Released by Polydor Records on April 1, 1972, \u201cMandrill Is\u201d is the second album by Mandrill, the Brooklyn seven-piece led by brothers Carlos, Lou, and Ric Wilson. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios during the winter of 1971\u201372, it finds the band refining the adventurous blend of funk, soul, jazz, rock, and Latin rhythms established on their acclaimed debut. <\/p>\n
With its powerful horn section, deep grooves, percussion-rich arrangements, and flashes of psychedelia and jazz-rock, \u201cMandrill Is\u201d sounds both tighter and more ambitious than its predecessor. \u2018Ape Is High\u2019 and the horn-driven \u2018Git It All\u2019 deliver the album\u2019s most immediate funk, while \u2018Cohelo\u2019 and \u2018Kofijahm\u2019 explore Latin and Afro-diasporic rhythmic traditions. \u2018Children of the Sun\u2019 and \u2018Lord of the Golden Baboon\u2019 stretch further into expansive, progressive territory, revealing a band as interested in atmosphere, arrangement, and instrumental interplay as in the groove itself. <\/p>\n
The album\u2019s strength lies precisely in that refusal to settle into one category. Mandrill use funk as a foundation for moving freely between soul, jazz, rock, Latin music, and psychedelic textures, creating a sound that is unmistakably their own. \u201cMandrill Is\u201d captures the group at an important early peak: more focused and confident than their debut, yet still willing to follow the music wherever it leads. <\/p>\n
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Mandrill use funk as a foundation for moving freely between soul, jazz, rock, Latin music, and psychedelic textures, creating a sound that is unmistakably their own. <\/p>\n
\u201cMandrill Is\u201d (1972) captures the group at an important early peak: more focused and confident than their debut, yet still willing to follow the music wherever it leads with its powerful horn section, deep grooves, percussion-rich arrangements.<\/p>\n
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