latin freestyle was a dizzying, passionate, ultra-modern music. it was the aural equivalent of a can of thirst-quenching quatro or a spanish harlem dance-off, and it became the electronically constructed bridge between disco and house.
rich in ancestral flows, between ghana and europe, powered by deep, conga led rhythms and seductive warm horn riffs come jembaa groove, whose new album and newly rendered sound, reminds us that jazz, in its contemporary, soulful form is not just a london ting.
in with the old & out with the new.. for the second 7” on berends records, miss beulah joins the hippo brothers for don’t turn away. the b-side features the instrumental grab your hat.
yes yes funky people, here is a new and fresh release from the amazing betty black, after her first two releases -cry me a river - & sweet dreams, on skyline recordings, we now have the honour of releasing betty s original material - the pandora s box has now been opened and its full of treasure. sassy, funky and delivered with the incredibly sultry but snappy voice of betty. a vocalist of legends, not to be missed.
with her debut “my shadow was a nun”, maj rachel creates anamalgam of soul, musique concrete, sound design experiments and classical. coloured vinyl release.
feeling like the first shot of sunshine after a long winter, cousin kula sound instantly recognisable yet gloriously renewed on their second album “vitamin d”.
chicago’s very own works his magic on 4 more classic funk/soul jams: stevie wonder’s “as if you read my mind” and t-connection’s “do what you wanna do” b/w eddie kendricks “girl you need a change of mind” (with a little grace jones) and mothers finest “can’t fight your feelings”. another winner!
harris coverversion von i got my mojo working , unterstützt von sonny rhodes gruppe the daylighters, wurde bei der no way out-session aufgenommen und blieb unveröffentlicht, bis ace sie 1997 auf the domino records story veröffentlichte. mit der b-seite no way out .