Kimani Wilson's "Sunrise Moonrise" is a 12-track trip into a world of smooth, sophisticated house and soulful, nu jazz sounds influenced by the likes of Thievery Corporation, Tosca and Groove Armada.

1. The Luv
2. Une Nuit a Ramatuelle
3. Feel High
4. All U
5. Another Day (dub vocal version)
6. Fallen Into It
7. The Arrival
8. From The Root
9. Maybe Soul
10. Dimension Transition
11. Rise Again
12. Sunrise Moonrise (extended version)

The opening track "The Luv" says it all: Rhodes-style organ, with shuffled hi-hats and snares, met by bongo percussion, smooth synth pads, a deep subtle bass line, broken bass kicks, and breathy male vocals.

While Kimani sings throughout a number of the tracks on this album, the lyrics are often delivered like a vocal sample: a few simple verses repeated numerous times through the song. This style, while certainly a standard among many housey, nu jazz recordings, meshes with the music so well that it leaves even the vocal tracks sounding instrumental.

It's hard to pick a handful of tracks that stand out above the rest, because the style and quality is pretty consistent the whole way through. While some tracks have a clean, martini lounge vibe, others have a gritty, mid-tempo, house groove, and others still strike a Nicola Conte note, or go deep into dubby echoes. Forced to choose however, I'd direct you toward "Une Nuit a Ramatuelle", "Feel High", "Another Day (dub vocal version)", and "Maybe Soul".

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