Atlantic
· Geographic. The Atlantic Ocean as cultural conduit — the body of water across which African,
European, and American musical traditions have traveled, collided, and recombined for five centuries. The Atlantic
is not merely geography; it is the medium through which the most consequential musical exchanges in recorded
history have occurred.
Breeze
· Meteorological. A light, steady wind — not a gale, not a storm, but a consistent, moderate movement
of air that carries things across distance without violence. In musical terms, the quality of effortless,
unhurried forward motion that conceals the technical sophistication required to produce it.
The Atlantic Breeze
adj. Of or pertaining to a musical quality — particularly in soul, R&B, and their Atlantic
Records-era production lineage — characterized by effortless-seeming forward momentum, warm production values,
and the sense of geographic and cultural distance gracefully traversed.
n.(an The Atlantic Breeze) (an Atlantic Breeze) The specific quality of warmth,
polish, and apparently effortless swing that characterizes the Atlantic Records production aesthetic of the
1960s and 70s — a sound that sounds easy and is not.