San Jose producer Ryan Galvan’s new instrumental record, Superior Sauce, features ingredients carefully chosen from decades of funk, soul, R&B, hip-hop, jazz and electronic music. The resulting flavor is groovy as hell and deliciously chill. Across the album’s eight tracks the local multi-instrumentalist recalls the likes of J Dilla, Isaac Hayes, João Gilberto, Childish Gambino, Thundercat and, perhaps most notably, Kool & The Gang’s “Summer Madness”—all without ever sounding derivative. As summer fades into autumn, Superior Sauce is the perfect soundtrack for prolonging your vacation mentality. The album drops on Aug. 30.
Superior Sauce
Ryan Galvan
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