Rick Wilhite unleashes debut album, Analog Aquarium

Detroit’s Rick Wilhite – for so long an underrated force but now thriving in his time in the sun – will release his debut album, entitled Analog Aquarium, this March.

Despite a questionable choice of artwork, it’s safe to assume the musical content of the 10-track release will maintain the sublime standard the former record shop owner has set for himself throughout a stellar career.

Although he has never been as lauded as his 3 Chairs cohorts Theo Parrish and Kenny Dixon Jr (partly due to a comparative paucity in solo work), Wilhite is nonetheless an important piece in the Detroit electronic music puzzle, thanks to both his productions and his work as a record buyer and dealer at Vibes New and Rare Music. In 2010 a series of releases on Rush Hour effectively thrust him into the limelight.

Analog Aquarium will see release on Jerrome Derradji’s Chicago-based Still Music imprint, boasting collaborations with the likes of Osunlade, Theo Parrish and Billy Love – and that’s just on the epic eight minute long opening track (an ode to the Jackson 5’s “Blame It On The Boogie”).

Elsewhere Malik ‘Marcellus’ Pittman lends a hand with production duties on “Dark Walking”, with the aforementioned Love turning up again on “In The Rain”.

The album will hit the shelves on March 21 – check out the artwork and tracklisting below.

Tracklisting:

1. Blame It On The Boogie
2. Dark Walking
3. Muzic Gonna Save The World Pt.1
4.SunshinePt.2
5. City Bar Dancing (Basement Mix)
6. Deep Horizons
7. In The Rain
8. Cosmic Jungle
9. Cosmic Soup
10. Muzic Gonna Save The World Pt.2

Top pic credit: Matt Cohen for Resident Advisor