Pieces Of Me

About Pieces Of Me

With this album Black Coffee puts a fresh, jazzy spin on vocal house music. His supple four-on-the-floor beats avoid the steady alternating hi-hats that represent house music’s sonic trademark but too often shackle its rhythmic creativity. His vocal collaborators testify about liberation and ecstasy (neither of which are taken for granted by queer clubbers in Africa) with a subdued, cool cadence, departing from the “churchy” histrionics of diva house’s gospel origins. Black Coffee’s sound motivates one the same way a skilled, not-too-overeager trainer does: suggesting realistic expectations about the heights you’ll attain, while subtly coaxing you into deeper levels of performance than you knew you had in you.

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