Past and Present is Tavik’s way of paying homage to the musicians that may have been forgotten, but continue to inspire us today. In each installment we take music from earlier generations and compare it to the songs they influence today.
The Natural Yogurt Band are commonly referred to as a jazz duo, however simultaneously feature strong elements of funk, soul, and psychedelia. Many groups merely repeat what has been created in the past, but this UK duo has successfully given new life to genres that thrived in previous decades. Listen to their track “Pipe Dreams” off of the 2008 album Away With Melancholy, as well as Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up” off of the 1970 album Curtis!.