After leaving Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi band trombonist Julian Priester and synthesizer pioneer Dr Patrick Gleeson put together this now-legendary album in two sessions in 1973.

Extending the experiments of the Hancock sextet this music can also be related to Miles Davis’s robust Afro-funk-slanted electric group music of the period.Pumping bass ostinati, riffs and a big ‘tribal’ beat connect Love, Love to the music of Sly Stone and Funkadelic as well, while the shifting clouds of spacey improvising can also make a listener think of minimal music or Sun Ra. More than 40 years later this slice of proto-cyberfunk is still thoroughly enjoyable and timely.

Artists

Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto (trombone/horns/whistle/flute/percussion/synthesizer), Pat Gleeson (synthesizer), Hadley Caliman (flute/saxophone/clarinet), Mguanda David Johnson (flute/saxophone), Bill Connors (guitar), Bayete Umbra Zindiko (piano/clavinet), Ron McClure (bass), Nyimbo Henry Franklin (bass), Ndugu Leon Chancler (drums), Kamau Eric Gravatt (drums/congas)