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Soil & Pimp Sessions – Storm Video
I first about this innovative jazz collective, as many did, through Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide radio show several years ago. Now they finally have their first official US release Planet Pimp coming out on Koch Records, February 24th. Here’s the official bio from the band and below that, check the video for the first single “Storm.” […]
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Emo-Soul from Theophilus London – This Charming Mixtape
A little while ago we highlighted London’s excellent “Cold Pillow” track and now he has just dropped his “This Charming Mixtape” download. This sees London delving more into the electro/nu wave side of things. This coupled with his pleading vocal intonations, nerd-punk style, and generally dark-hued outlook require a whole other genre. Emo-soul I’m calling […]
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New Album From Tosca – No Hassle
When I was first getting into electronic music, and downtempo in particular, Tosca was definitely one of my ‘gateway drugs’. The production duo of Richard Dorfmeister (1/2 of legendary electronic duo Kruder & Dorfmeister) and Rupert Huber have released some of the best downtempo there is – eclectic, accomplished and just generally wonderful. Five albums […]
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Karma Stewart – The Karma EP
Karma Stewart is from the PPP camp and appeared on the track “On A Cloud.” Her free EP download “The Karma EP” was recently made available and it showcases her strong, distinctive personality. Her sound is not your average progessive soul vibe. It’s very edgy with strong rock influences. The EP was produced by PPP […]
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Circulations and Jay Scarlett Present New Worlds
Gotta give Jay Scarlett a big THANK YOU for this one. New Worlds is a brilliant compilation of progressive, electro nu-soul. It’s being released in Japan as of right now via HMV, presumably with a worldwide release to follow. Do what you have to in order to get your hands on this one, you will […]
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The Angel’s Top 10 Tracks of 2008
Producer/composer The Angel gives us her perspective on the best of 2008. Keep up with her at www.theangelsoundclash.com & www.myspace.com/theangelsoundclash The Angel – Top Ten Tracks of ’08 Roll Deep – Fat Mac 90 Bashy – Kidulthood to Adulthood Ghetto – What It Takes Ruste Juxx – Machine Gun Skunk (feat. Jahdan) Torae – Get […]
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Nu-Soul Mag’s Top 10 of 2008
Nu-Soul Magazine‘s eclectic picks for 2008: 1. Eric Lau – New Territories 2. The Foreign Exchange – Leave It All Behind 3. Kissey Asplund –Plethora 4. Afta-1 – Aftathoughts Vol. 1 5. Santogold –Santogold 6. Replife –The Unclosed Mind 7. Solange – Sol-Angel & the Hadley St. Dreams 8. Wayna – Higher Ground 9. Robyn […]
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Fiona Bloom’s Top 10 of 2008
International tastemaker/manager/publicist/event producer extraordinaire Fiona Bloom reflects on 2008: 1. Kameron Corvet- Korporate Rockstar 2. Maya Azucena “Get It Together” – single- download- (Purpose Records) 3. MadCon- So Dark The Con of Man– Bonnier/Sony(Norway) 4. Heston Storyteller– World Soul 5. Kissey Asplund- Plethora– R2 Records (Sweden) 6. Kuku- Absence of Cool 7. Proton- Red and […]
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Butta’s Top 10 of 2008
Soulbounce.com’s Butta gave us her top picks for the year: Reel People – Seven Ways To Wonder Little Brother – Leave It All Behind Jazzanova – Of All the Things Eric Benet – Love & Life Erik Rico – Journey Back To Me Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It Angela Johnson – A […]
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Beatlife Top 8 of 2008
I don’t usually do year-end lists, but this year I decided to go full force and not only do my own, but gather a few from some esteemed musical colleagues which will be posted separately. Beatlife Top 8 of 2008 (in no particular order) Little Dragon – Little Dragon I said no particular order, but […]
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Colin Munroe Is The Unsung Hero
Ok so when I first heard some tracks from this mixtape I thought, dope production and guest spots (Black Milk, Wale, Mickey Factz to name a few) but not so crazy about the indie-kid vocals. Sounded like some ex-emo boy trying to jump on the mixtape bandwagon courtesy of a hot producer. BUT when I […]