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A bumping little number from Belleruche -- a cut that echoes some of the 60s soul elements that have been showing up on recent Tru Thoughts releases! "Anything You Want" is mighty catchy, and mixes a stepping keyboard line over beats -- all to set the stage for straight female soul... read more

Spacey club soul and cosmic hip hop soundscapes from Brenk -- in the timeless mode of Platinum Pied Pipers! The funky little intro "Orbit Bus" rolls into the main track "Ole Woman" -- with a chunky beat under some really rich keyboard atmosphere, and spacey vocoder vocals... read more

Whoa! Stones Throw may have signed up modern electro funk torchbearer Dam Funk in the late 00s -- but he's been at it for years -- and here's a couple thumping numbers from the end late 80s & early 90s from the Dam Funk personal archives! "It's My Life" is the earlier track --... read more

Great drums make for a mellow beats feel on "Zeitleiden" -- a cut that's a lot more soulful than you might guess from its German title! And sure, the lyrics aren't in English -- but everything else drips with American-styled soul -- a key cut from this wonderful new act on the Melting... read more

Mellow beats with a nice touch of soul! "I'm Still Waiting" has some great vocals drifting along over the rhythms -- deeper soul than usual for Melting Pot, with almost a Minnie Riperton sort of range -- a feel that's repeated on "Fall In Love", which has an equally great... read more

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Timo Lassy and Jose James -- a really wonderful pairing, and some music that's a bit different than work we've heard from either artist on their own! James' vocals are as great as always, but they're set up here with a lively modal jazz groove -- which really unlocks a whole new quality in his... read more

Nothing "lil" about Dave's sound here -- as the single's a massive groover -- of the sort you might normally expect to find in a 12" format! "Chips & Salsa" has all the Latin flavor you'd expect from its title -- a driving blend of looped piano and percussion, wrapped... read more

Warmly groovy work from Milano Jazz Dance Combo -- a great group with the same jazzy flourish you might get from work on Schema Records! "Much More" has a great sense of flow, and some great lyrics from Colonel Red -- singing with a soaring, soulful vibe that really fits the jazzy groove.... read more

Julie Tippett sounds wonderful on "Film Blues" -- singing better than we've heard in years, with that same sort of slinky quality that we love in her early recordings! The tune's a slow-stepping jazz number -- punctuated by some blue horns, and topped with Julie's great reading of the... read more

Drum heavy, bass stoked, spiraling keys flavored tunes from James Pants! Spacey electro groover James Pants is one of the busiest soundscape groovers in the game these days, and he just gets better and better. "Thin Moon" is a laser guided synth funk blasts, with thick keyboard grooves... read more

A soulful number from the lovely Lizzy Parks for the Tru Thoughts label -- who also gave us Alice Russell and Kylie Auldist! "Raise The Roof" (Parts 1 & 2) is the first solo work we've heard from Lizzy Parks, and her singing couldn't be sweeter -- and the song is a great showpiece,... read more

A sweet Latin-styled groover from Quantic -- but one with a bit of a stepping groove too -- not as much full-on funk as before, with some great space for interplay between light-lined guitar and dubby beats! The rocksteady rhythms get a bit more echoey on the flipside -- spacing out nicely like... read more

The title track to Elizabeth Shepherd's wonderful record -- served up here in two great versions! The original has tight drums and a romping groove overall -- jumping around nicely with a mix of funky rhythms and Elizabeth's great vocals. The flipside features a remake of the tune with Nostalgia... read more

Freshly funky work from Teddy Rok -- perfectly pressed up as a 45! "Pick N Roll" has a very "Tighten Up" groove in the rhythms -- wickedly tight guitar over fast-stepping drums -- very playful in its back/forth rhythms, and topped with horns! "Youth Groove" is a... read more

Two great versions of this sweetly soulful number from Ben Westbeech! The Dap Kings join Ben on side one -- bringing a classic soul vibe to the track that's really great -- a bit warmer than the Kings' own work, and almost with a Hi Records sort of sound overall! The acoustic version is pretty... read more