronson or Q-Tip, and performed alongside Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Pusha T or Young Thug. Just to name a few. PINK summarizes a lot of his experiences clubbing around the world, taking cues from early Trax Records and the Larry Heard legacy, the UKG musicality of MJ Cole, Todd Edwards’ vocal sampling techniques, the brashness of Bmore, and his invaluable encyclopedia of disco, funk and soul knowledge.
Ibe got to work, exploring rough ideas and samples that friends sent him, focusing his output on soaking up and storing sounds from clubs from all over. He quickly compiled more than enough tracks for this brilliant full-length release. From the man that produced for Kendrick Lamar, Faith Evans, Keyshia Cole or Rick Ross, we have to repeat that this is one of the best debuts of 2021. PINK is available in vinyl, courtesy of Bastard Jazz Recordings.