A first taste of Charles Petersohn’s forthcoming ‘Children Of Zu Zu EP’, coming mid March 2025, title track ‘Children Of Zu Zu’ is a mellow, smoothly floating deep house tune with an organic afro touch. It features the voices of the People of Tala’aga (Samoa) and Rhodes pads by Roberto Di Gioia.
‘Children Of Zu Zu‘ is Charles Petersohn‘s restart after his previous label release from 18 years ago, besides some experiments on Bandcamp and SoundCloud. On this EP, different sounds merge into each other, creating an organic flow. Smooth deep house, different kinds of jazz and jazznotjazz, african rhythms, Brasil batucada, psychedelic funk poetry, inspired by Dr. John and most of all the space music and afrofuturist philosophy of Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Soundscapes and atmos in the background of each song give the music a deeper feel.
“There was the desire of having Web Web pianist Roberto Di Gioia in the music, which took months. But it was worth waiting. Roberto planted some magic moments into it. On the other hand, Charles is hyper critic with his own sound. If jumping back into the arena, it should be something special. When he is okay with every inch of his sonic work, then it’s done! ‘Children Of Zu Zu‘ became a collage of thick, warm and smooth house music, spacy ambient jazz and two dancefloor tools with a deep Afro and Brasil feel.”
Listen to Children of ‘Zu Zu’ here
Press release courtesy of Only Good Stuff
