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Fruit Distro Collective
JUST.LIFE.
Records We Release Records - Cat No: RWR02LP
- updated:2026-05-13
From Records We Release Records — the label behind the PIRY REIS reissue and Simon Herody's "Hard Lounge," which won fans with its airport-music, ambient-jazz-leaning sound — comes an album by Fruit Distro Collective, the project of label head Boris van der Hoff of the Netherlands and bassist Tristan Coco.
Track List
JUST. LIFE. is FDC's second endeavour after their 2022 debut 'Some Kind Of Wisdom'. The A-side draws inspiration from everyday life. Things that are often overlooked. Birds whistling. Just being somewhere spending time together. Whereas the first 4 tracks open up a can of playful jazz the B-side explores more heavy conceptualizations. Birth and love for a child & the passing of a friend. Life and death. The cyclicity of it all.
Fruit Distro Collective is a project by long-time friends Boris van der Hoff & Tristan Coco. Raised on boombap beats, schooled through Jazz composition and inspired by Afro & Latin styles. Pour some reel-to-reel tape sauce over it et voilá.
Fruit Distro Collective is a project by long-time friends Boris van der Hoff & Tristan Coco. Raised on boombap beats, schooled through Jazz composition and inspired by Afro & Latin styles. Pour some reel-to-reel tape sauce over it et voilá.
The follow-up to 2022's "Some Kind Of Wisdom," which was a co-release with Dopeness Galore. Built around the duo's multi-instrumental playing, with piano and bass at the core, plus contributions from guest musicians. The pair apparently came up on boom-bap beat music, and here they filter Afro, Latin and jazz composition through reel-to-reel mix work for a jazz groove. A real slow burner — very good. (Original Japanese text by Saito)