
Jesse Rae sees himself as the veteran, Renaissance man of Scottish culture – musician, film maker, video producer and politician. Amongst his best known recordings is his album ‘The Thistle’ from 1987. It was later reissued with the original ten tracks alongside 12 previously unreleased remixes and 4 cuts that had never been on CD before.
Investigation revealed an eclectic, idiosyncratic take on funk – but with a definite Caledonian twist! (You may know that in the 1970s Rae was working in the USA and came into contact with Roger Troutman, Bernie Worrell and Michael Hampton of the Funkadelic/Parliament axis. That partly explains his unique music!)
If you have liberal ears you may want to check out our man’s new single, ‘Almost Ma Sel Again’. Yes, there’s a definite whiff of Funkadelic/Parliament about this… but then again! Jesse says that the track (which references all kinds of things and people including William Wallace) “welcomes you to the Caledonian Wormhole” . Now you know! Out now. Intriguing and hypnotic!