Leroi Conroy - A Tiger'S Tale (Blue & Pink Vinyl LP , Debut Album 11 Jul 2025)

 Format:     Blue & Pink Vinyl LP 
 
 Edition:     Debut Album, Indie Exclusive 
  
 Number of Tracks:     9 
  
   Release Date:     11 Jul - 2025   
  
   Record Label:     Colemine Records    
   
   Genre:     Funk/Soul - Funk   
   
   Country of Origin:     United Kingdom   
  
   Catalogue:     CLMN12038LPC1   
  
   EAN:     0648564356753 / B0FH2ZGNZR   
  
   Tracklisting:     1 - Shere'S Theme | 2 - Tiger Trot | 3 - Snowcat | 4 - Abiding | 5 - Jacqueline | 6 - Enter | 7 - Panthera Cry | 8 - Path Of Man | 9 - Exitus   
  
   Release Notes:     Steeped in equal parts golden age hip-hop sensibilities and lost 60s and 70s film scores, the debut LP from Leroi Conroy weighs in heavy and has been years in the making. The first two tracks from the album were released in 2017 as a 45, which were sampled in the years that followed by DJ Premier, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Macklemore, Phantogram, and more. But after its release, Terry Cole aka Leroi Conroy spent much of his time growing his indie soul label Colemine Records and producing records for others (Okonski, Parlor Greens, Wesley Bright, Black Market Brass, Kendra Morris, Rudy De Anda, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Andrew Gabbard) as opposed to his own. Now, eight years after many of the rhythm tracks were put to tape on the trusted Tascam 388, Leroi Conroy’s debut LP, A Tiger’s Tale, will be released. The album is conceptualized as a hypothetical soundtrack to an alternate telling of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. The narrative here being man’s quest to tame and bend nature to his will...and nature’s response. The album is a mix of triumphant instrumental scores alongside absolutely grim, dark, and at times dissonant moody tracks. The underlying element of hip-hop’s sample culture is obvious throughout and there’s no doubt many of these tracks will be flipped in the years to come. Sonically, the record fits right in the cut alongside many other Colemine instrumental artists: dirty lo-fi drums, blaring horns, wah guitar, Hammond organ, and plenty of cinematic sprinklings like flute, nylon guitar, and vibraphone. Drums are courtesy of Cole’s longtime collaborator Rob Houk and are truly the backbone of the record. And with a couple of features from Colemine artists Kelly Finnigan and Jimmy James, the record is truly a family affair. File under: To Be Sampled