FRENCH KIWI JUICE Vinyl & CDs

Review: FKJ's glossy brand of instrumental funk and soul has reached many a great height, so now it's high time we looked back on the artist's roots. 'French Kiwi Juice' was his first album, showing off the artist's incredible multi-instrumental chops. Super-sweet yet also tart sonic juices from the Franco-New Zealander, returning to this exclusive vinyl pressing.

Review: Acclaimed French DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist with FKJ has long been a favourite amongst lovers of jazz, soul and broken beat. His first album French Kiwi Juice from back in 2017 took us deeper than ever into his unique world and along the way he paid homages to his inspirations with a real sense of musical maturity. It is a warm, sensuous place to be even now with elements of contemporary jazz, synth-pop, nu-disco, funk and more all taken in and churned out. This limited edition reissue is well worth picking up.

Review: Vincent Fenton's FKJ project has been a delight to melt away in since first appearing some time back in 2013. His body of work has been measured but meaningful since then, with just his self-titled album to his name aside from a scattered selection of singles. The last we heard from the French artist was the Ylang Ylang EP, released in 2019 digitally on Mom + Pop. Given the EP's warm reception, FKJ has decided to put out a vinyl edition himself, and truth be told his smoky, soulful blend is perfectly suited to wax.

Review: Last year, rising star Vincent Fenton - best known by his artistic aliases FKJ and French Kiwi Juice - delivered a sparse, stripped-back sophomore album that saw him deliver atmospheric, piano jazz versions of his compositions. Here he returns to the sound we've come to accept, delivering a wonderfully warming, accessible and emotive set of songs and instrumentals that variously join the dots between dusty instrumental hip-hop, smooth neo-soul, laidback jazz and future R&B. There's plenty to inspire and entertain across the set, with our highlights including 'Greener', which features contributions from Santana, luscious opener 'Way Out', and the spacey, synth-laden, slow-motion loveliness of Toro Y Moi hook-up 'A Moment of Mystery'.

Review: French artistic and multi-instrumentalist FKJ's glossy brand of funk and soul has reached many a great height. He is by now a well known star around the world so of course the labels he has worked with decided it is now high time we looked back on his. His self-titled album French Kiwi Juice was his first long player and one that showed off the artist's incredible multi-instrumental chops. Super-sweet yet also tart sonic juices from the Franco-New Zealander, returning to this exclusive vinyl pressing.