Step back as Genesis Owusu makes his thunderous return to the Like A Version studio with his take on The Rolling Stones’ 1966 hit, ‘Paint It, Black’.
The Ghanaian-Australian artist intended on transforming the Indian-influenced rock track into a smooth funk bop, but, as all Genesis Owusu jams tend to go, it turned out with a hard and fast tilt to it.
“I kind of wanted to hit it on the nose and paint it Black,” Genesis said.
“Like, I wanted to add the funk in, the basslines, the gospel and the keys, the soul and the backing vocals, the hip-hop. Really accentuating where the foundation of these sonics came from.
“Initially it started at a deep funk, Bootsy Collins, Funkadelic-style jam. But in true Genesis Owusu fashion, we all started screaming and jumping and playing our instruments really loud.”
Flanked by an all-star band including Touch Sensitive on bass, Kye on backing vocals and Harts absolutely shredding on guitar, Genesis still managed to create space to break the track down to its bones to build it back up in his funk-fusion realm.
Words by Courtney Fry
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