Tag: progressive soul
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I Know You single – Deborah Jordan – free music download
Fans of early Patrice Rushen will love this free track by UK songstress Deborah Jordan To celebrate the release of Deborah Jordan’s second album, What You See, here’s I Know You. It’s a free track that couldn’t be included on her new release because of issues surrounding sample clearance. Fans familiar with early Patrice Rushen […]
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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 […]
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The Light album review – Deborah Jordan
If Janet Jackson had been born in England, she might have wound up sounding like Jordan. There’s a delicate quality to Jordan’s voice that brings to mind the wardrobe-malfunctioning starlet. Those similarities were never apparent when Jordan sang with broken beaters Silhouette Brown, but on this debut album the parallels are apt. The Light is […]
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R.U.E.D.Y. album review – Flowriders
Vincent Helbers, the Dutch dude behind the Flowriders, appears intent on sabotaging his career. Take, for instance, his moniker. Flowriders sounds more like a lavatory cleaner than a cutting-edge band — it’s hardly memorable. R.U.E.D.Y.‘s opening interlude, The Story Part I, doesn’t help his cause, either. It’s a dated slice of Acid Jazz that’s followed […]
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The Politik album review – Bêmbè Sêguè & Mark de Clive-Lowe
You might not have heard any debates or seen any rallies, but you’ll no doubt be already familiar with The Politik. For years, keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe and songstress Bêmbè Sêguè have elected to campaign on a soulful broken-beat ticket. With this in mind, you’d expect their musical manifesto to be awash with choppy, skewed […]