Tag: Omar
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Love in Beats album – Omar
The eighth studio album by the ever-dependable singer spans soul, zouk and a touch of jazz There are only a few artists whose fans will buy their work without listening to it — Kaidi Tatham, Dego, Jill Scott… and Omar. Over the years the quality of the UK singer’s output has been consistently high. On […]
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I Want It To Be EP – Omar
UK singer-songwriter Omar releases a trio of mellow neo soul tunes just in time for summer For many the perfect soundtrack to summer is some velvety neo soul from Omar Lye-Fook, so it’s apt that this July the UK singer-songwriter releases his I Want It To Be EP. Its three tracks are taken from his […]
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Simplify (Rootickal Re Twist) – Omar
Shimmy up to a loved one and gyrate to some rootsy melodies from the king of British neo soul This two-track release from Omar, the king of British neo soul, features something old and something new(ish). The new(ish) is a reggae reworking of Simplify by DJ and MC Scratch Professer. This opening track from Omar’s […]
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Dancing (K15 Remix) by Omar – free music download
Dancing, K15’s free broken-beat remix of Omar’s 2011 track with Zed Bias, shows just how versatile the London-based producer is London-based artist K15 teamed up with fellow capital resident Emeson to produce Flying, one of the best singles of 2014. That same year, K15 also released his Insecurities EP, which spawned such club hits as […]
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Beyond (Revisited) single – EVM128 feat. Omar
Listen to Beyond (Revisited), a soulful slab of mid-tempo funk by London-based DJ EVM128 and Omar UK neo-soulster Omar provides his distinctive vocals on this smooth slab of mid-tempo funk from London-based DJ EVM128. Fellow DJs Gilles Peterson and Ross Allen have already been singing EVM128’s praises and, if Beyond (Revisited) is anything to go […]
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Simpatico single – DJ Fudge & Hallex M feat. Omar
UK soulman Omar lends his vocals to DJ Fudge & Hallex M’s new track Simpatico. The soulful house tune is released on Yoruba Records, the label of head house honcho Osunlade. As can be seen in the video above, Simpatico is so summery it should come with its own supply of sunscreen. Six other mixes […]
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The Man album preview – Omar
The UK’s newly honoured Omar – Omar Lye-Foo MBE, to you – releases his first album in almost seven years This is Omar’s first album since 2006’s Sing (If You Want It) and if you liked that recording, you’ll be swaying your derrière to this one too. Amid his familiar brand of UK-centric neo soul […]
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Song For The Open Road video – Kairos 4tet and Omar
Websites Kairos 4tet Naim Jazz What an unlikely pairing – big-haired saxophonist Adam Waldmann with über-chilled soulman Omar. Rumour has it they met at the 2011’s MOBO Awards, where Waldmann was collecting the gong for Best Jazz Act. Two years later we have Song For The Open Road, a track that’s a foretaste to Everything […]
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2Bad single – Lyrickal – free music download
If you like Omar, you’ll love this free two-stepper from London soul man Lyrickal “Doom da da dah dah da-da daah doom, doom da da dah dah da-da daah doom” — that, if you’re unsure, is a rather poor attempt at rekindling memories from the summer of 1990 when Omar (Lye-Fook)’s There’s Nothing Like This wafted from […]
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Renegades album review – Mark de Clive-Lowe
de Clive-Lowe has made a few tweaks in his life that may have influenced the sound of his ninth album. Having recently moved from London to Los Angeles, Renegades gestated in the City of Angels. That may account for the high-profile personnel, which includes Prince percussionist Sheila E and arranger extraordinaire Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. de Clive-Lowe […]