Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai (/dʒəˈmɪrəkwaɪ/ (listen)) are an English funk and acid jazz band from London, formed in 1992. Fronted by singer-songwriter Jay Kay, the band were a prominent component of the London-based funk/jazz movement of the 1990s. Their sound draws from black music of the 1970s, and their lyrics and visual concepts occasionally deal with social and environmental idealism. They also drew from rock, electronica and Latin music, and on stage perform with several musicians in the band playing live. Over the years, Kay has consistently remained as the leader through several line-up changes.

Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai performing at the Coachella Music Festival in 2018
Background information
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Years active1992–present
Labels
Associated acts
  • Radio Silence
Websitejamiroquai.com
Members
  • Jay Kay
  • Derrick McKenzie
  • Sola Akingbola
  • Rob Harris
  • Matt Johnson
  • Paul Turner
  • Nate Williams
Past membersSee former members

The band debuted with "When You Gonna Learn" under Acid Jazz records, which led to Kay signing a record deal with Sony Soho2. While under this label, the group released a string of million-selling albums containing singles that have reached various charts worldwide, including the 1998 single "Deeper Underground", which topped in the UK, while having moderate success in the US within the Dance charts. All eight of the band's albums have entered the UK top 10. Three of them, Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), Synkronized (1999), A Funk Odyssey (2001), along with their greatest hits compilation, charted at number 1.

Jamiroquai have sold more than 26 million albums worldwide as of 2017. Their third album Travelling Without Moving (1996), received a Guinness World Record for the best-selling funk album in history. The music video for the album's lead single, "Virtual Insanity", was named Video of the Year at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. The group has won an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, as well as one Grammy Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, and two Billboard Music Awards. They have also received fifteen Brit Award nominations.

History

1991–1992: Formation
The band's "Buffalo Man"[1] logo, took inspiration from Native American culture.[2]

In 1986, Jason "Jay" Kay, who worked as a break-dancer, released a hip-hop single under the label StreetSounds.[3] It was one of the many songs he sent to record companies.[2] During this time, Kay was influenced by Native American and First Nation peoples and their philosophies and wrote "When You Gonna Learn", a song covering social issues.[2][4] When he had it studio-recorded, Kay fought with the producers who stripped the song down and produced it based on mainstream trends.[2] With the track restored to his preference, the experience helped Kay to realise his own musical style. Dubbing himself as "a funk kid", Kay "wanted a proper live band with a proper live sound."[2] The band would be named "Jamiroquai", a portmanteau of the words "jam" and the name of a Native American confederacy, the Iroquois.[4] He was signed to Acid Jazz Records in 1991 after he sent a demo tape of himself covering a song by the Brand New Heavies.[5][6][lower-alpha 1] Afterwards, he gradually gathered band members, including his friend Wallis Buchanan who played the didgeridoo.[2] Kay was encouraged by his manager to enlist keyboardist Toby Smith, but he was not convinced because Smith "had a tendency to play these very ravey[,] acid housey chords."[2] After the group performed as support act for the Brand New Heavies, Kay again met Smith, who persuaded Kay to let him join as the group's co-songwriter and keyboardist. Their first collaboration as songwriters was the anti-war song "Too Young to Die".[2][8]

1992–1999: International breakthrough

In 1992, Jamiroquai began their career by performing in the British club scene,[9] and released "When You Gonna Learn" as their debut single, which charted outside the UK Top 50.[10] It featured Brand New Heavies bassist Andrew Levy, who was replaced by Stuart Zender by audition in the following year.[11][12][13] Following the success of the "When You Gonna Learn", Kay was offered multiple major-label contracts and settled for a one million dollar, 8 album record deal with Sony Soho2.[8][10][14] He was the only member who signed under the contract as Jamiroquai,[14][15] but would share his royalties with his band members in accordance to their contributions.[14] Under Sony, the band released their début album Emergency on Planet Earth, and it entered the UK albums chart at number 1 with 1.3 million copies sold worldwide.[16][17] It was described by an AllMusic reviewer as "a psychedelic melange of tight funky rhythms, acid rock intimations, and '70s soul melodies."[18] The album "laid the foundations for an acid-jazz sound that the band would continue to build upon for the next decade and a half", according to a critic for BBC Music.[16] With the album having an ecologically charged concept,[18][19] the music video for "When You Gonna Learn" was banned in America for using footage of a Nazi party.[20] The album's second single, "Too Young to Die" entered the UK singles chart at number 10.[16]

