soul/funk tracks
EP: Jasmine Power – Stories & Rhymes EP
Out now is Stories & Rhymes, the debut EP from London based (via the lake district and Wales) singer songwriter Jasmine Power. Already her Jazz stylings have attracted the interest of the likes of Gilles Peterson, and on the evidence of the record, the increasing hype is totally justified. Comparisons inevitably can be drawn to …
Track: Pretty Sister – Drive
As I look out of the window here in Sheffield, right now, it’s cold. Very cold. Windy too, with a storm named after a girl coming to deliver 80mph winds. However, Zak Waters, aka Pretty Sister has laid the sunshine on so thick, I could run around in my trunks out there. Almost. You might …
New Music: Brooklyn’s Grumby release the breathtaking electronic soul of Refuse
Out on 15th September is the debut EP from Brooklyn based duo Grumb. Titled ‘Changes’, the pair have worked with a host of talented vocalists on the EP, including Lindsay Lowend, Hollywood Anderson, Heavy Mellow, Abbi Press, Tristan Chase and Cautious Clay. Ahead of its release, the duo have released a preview in the shape …
Track: London duo Fine Print release new single, Can’t Lie
East London duo Fine Print have announced the release of their debut self-titled EP on August 28th via B3SCI Records. Starting out making music with the intention to blend underground electronic music with the classic old-school pop song format. About You was the first glimpse of the EP, and it was soon picked up by …
Track: Slime – Hot Dog, plus album news
Multi instrumentalist Will Archer is preparing to release his debut album, Company, under his Slime nom-de-plume. The Newcastle born multi-instrumentalist and producer recorded the record over two years, it was eventually realised when Archer went to a rabbit warren of a studio in Hackney, where the album was whittled down from the near 400 tracks …
Track: Quantic – Creation (East L.A.) plus album news
We’ve long had a thing for Quantic, aka British born producer Will Holland. He moved through so many areas of electronic music during his years, and has spent the last handful of years studying and immersing himself in the music of South America, Africa and the Caribbean, producing a handful of brilliant (and often collaborative …
Track: Willis Earl Beal releases the hazy beauty of Flying So Low
“People had all these ideas about what I was supposed to be,” he says. “I had only ever wanted to make lullabies.” So says Willis Earl Beal, a man who has experienced much in his life, from homelessness, to serious illness that led to him being discharged from the US Army, to recording homemade records …
Track: Victory Jones – Warriors
Warriors, the debut single from New York City’s Victory Jones, is (at least according to her) “…a song about overcoming insecurities, standing for what one believes in, having pure intentions and following one’s path no matter what… it’s about no dream being deferred if one just makes the decision to do it. It’s about courage, …
Track: Astronomyy releases the quietly beautiful ‘Swim Deeper’
Young Worcestershire producer Astronomyy blew up a storm with his debut EP, There For U, which was released on his own Lunar Surf label. He’d already built up something of a buzz by posting a series of tracks online, picking up over a million plays on his Soundcloud page. His new track, Swim Deeper is …
See: Roses Gabor releases video for Rush
Roses Gabor signalled her arriveal as one of the most striking and exciting voices in Britain with her 2012 single ‘Stars’. It followed on previous collaborations with Gorillaz and SBTRKT amongst others, and led to much fauning from the likes of Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens. Now she’s back with a new single, Rush, which …