funk/soul tracks
Track: Thundercat – Fair Chance
Thundercat has released a new track, ‘Fair Chance’, taken from his forthcoming album ‘It is what it is’, out on Brainfeeder on April 3rd. It’s produced by Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar / TDE) and features Ty Dolla $ign and Lil B. “This song is about Mac… when he passed it shook the ground for the artist …
Track: Karate Boogaloo – Marriage for all or none at all
Marriage For All or None At All is the lead single from Melbourne, Australia instrumental funk outfit Karate Boogaloo’s album Carn The Boogers, which drops in May via College of Knowledge Records, it’s the quartets take on the Australian same sex debate that came to a head as they were writing the record and was …
Track: Tenderlonious – Hard Rain
Not so much having finger in pies, more Ed Cawthorne, aka Tenderlonious, seems to have his own pie shop right at the moment. The flautist and sax player, DJ, producer, 22a records boss, and leader of the 22archestra and Ruby Rushton jazz ensembles is about to release his new album, titled Hard Rain. He’s shared …
Track: Georgia Anne Muldrew – When the fOnk radiates
West Coast singer, songwriter and producer Georgia Anne Muldrow has announced her new album will be a collection of astral instrumentals called VWETO II, and from it she’s released a track ‘When the fOnk radiates’. Of the new album Muldrow says “vweto II is an astral funk laden mindscape. best used for long term discussions, …
Track: MNDSGN – Deviled Eggs, plus new album news
MNDSGN, aka Ringgo Ancheta, is preparing for the release of Snaxx, out on June 14th via Stones Throw. It’s the follow up to last years Snax – a self-released tape of remixes, and this time features some favourites from his hybrid live/DJs shows like the first glimspe of the record – Deviled Eggs. The track …
Track: Go! Team – All The Way Live
We here at backseat mafia are at the point where we actually cannot wait for SEMICIRCLE, the new album from Go! Team that drops on January 18th via Memphis Industries. More so now they’ve followed the frankly fantastic Semicircle Song and Mayday tracks already released from the record with an equally brilliant effort, All the …
Track: Tuxedo – 2nd Time Around
“We needed a carefree release in these fucked up times,” say Jake One, talking of the release of the second Tuxedo album – his project with Mayer Hawthorne which drops via Stones Throw on April 17th. From it the pair have released a new single, 2nd time around, and its a dayglo slab of Cali …
Track: Jamiroquai – Cloud 9, plus live/festival dates
Future funk legends Jamiroquai are back with a new album ‘Automaton’, out via Virgin EMI on March 31st. Written and self-produced by Jay Kay and keyboardist Matt Johnson, its the bands first new music in seven years and the eighth album of a stellar career. From it the band have released the first single to …
Track: Thundercat – Friend Zone
Just in time for Valentines Day, Thundercat – aka grammy award winning bassist and singer Stephen Bruner, has released a new track, Friend Zone, from his forthcoming third full-length record, Drunk, which drops via Brainfeeder on February 24th. For the 23-track track journey, Thundercat has enlisted a team of intrepid adventurers to go with him, …
Track: Smoove & Turrell – Crown Posada
If your up for a bit of Funk, Soul, Hip Hop and Jazz coming to you from the North East (UK), then step right up for the latest album from Smoove & Turrell. It’s a bumper filled, toe tapping, feel good vibe which will make your internal sun shine. It’s that funky live band sound …