Jay Kay performing with Jamiroquai in the mid-1990s

The band's drummer, Nick van Gelder, was absent for longer than expected, and was replaced by Derrick McKenzie, who recorded with the group in one take for his audition.[21] The group began writing songs for their second album The Return of the Space Cowboy, but Kay fell into a creative block which was worsened by his increasing drug use,[21][22] and the initially complex nature of the album caused Sony to tell Jamiroquai that "none of [the songs] sounded like singles".[21] The band soon found their turning point when they wrote the lead single "Space Cowboy",[21] which was released in September 1994 and sold 114,000 copies and was the group's first number 1 in the US Dance Club Songs Chart.[23][24] The single additionally contained remixes by David Morales, which further put the single in club circulation.[24][25] The Return of the Space Cowboy was issued a month later and ranked at number 2 in the UK chart.[26] Q stated that the album was "an ebullient follow-up to [their] storming debut."[27] A Rolling Stone reviewer described the group "[parlaying] jazzy soul pop so tight, it crackles."[28] The instrumentation of the album was said to be "played by humans, not samplers", according to Josef Woodard from Entertainment Weekly.[29] In a 1996 report by Billboard, The Return of the Space Cowboy sold 1.3 million copies worldwide.[30] Jamiroquai became popular in Europe and Japan with the singles "Space Cowboy" and "Light Years", while they were primarily known in the United States within its club scene.[31] The album's fifth single "Stillness in Time" (1995), peaked at number 9 in the UK top-ten chart.[32] In the same year, Kay was featured in the track "Lost Souls" for Guru's album Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality.[33][34]

Released in 1996, Travelling Without Moving sold 1.4 million copies in the US and reached number 24 in the Billboard 200.[35][36] It sold 3 million copies in Europe,[37] and peaked at number 2 in the UK albums chart; selling 1.2 million copies, and 8 million overall.[32][24][38] An album that contains symphonic and jungle elements,[39] Kay aimed for an accessible sound unlike the previous record.[40] A review from Q magazine stated that Travelling Without Moving is "tighter and more compact in its production",[41] while critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented that it did not have "the uniform consistency of its predecessor."[42] The album single "Virtual Insanity" became popular for its music video; and it sold 356,000 copies and had been streamed 4.5 million times as of 2014.[24] It was preceded by "Cosmic Girl", which sold 250,580 copies and peaked at number 6 in the UK.[24] Cosmic Girl was followed by "Alright", which charted in the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 78.[43] In support of Travelling Without Moving, the group gave an international tour including the UK, Japan, Australia, Brazil and the US.[25]

The group were preparing their fourth album, Synkronized (1999), in Kay's Chillington studio complex, built in his Buckinghamshire country house.[44] During its production, Zender left Jamiroquai due to conflicts with Kay.[45] While Zender had not been involved in the album's songwriting, the group chose to scrap his recorded tracks to avoid lawsuits and Nick Fyffe was recruited for new sessions.[14][45] This member change resulted in what journalist Lisa Markwell thought was a "tighter, more angry collection of songs" for Synkronized,[14] while the album "redirects the band's British tendency toward smoothed-out old black jams..." according to Spin magazine.[46] It contained 1999's "Canned Heat", which was their second number 1 in the US Dance Club Songs Chart,[47] and in 2004, appeared in a climactic dance scene of the comedy film Napoleon Dynamite.[48][49] The 1998 single titled, "Deeper Underground" was listed in the Godzilla soundtrack and was their first and only UK number 1, selling 339,100 copies.[24][38] Synkronized sold 3 million copies and ranked number 1 in the UK albums chart and number 28 in the US Billboard 200.[38][50] The album also marked the final appearance of Buchanan.[51]

