The Lab is closing its doors for a few days, for a much needed vacation. Updates will resume in about a week.

If you’re looking for the interview with Simon Harrison after hearing about it on the Basic Soul show, it’s right here: http://leisurelab.com/2009/01/20/interview-with-simon-harrison/

The video is also available in iTunes.

From Tru Thoughts Recordings comes this future soul freebie by Milez Benjiman called "Hold Your Head High." It’s taken from the Feel Glorious album.

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Remember when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was suing consumers (i.e., its customers) for stealing music?  If you thought their purpose was to retrieve money owed to the artists, you may have been misinformed.  In fact recent efforts from the RIAA suggest they want to take money away from artists…

We’re working on a couple new developments here at the Lab that we’re pretty excited about. One of those is the addition of artist features in which we’ll profile new (and occasionally established) artists in the styles of Broken Beat, Future Soul, Nu Jazz, etc. Also on the horizon are some new interviews [...]

Kanye’s back on his blog after a bit of a hiatus…

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