In November, Gemini Soul spent three days at Sea Ranch on the Northern California coast recording the new double CD Dark Skin Babies : The Movement (to be released January 20, 2009). We set up our equipment in the second story living room with windows looking out at a meadow and the Pacific Ocean — the ideal creative environment. The songs were all improvised based on themes and patterns composed by bass player Ajamu Akinyele.

The album is a mind-blowing mixture of experimental jazz funk-fusion, musically influenced by the 70s jazz fusion explosion and inspired by artists such as Herbie Hancock, Return To Forever, MeShell Ndegeocello and Parliament-Funkadelic. The short video documentary below captures the making of the album.