2001–2011: A Funk Odyssey–Rock Dust Light Star
Jamiroquai performing at the Congress Theater in Chicago in 2005

The group issued their 2001 follow-up, A Funk Odyssey, a primarily disco record that explored rock and Latin music influences.[52][53][54] It introduced guitarist Rob Harris, who helped write tracks such as "Corner of the Earth", while Smith left the band in the following year.[54][55] A Funk Odyssey was released to generally mixed reviews,[56] with a Billboard magazine reviewer stating that the group "continues to mine a musical playing field that pays homage to [...] Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and Chic",[57] and Mojo writing that the album "[succumbs] to unambitious disco stylings."[58] The band embarked on a world tour to promote the album, including locations in Europe, Hong Kong and Melbourne. They were accompanied by vocalist Beverley Knight,[59][60] who was featured in A Funk Odyssey with the tracks, "Love Foolosophy" and "Main Vein".[61][60] The album topped in the UK,[50] Australia,[62] the European Top 100, and reached Top 10 charts in Germany, Ireland, Austria and Finland.[63] In the US, the album reached number 44 in the Billboard 200 and topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[64] The accompanying singles "Little L" and "You Give Me Something", both reached at number 2 in the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and sold 185,000 copies in the country.[65] The former single also peaked at number 1 in Spain.[63]

Their sixth album titled Dynamite, was released in 2005, and reached number 3 in the UK,[66] number 2 in the European Top 100 Albums chart,[67] and number 2 in the US Dance/Electronics Album chart.[64] It was produced by Mike Spencer and was recorded in various locations in Europe and the US.[65] Rashod D. Ollison of The Baltimore Sun wrote that the album "boasts a harder digital edge... With heavier beats, manipulated guitar lines and odd digital textures, Dynamite is less organic than Jamiroquai's other efforts."[68] Its tracks "Feels Just Like It Should" and "Love Blind" were characterised as "[having] a fatter, dirtier sound than usual".[69] In 2006, the group announced their switch to Columbia Records.[70] A greatest hits collection, High Times: Singles 1992–2006, was issued in the same year and marked the end of Kay's contract with Sony.[71] It topped the UK album chart after its first week of release.[50] The following year, Jamiroquai performed in the Gig in the Sky, a concert held on a private Boeing 757 in association with Sony Ericsson.[72] The group thus currently holds the Guinness World Record for "fastest concert", performed on the aircraft whilst travelling at 1017 km/h (632 mph).[73] They formerly held the record for the "highest concert", which was then broken by the Black Eyed Peas performing in a Virgin Australia aircraft.[74]

Jamiroquai performing in Warsaw, Poland in June 2011

Rock Dust Light Star was released in 2010 under Mercury Records, described by Kay himself as a "a real band record" that "[captures] the flow of our live performances".[75] Matt Collar commented in an AllMusic review of the album that the group were "heading back to [their] rock and organic soul roots",[76] with a sound The Telegraph termed as "Californian Seventies funk rock".[77] It ranked number 7 in the UK with 34,378 copies sold.[78][79] Its first single "White Knuckle Ride" was number 1 in Italy and also charted in the Netherlands and Switzerland,[71] while its preceding single "Blue Skies" reached number 36 in the UK radio airplay chart.[71] The following year also saw members Harris, Johnson, and Turner forming the sub-group Radio Silence, with their album Travelogue being released.[80][81]

