London-based producers Analog Jones and Guynamite are releasing their debut album as Twin Cities on April 3rd, and it’s called Brand New World. The future soul record features vocalists including Kia Bennett, Shea Soul, Lena Cullen, and D.ablo. Check out the sound samples below…
Coming soon on Daz-I-Kue’s I-Kue Recordings imprint is this track by Madam CJ called “Smell Yourself.” This mix is a soulful house version of the song, and it’s produced by Daz-I-Kue himself.
John Collins will be releasing a new Deep House EP on Vision Collective this February; it’s called the Introspective EP. Here’s the release:
‘The Introspective EP’ by John Collins features four new house/deep house tracks. ‘Roll With You’ is a piano driven dance floor track with a powerful female vocal sample and rhythmic bass with a big nod to the early 90′s. ‘Freestlyin’ is a true deep house track with subtle atmospheric keys and strings, ideal for those late night lounge and after party sessions. ‘Alone’ takes you further into a deep groove with a heavy bass line and clever spoken vocal sample and sax. The final track on the EP ‘Deep Inside (Raw Mix)’ is a darker, raw affair with solid grooves and tones
Some breaks and NuFunk for you: out now on BBP Recordings is the One of Those Days EP by BadboE. Here’s the release:
BBP Recordings is very proud to welcome back a true legend in the evergrowing Nu-Funk scene. BadboE is ready to drop the first single from his long anticipated second album. He has teamed up with 2 heavyweighters of bassdriven Ghetto Funk: Pimpsoul from the UK and Bryx, who is killing dancefloors in Canada at the moment. UK-based MC Coppa is delivering the vocal contribution to the reggae dub grooves on the A-side title track One of Those Days. After the success of the first BadboE album Break The Funk from 2009 and remix album Break The Funk Remixed from 2010, he’s kept himself busy remixing and releasing tracks on various labels worldwide. The always spot-on pumpin’ beats and crafty sample chop-ups has earned BadboE a lot of respect in the funky breaks scene, and with this EP he is ready to take it a step further with the radio friendly One Of Those Days and the bangin’ b-boy funk jam Make It Happened on the flip-side. Final track is a collaboration with Basement Freaks.
Last year Truth & Soul released an Afrobeat compilation called African Music Today, which was curated by collector and Soul Fire founder, Phillip Lehman. The label has just released a new picture sleeve 45 featuring four songs from the album, and this song, called “King Masaru,” comes from that record. The track is by Ethiopian big band Zafari.
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The second song on side A, “Movement No.1,” is by the group Friends of The Family. Side B is a Mulatu inspired song by the group, The Original Brothers. The second song on side B is another track by Friends of Family which includes a Kalimbo solo over a heavy drum break.
You can purchase the African Music Today 45 EP from Truth & Soul right here.
