There’s nothing like it when it comes to UK Soul legend Omar and if you listened to the latest Gilles Peterson show you’ll know that Omar’s latest album is monster when droppin’ names like Estelle, Angie Stone and Stevie Wonder!
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The long awaited return of the purveyors of beats and soul, Modest, Fabulous & deBore (aka Belleruche) and they’re got 270 Stories to tell on their latest album that’s out on the wonderful Tru-Thoughts label.
Fans of Tru-Thoughts with instantly recgonise Shapes 09:01 as a Robert Luis labour of love with the massive 29 track double CD showcasing all what’s best about the label and its wide range of artists.
Now, when I bumped into Gilles Peterson last week (prepare yourselves for his new haircut), I suggested the winner of album of the year. Like the old sage he is he replied, “We’ll see”. Now, was he thinking of Raphael Saadiq’s album that he was raving about last week? Well, I’m now thinking it’s another one of his favourite artists, Emanative’s debut Space!
The new single released is out on 9th April 2009 and finds the Solar Apple Quarktette more further out than usual with an Australian female in Soho after dark!
If you’re going to see Bonobo’s DJ set in Brighton tonight, watch out for members of the band that played at Koko to be in the audience as Audio is the place to be and to celebrate two new releases, the live DVD and a special 10″ remix that are both due out on Monday.
Continue reading Bonobo – Live At Koko (DVD) / Between The Lines (Remix)
Alice Russell has been underground for so long you being to wonder whether she’ll ever find her pot of golden recognition at the end of the musical rainbow; lets hope Pot Of Gold finally does it for her at it’s her best yet!
This is the fourth helping from the Supperclub from their ‘nine sins’ menu. Compiled and mixed by Supperclub’s own DJ Alan Luna with artwork by Krijn van Noordwijk, you can guarantee the 2CD set is a something your friends will be jealous of you having it.
Continue reading V/A – Supperclub: Jealousy (Compiled by Alan Luna)
With ‘Anything You Want (Not That)’ as a former iTunes ‘Single Of The Week’ and the album launch at the Vibe Bar last week, it’s about time week caught up with The Express.
Tru Thoughts and T.M Juke have a long history together so if anyone else said Boto And The Second Liners was a good title for an album, you might question it; don’t let it put you off as this is packed with funk, samba and soul; you’ve got it, another top Tru Thoughts album.
Continue reading TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio – Boto And The Second Liners
Stuff Tom Jones and Charlotte Church, this is 100% Welsh music and true contemporary soul, perfect for the summer. ‘Beautiful’ is a top quality independently released single to compliment blue skies or combat grey clouds.
Compiled by Tru Thoughts head honcho, Rob Luis, the CD opens marvellously with Alice Russell’s ‘Hurry on Now’ given a reggae lay-down by Boub
Continue reading V/A – Shapes 07:01 ‘All New Amazing Sounds’