2017–present: Automaton

Jamiroquai released Automaton in 2017, their eighth studio album and the first in seven years. It was produced by Kay and band keyboardist Matt Johnson, and "has a heavy electronica influence, featuring retro synths, icy arpeggiated melodies, stompy house beats and bubbling basslines", according to a review from The New Zealand Herald.[82] It reached number 4 in the UK and topped the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[83][64] The trailer for the album's eponymous single received more than 5 million views on YouTube and two shows that were scheduled in Paris and London sold out tickets in one minute.[84] In May, Kay seriously injured his spine.[85] Requiring surgery, it led to two shows in Tokyo for their Automaton Tour being rescheduled in September.[86] By 2017, the group's line-up consisted of Kay, Harris, McKenzie, Johnson, Paul Turner on bass guitar, and percussionist Sola Akingbola.[87]

In January 2018, Jamiroquai released a track titled, "Now We Are Alone" on their official YouTube page. They gave their first US performance in 13 years at the 2018 Coachella Music Festival and were accompanied by Snoop Dogg on stage.[88]

Musical style
You've got to be so careful that you protect what you're doing and [not] let someone else come in and ruin it. Making an album is like designing a car: You have to resist distractions and interference [or you will] end up with something boxy and average that looks nothing like your [original] vision, the one that got everyone excited in the first place.

Kay on maintaining the group's musical autonomy[40]

Jamiroquai's sound is generally termed as acid-jazz,[89] funk,[90] disco,[91][92] soul,[19] house,[93] and R&B.[94][95] Their sound has been described by J.D. Considine as having an "anything-goes attitude, an approach that leaves the band open to anything".[96] According to Michael Mehle of Rocky Mountain News, "When the band formed in 1992, the group chose to emphasize real instruments with a big band rather than techno-gilded dance music that required antiseptic computers and synthesizers on stage",[45] although their later work saw the band exploring electronic sounds.[68][82][97] Jay Kay is the primary songwriter of Jamiroquai. Despite his lack of ability to play musical instruments, he would sing melodies and beats for band members to transcribe to their instrumentation.[2] Some of the band's tracks last for more than three minutes,[2][53] Kay said when recording Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), that he "didn't want tracks to be rigid, stuck in that verse, chorus, verse, chorus thing. [When I listened to jazz-fusion bands,] they didn't do three minute tracks, they just played."[2] The group balances between hard and soft tracks,[2][21] and lyrics are the last to be written.[98] During the 1990s, Jamiroquai incorporated a didgeridoo to their sound. Played by Wallis Buchanan, it was considered as a distinctive element to their musical style.[96][99] When asked about how the group maintained their success, Kay responded, "By not worrying about staying relevant... Jamiroquai never really fitted into a trendy genre or anything."[98]

For the band's live performances, Kay said that "playing live is our forte" and that he "[found] studio work a bit stiff in comparison."[8] Robert Hillburn of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the live band comprised a "10-member musical team, including a deejay and a horn section", and that Kay "asserts the confidence and command of a dancer with moves as fluid and surprising as Prince’s".[100] Chauncey Hollingsworth of the Chicago Tribune said in a 1995 concert review that "his ease in movement and vocal endurance was like a martial artist's."[101] Jennifer Clay for Variety Magazine described Kay "leaping, twirling and sliding on his knees, performing flips and handstands, and conducting with his arms and shaking his hips — seemingly off in his own world." in a 1997 concert.[102] Hillburn additionally praised Kay for "establishing a rapport with the audience."[100]

