Valtteri Laurell - Visions of Dilla KATIE GAVIN (MUNA) Cartoon Darkness is driving head

Cartoon Darkness is driving head first into the unknown

earning them a Grammy Award back in 1989

2025 via RCA Records

Record Store Day 2025 release

Valtteri Laurell - Visions of Dilla KATIE GAVIN (MUNA) Cartoon Darkness is driving headFinnish jazz producer Valtteri Laurell reworks some of J Dillas most iconic beats into adventurous big band versions. With drummer producer Teddy Rok (Teppo Mkynen of Five Corners Quintet, Stance Bros. etc.), flutist extraordinaire Elena Pinderhughes and Laurells own 17 piece Ricky Tick Big Band, he creates a big band album that you never thought you would hear. Using the sparse and visionary beats of J Dilla as a starting point, Laurell has composed