Ralph Maten - Colours (2020) FLAC

With "Colors" Ralph Maten once again proves that he is not nicknamed "The Velvet Man" for nothing.

He worked on the album one year in advance: writing songs, writing lyrics, collecting ideas. Everything recorded and sung himself and also produced in his own studio. Here, your own compositions flow calmly and slightly jazzy into the mixer and like balm in your ears.

10 of the 15 titles are 100% from his own pen.
But Maten also left its own mark on the cover versions, such as "Streets of London" or "Wonderful Life". He juggles between pop, rock, jazz, blues and reggae. But his trademark is and remains: voice and piano.

The title "You’re Under My Skin", a tribute to Frank Sinatra, would have liked "Old Blue-Eyes" very well.

Just as with his last studio album "Cheers For Tears" (2018), Ralph Maten also created a beautiful duet with "Let Me Down Easy" for "Colors" together with his daughter Lea-Tamara Maten (15 years).

Maten is in top form, but the three instrumentals also blend in seamlessly and reflect the melancholy mood of the album. Here Maten has committed himself to Nils Frahm. And on his last visit to a small jazz club, he was ashamed of himself for a drunk business man who loves less music and more "seeing and being seen". Maten then created the work "The Grasshopper In The Jazz Club".

All in all a worth listening, harmonious disc, which is best enjoyed in front of the fireplace with a glass of red wine! T ext: F. Karsten / Amp-Media

Ralph Maten’s COLORS will be physically available worldwide from April 24th and of course available on all digital sales and streaming platforms