Album Notes

Green Streets came together over several years of collaborations and experimentations between Mike Genato from Central Jersey & Katy Walker from Red Hook, Brooklyn. Veteran record producer, Mike Genato, (Mathematics, Peter Hadar) and music composer for tv and film (www.mikegenato.com) has been releasing/licensing music for over 10 years and Katy has been DJing for equally as long. She is also involved in a project called My M.O. in which she sings, writes and records songs with guitarists and vocalists.

One of the singer/song-writers featured on the project is Yadira Brown who wrote & performed “Sweet Relief ”. Yadira is an Austin-based artist whose music mixes electronic production with the singer’s warm, powerful voice and passionate lyrics to produce a unique, mature sound that stands completely on its own. In the past she appeared on the Living Legends (the Grouch) and Bus Drivers albums. Vocalist Dee Teague performed “Free like Me” on the album which has been popular among DJs. Singer/song-writer, Irene Merring sang and arranged the powerful album opener, “Time Will Tell” with lyrics written by Katy Walker. Jazz trumphet player, Fabio Morgera is also featured on the upbeat song "Latin vs. Jazz".

The inspiration for this album varies from Radiohead to Berlin artist, Apparat, Portishead, dub and soul music, film soundtracks and old-school production techniques. The music is hard to define because each song has elements of dub hip-hop, R&B, rock, soul, funk, and even jazz. Some of the songs use loops and samples but the initial ideas started by sitting down at a keyboard and discovering an interesting chord progression.