GARETH DONKIN - Welcome Home CHET BAKER Andrew’s mix of that first

Andrew’s mix of that first Heavenly record is very much a product of its time

Laymon Jackson on bass

you can hear the Kinks

began to pay more attention to what was being played on the radio

“I Zimbra” and “Life During Wartime” from the earlier album served as the blueprints for a disc on which the group explored African polyrhythms on a series of driving groove tracks

GARETH DONKIN - Welcome Home CHET BAKER Andrew’s mix of that firstLP Limited Edition Transparent Evergreen Vinyl. Written and recorded in a series of bedroom studios in England and France, London based Gareth Donkins extraordinary debut, Welcome Home, showcases the 23 year olds stunning mix of instrumental virtuosity and emotional intuition, blending highly sophisticated melodic and harmonic craftsmanship with deeply moving lyrical explorations of longing, desire, and determination. The songs here draw on soul,