Episode 62: Iman Omari on J*DaVeY’s “The Beauty in Distortion” (2008)

Episode notes

The Album: J*DaVeY The Beauty in Distortion (2008)

Heat Rocks co-host Morgan Rhodes is a huge fan of J*Davey and a huge fan of Iman Omari. Naturally she was beyond thrilled when Iman accepted an invitation to come on Heat Rocks and chose J*Davey’s 2008 brilliant debut album “The Beauty In Distortion” to discuss.

J*Davey’s breakout project was one of the jewels in LA’s emerging future soul scene a decade ago. Their sound, a fusion of soul, synth, funk and pop gained a million fans and caught the ear of tastemakers everywhere.

This album had a profound influence on his production choices pushing him in the direction of avant-garde soul.

More on Iman Omari

• Iman Omari Loses Love to ‘Another’ (Soul Bounce)
• Meet MusiKXian Iman OmarI
• Instagram | Twitter

More on The Beauty in Distortion

• J*Davey Talks LA Style (XLR8R)
• J*DaVeY: the beauty in distortion! Promo”
• J*Davey’s Wikipedia Entry

Show Tracklisting (all songs from The Beauty in Distortion unless indicated otherwise):

• Division of Joy
• Everybody Touch It
• Iman Omari: Midnight
• Mr. Mister (Future Screw Remix)
• Cowboys and Indians
• Finer Things
• Private Parts
• Might as Well
• Everybody Touch It
• Kim Burrell: Prayer Changes Things
• Kim Burrell: Holy Ghost
• Private Parts
• Cowboys and Indians
• Division of Joy
• Everybody Touch It
• Private Parts
• Finer Things
• No More
• Enterception
• Camera (Gangsta)

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there.
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