Jamiroquai's sound is derived from various funk influences from the 1970s, and "Britain’s mid-'80s rare-groove scene".[39] Kay was influenced by Sly Stone, Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers,[3] and hip-hop and its culture.[19] A 2003 compilation titled Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai under Azuli Records, contains a selection of some of the band's soul, funk and disco influences.[103] In an AllMusic review for Dynamite (2005), the album was described as having a "grab bag aesthetic" that collects sounds from "Chic and Parliament as Kajagoogoo, the Police, and Terry Callier."[104] Kay took inspiration from Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones "in their more rock/disco phase" for the band's seventh album Rock Dust Light Star.[105] While Jamiroquai, as well as Kay's vocals, have drawn comparisons to Stevie Wonder,[8][14][106] some critics accused the band of closely emulating throwback styles to the point of copying such artists.[14][45][68][107][108] Member Toby Smith attributed this to having multiple musicians play in the band live;[45] while Kay, who denied being influenced by Wonder,[22] has voiced against being compared to other artists.[109] In contrast, Kay expressed his desire to maintain the group's distinctive sound whilst referencing his influences: "If you just sample Barry White or Sly Stone, that’s one thing; to get their spirit is different."[39]

Themes
[Virtual Insanity] was a very prescient song I wrote. I think the ideas in that song [have been more relevant] than they were back then.

Kay speaking about "Virtual Insanity" in regard to the group's social topics in their lyrics[98]

Jamiroquai's lyrics have occasionally dealt with socially idealistic themes. Emergency on Planet Earth (1993) revolved around environmental awareness,[18][19] while The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994) contained themes of homelessness, Native American rights, youth protests, and slavery.[21][31][19] 2001's A Funk Odyssey "laments the absence of spirituality in modern culture" and discussed the "dehumanizing effects of technology."[110] The central idea of Automaton (2017) was according to Kay: "[to recognize] the rise of artificial intelligence and technology[...] [and how humans are beginning] to forget the more pleasant, simple and eloquent things in life and in our environment including our relationship with one another as human beings."[111]

However, critics said that the band had not stayed true to their lyrical values; with arguments that the group focused more on "boy-girl seductions" and "having fun" instead of making social and environmental change,[112][54] and that Kay's interest in sports cars went against their ecological themes.[1][14][3] Kay said in an interview with Muzik, that he was initially reluctant to release Travelling Without Moving (1996) as it adopted a motorcar concept,[lower-alpha 2] but added: "just because I love to drive a fast car, that doesn't mean I believe in [destroying the environment.]"[113] He additionally stated in 1999 interview that "after a while you realise that people won't boogie and dance to [politics]."[14]

Visuals
The LED helmet that appears in the "Automaton" music video was inspired by the Pangolin, an endangered species.[114]

Kay stated that the group's visual aesthetics are important. He assumes creative control over the group's music videos, such as editing, performing his own stunts and ensuring that they all "[look] good after 10–15 years".[115] Called "icons of the music-video format" by Spencer Kornhaber from The Atlantic,[116] the group are especially known for their music video of "Virtual Insanity", directed by Jonathan Glazer. In the video, Kay: "performed in a room where the floors, walls and furniture all moved simultaneously."[117]

The band's frontman, Jay Kay, has worn various elaborate head-gear.[106][116][118] In a 1993 interview with Melody Maker, he said that wearing head-gear gives him a spiritual power that the Iroquois called "orenda" and if "[the audience] isn't really going for it, I'll tug the hat down and come on all militant."[8] The illuminating helmet that appears in the video for "Automaton" was designed by Moritz Waldemeyer for Kay to control its lights and movements and to portray him as "an endangered species".[114] He additionally wore Native American head-dresses, in which he had been accused of cultural appropriation.[119][120][121]

