Jacob Collier Djesse Vol. 4
“Djesse Vol 4” is just as dazzling, fashionable and audacious as Jacob Colliers is known for his colorful outfits. With it, the singer and multi-instrumentalist brilliantly concludes the project he began in 2018 and that took him musically around the world. In the course of this epic journey, he met with dozens of renowned colleagues from a wide variety of genres and cultures to realize his “big dream of a collaborative quadruple album”. The extensive guest list for “Djesse Vol. 4” this time includes Camilo, Shawn Mendes, John Mayer, Madison Cunningham, Lizzy McAlpine, Brandi Carlile, John Legend, Anoushka Shankar, Stormzy, Steve Vai and Chris Martin from Coldplay.
Although “the power of the human voice” is clearly the focus of the album (there is even a choir with the voices of over 100,000 concert-visitors!), it also offers exciting instrumental passages and solos. And, of course, plenty of brilliant arrangements that have been worked out down to the smallest detail, in which he often fuses together seemingly contradictory styles: from intimate singer-songwriter folk to rhythm'n'blues, hip-hop, pop, Latin American and Indian music through to crashing rock and bombastic orchestral interludes. After all, it's no coincidence that Jacob Collier has received all six of his Grammy awards to date in the “Best Instrumental" and "Vocal Arrangements” category, and one for each of the three previous “Djesse” albums.
Tracklist:
A1. 100,000 Voices
A2. She Put Sunshine
A3. Little Blue feat. Brandi Carlile
A4. WELLLL
A5. Cinnamon Crush feat.Lindsey Lomis
B1. Wherever I Go feat. Lawrence + Michael McDonald
B2. Summer Rain feat. Madison Cunningham + Chris Thile
B3. A Rock Somewhere feat. Anoushka Shankar + Varijashree Venugopal
B4. Mi Corazón feat. Camilo
C1. Witness Me feat. Shawn Mendes + Stormzy + Kirk Franklin
C2. Never Gonna Be Alone feat. Lizzy McAlpine + John Mayer
C3. Bridge Over Troubled Water feat. John Legend + Tori Kelly
C4. Over You feat. aespa + Chris Martin
D1. Box Of Stars Pt. 1 feat. Kirk Franklin, CHIKA, D Smoke, Sho Madjozi, Yelle + Kanyi Mavi
D2. Box Of Stars Pt. 2 feat. Metropole Orkest, Suzie Collier, Steve Vai + VOCES8
D3. World O World