Tag: progressive soul
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Find My Way single – Aurora Dee Raynes
Uptempo tablas meet meticulous choreography on this one-take video from a soulful London duo Unfinished Sympathy placed Bristol’s Massive Attack on the map not only because it was a sensational song but on account of its clever one-take video. Aurora Dee Raynes no doubt hope their one-take promo for Find My Way does the same […]
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How I Communicate album – Lay-Far
The likes of Mark De Clive-Lowe and Phil Asher appear on the Russian DJ’s LP of soulful house, disco and a little broken beat One of 2013’s most pleasant surprises was the album So Many Ways by Lay-Far. It was unexpected because the Russian DJ was little-known and yet he had produced one of the […]
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Come Close (rework) single by Ego Ella May and Mini-D – free music download
London-based Ego Ella May – who describes herself as “a self-taught guitarist, part-time beatmaker and occasional poet” – has teamed up with producer Mini-D to rework Come Close, 2002’s merry hip-hop jam by Common and Mary J. Blige. But you’d hardly recognised any trace of the original song from this version. It’s so twisted… in […]
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Yellow Memories album – Fatima
Listen to Yellow Memories, Fatima’s debut album that spans soul, jazz and electronica Fatima is the archetypal world citizen. Born to Swedish and Senegalese parents, she grew up in Södermalm, moved to London in her early twenties and is currently residing in New York. And that penchant for variety is reflected in a strong debut […]
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Beacons EP – Werkha
The rhythmic electronica of the Beacons EP is a terrific follow-up to Werkha’s appearance on a Gilles Peterson album Werkha is DJ/producer Tom A Leah. Although he was born in Manchester in north-west England, he spent much of his childhood further north in rural Cumbria where, as he recalls, you needed to “find ways to […]
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Do You? EP – Reginald Omas Mamode IV
A South London-based producer who appeared on a Gilles Peterson compilation releases a soulful debut EP full of chunky beats and muted vocals Following a memorable appearance on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Bubblers Ten earlier this year, the awesomely named Reginald Omas Mamode IV has released the EP Do You? on East London record label Five […]
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So Many Ways album preview – Lay-Far
A new jazzy, soulful house album by a busy Russian producer turns out to be one of the best of 2013 While this year has been chock-full of great singles, decent albums have been in short supply – and the best have sprung from where you’d least expect them. Feel Good, by Los Angeles-based duo […]
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Memory Flux EP video – Lost Midas – free music download
To mark the release of his debut EP for the Tru Thoughts label, watch the Love Undone video and download a track by LA-based producer Lost Midas The handsome chap in the video is Jason Trikakis, aka Lost Midas, a new signing to UK label Tru Thoughts. The LA-based producer has been involved in the […]
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Standing In The Light single by Mez feat. Jonny Sass – free music download
Download this free progressive soul track Standing In The Light by the mysterious Austrian producer Mez and singer Jonny Sass Blue Note pianist Robert Glasper has a knack of inspiring his non-jazzy peers to make great music. Dela’s Robert Glasper Beat Tape was among the best free releases of 2010 and this free single, by […]
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Leaving This Planet EP preview – Mark de Clive-Lowe
Previewing a soulful, jazzy EP from antipodean keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe In anticipation of Mark de Clive-Lowe‘s forthcoming album, Renegades, the antipodean keyboardist is releasing the EP Leaving This Planet on Bandcamp. The EP includes vocals from long-time de Clive-Lowe collaborator Bêmbè Sêguè and Sharlene Hector from UK dance outfit Basement Jaxx. Dego from 4hero […]