Author: Phat Phil

The Blaxploited Orchestra – Until The Day

If Barry White was producing now I imagine he would be laying down soul soaked beats like this… Honey coated vocals lazily coax the listener to the floor, the track oozes with slow and sensual vibes… The term SEXY has been lost on the dance floor for quite some time but this brings it back in bundles. Produced by Spaniard Simon Garcia, and taken from a 4 track EP on the Compost Disco imprint this is the stand out track. Tried, tested and in the box for quite some time to come.

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Yosi Horikawa – Bump

The Japanese RBMA attendee marries beats and jazz and sonic shaping skills to turn out a full length album on UKs First Word records. ‘Bump’, which is the 2nd track on the album, mashes up tribal chanting, a shuffling groove and a more for the floor rhythm. Slow and low that is the tempo! Grab his album, Vapor HERE

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Jaytram – Living Ways (Demo)

Taken from the Version Tapes Volume 1 (purchase) which is a collection of unreleased track from artists such as Jaytram, Haledo Negro, Creatin Creatures and Jib. The key cut is this low key, soul vibed track that is underpinned by a chugging rhodes laced track. Jaytram aka Jason Trammell writes, produces and performs on this track, his voice is haunting, powerful and tender at the same time, I have had this on loop play for sometime, it is so addictive…

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Myron & E – If I Gave You My Love

More retro sounding perfection… Sweet soul jams from Myron and E hark back to a forgotten era of harmonising, dapper chaps crooning those sweet soul ballads. Supported by The Soul Investigators, If I Gave You My Love, once heard, will be in your head for days, check the chorus, its got summer hummer written all over it!… This has been getting props from all the key players and plenty of air time from UKs Gilles Peterson on his BBC6 radio show. Stones Throw once again coming up with the goods and showing us that there is still a love of this authentic sounding Soul sound… Grab it HERE

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The Gene Dudley Group – When The Gorilla Get Grip

Old sounding, new music from 27 year old UK artist Gene Dudley playing most of the instrumentation on each track… Inspiring funk and soul flavours steeped in the same vat as the likes of the Dap Kings et al… This work out is a horn fuelled mid tempo excursion that will lead you to the dancefloor each and every time it is dropped… Taken from the Saturday Shifting (preorder) album on WahWah45

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Eric Lau – Lily of the Desert feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow

The coupling of Eric Lau and Georgia Anne Muldrow is a match made in heaven as witnessed on the 2011 Eric Lau & Dudley Perkins – Yet & Still (Ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow & Rahel), this workout seems to sing more sweetly though in my opinion. If you are familiar with the vocal talents of Georgia and her associations with the likes of Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper, Mos Def, Bilal, Wajeed, Sa-Ra etc you will certainly feel this. Eric Lau allows Georgia to really flex her soulstress self. Lau keeps it smooth with a slightly wonky beat feel to it with those dragging drums and quirky rhodes, and Muldrow goes for a wonderful vocal workout and this combination creates a sophisticated Neo soul turnout. Taken from “One of Many” by Eric Lau, which is out now.
Stream the album HERE and grab it HERE or HERE

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Typesun – Last Home (DJ Nature Remix)

Bristol, UK based musical business gets remixed by another Bristolian now based in the melting pot that is NYC…
Just as House music seems to be disappearing up the arse of EDM, a track arrives that reinstalls all the proper musical sensibilities that should be present when constructing a piece of music, and this is certainly a piece of music not just a maxed out waveform of noise!
Lush strings and heart beat tempo percussion build to create this warm, organic House track. Reminiscent of a 4hero or Faze Action production from times gone this track will have the nudeep house kids screaming for more… Typesun is pushing all the right buttons at the moment as anyone who has heard his track, The PL will testify… And with DJ Nature on the remix tip, this can only go one way… REAL music for real music lovers.

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