Ambiance II Fusion - Come Touch Tomorrow (2023)

Freestyle Records are proud to reissue Ambiance II Fusion's mid-80s fusion rarity "Come Touch Tomorrow" - originally recorded in Hollywood CA October/November 1984 and released in 1985.

Following a yearly run of 4 albums self-released between 1979 and 1982, Nigerian-born saxophonist, flutist, and clarinettist Daoud Abubakar Balewa then took a few years off before returning with 1985's "Come Touch Tomorrow", the first of two albums issued under the updated name of Ambiance II Fusion. Combining the afro-spiritual jazz & be-bop inflected fusion of his earlier work as Ambiance, this record took the project into more modern & distinctly cosmic planes with the introduction of spacey pads and drum machines working alongside somewhat tighter arrangements and solid rhythm sections. Of particular note here is the B1 track "Boy What a Joy" on which a sublimely funky synth & drum machine throwdown is presented in prophetically lo-fi fashion - recalling recent stylistic approaches from the likes of Dâm-Funk among others.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Ambiance II Fusion - I Dream Too Much (5:15)
1.02 - Ambiance II Fusion - Come Touch Tomorrow (5:43)
1.03 - Ambiance II Fusion - Don't You Ever Take Your Love (4:56)
1.04 - Ambiance II Fusion - Samba Para Mi (2:56)
1.05 - Ambiance II Fusion - Boy What a Joy (5:33)
1.06 - Ambiance II Fusion - The Camouflage (7:24)
1.07 - Ambiance II Fusion - Naima (7:11)