Legacy

As a prominent component within the London-based funk/acid-jazz movement of the 1990s,[3] Writer Kenneth Prouty said that "few acid jazz groups have reached the level of visibility in the pop music mainstream as London born Jamiroquai."[122] The success of the 1996 single "Virtual Insanity" led to "[the climax of] 1970s soul and funk that early acid jazz artists had initiated."[122] An article from the magazine Paper wrote that "Jamiroquai managed to survive the acid-jazz crash of the early 90's, when kids traded mellow sounds like the Brand New Heavies, Young Disciples and Guru for the bed-of-nails wails of Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam." Kay added that acid-jazz artists "didn't change the music enough to push it through to the public, if we get too jazzy, we wouldn't get the audience we need."[1] Alex Young of Consequence of Sound argued that the departure of Stuart Zender changed the band's musical direction of "creating propulsive collections of [long] tunes, [and] speaking out against injustice".[110] Jake Indiana from Highsnobiety wrote that "after finding the heights of success, the band entered a quieter phase, producing full-lengths on a less regular basis."[115][lower-alpha 3] The band avoided opportunities to become a nostalgia act and "[shown] no signs of fading in their ability to weave sonic wonder."[115] According to Ian Gittins of The Guardian, "Jamiroquai have long been shunned by music's tastemakers for a perceived naffness, and have shown their utter disregard for this critical snobbery by getting bigger and bigger."[123] Ammar Kalia of Clash magazine negatively commented that the group "have always been a singles band, churning out radio hits like ‘Canned Heat’ and ‘Too Young To Die’, but they failed to create the pacing and diversity needed of a satisfying album."[120] They were also criticised by Zeth Lundy of PopMatters for "thieving attitude from the greats while embarking on the ultimate hook-up quest."[124]

Jamiroquai were the third best-selling UK act of the 1990s,[3] after the Spice Girls and Oasis. As of February 2017, the group has sold more than 26 million albums worldwide.[78][125] Despite finding popularity in the UK with high-charting albums, in the US, the band could not maintain their relevance and record sales declined.[126] They sold 4.4 million albums in the UK and had US sales of 2.5 million copies sold as of 2010.[71][127] The group has had three albums that reached number 1 in the UK and three albums that entered the Billboard 200 chart in the US.[50] Among their albums included Travelling Without Moving, which entered the Guinness World Records as the best-selling funk album in history.[128] Front-man Kay was given a BMI Presidents Award, "in recognition of his profound influence on songwriting within the music industry."[129] Artists who cite the group as an influence include Tyler, the Creator,[85][130] Chance the Rapper,[131] Pharrell Williams,[85] Anderson .Paak,[132] SZA,[133] Kamaal Williams,[134] and Calvin Harris,[135] who had also remixed the group's material.[136]


Awards and nominations

Discography
  • Emergency on Planet Earth (1993)
  • The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994)
  • Travelling Without Moving (1996)
  • Synkronized (1999)
  • A Funk Odyssey (2001)
  • Dynamite (2005)
  • Rock Dust Light Star (2010)
  • Automaton (2017)

Members
Current members
  • Jay Kay – lead vocals (1992–present)
  • Derrick McKenzie – drums (1994–present[21])
  • Sola Akingbola – percussion
  • Rob Harris – guitar
  • Matt Johnson – keyboards
  • Paul Turner – bass
  • Nate Williams – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals (2017–present)[137]
Former members
  • Gary Barnacle – saxophone, flute[10]
  • Simon Bartholomew – guitar[10]
  • Wallis Buchanan – didgeridoo (1992–2000)
  • Gavin Dodds[138]
  • D-Zire – DJ[10]
  • Richard Edwards – trombone[10]
  • Nick Fyffe – bass
  • Nick Van Gelder – drums (1992–1993)[21]
  • Kofi Karikari – percussion[10]
  • Simon Katz – guitar[139]
  • Andrew Levy – bass (1992)
  • Glenn Nightengale – guitar[10]
  • Maurizio Ravalico – percussion[10]
  • Toby Smith – keyboards (1992–2002; died 2017[55])
  • John Thirkell – trumpet, flugelhorn[10]
  • Stuart Zender – bass (1993-1998)

See also
  • List of number one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US dance chart
  • List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

Notes
  1. The Brand New Heavies denied rumours that Kay was rejected in an audition to become a singer for their band.[7]
  2. The album cover recreates the Ferrari logo with the band's "Buffalo Man" logo.[1]
  3. Kay himself stated, recounting his experiences with a record label, that he "will only put out an album now when I am inspired to do so."[98]

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