Forgotten Treasure: David Porter “The Masquerade is Over” (1974)
To say that David Porter‘s Victim of the Joke LP was an ambitious album is an understatement. Billed as a soul opera, the album is full of overproduced arrangements and spoken word scripted excerpts between and during songs. Most of the record is confusing and overdone, but the final track …
Forgotten Treasure: Numonics “You Lied” (1982)
I’ve always had a soft spot for Soul songs with a very senstive subject matter yet an undeniable funky melody and instrumentation. Despite the song being about heartbreak, being deceived and cheated on you’ll find yourself two stepping to this beautiful midtempo soulful tune. Not much is known about Oakland’s …
Forgotten Treasure: Limmie Funk Ltd ”Saturday Night’s The Night” (1978, Psycho)
I live in a pretty rubbish town, 22 miles outside of London, with no real record shops apart from one middle aged guy who was into collecting psych, rock, and Beatles stuff. He had a very small shop/unit where most stuff he picked up was from charity shops, carboot sales …
Future Classic: THEESatisfaction “EarthEE”
For all of the over classification of sub-sub genres, isn’t it frustrating when there is a scene out there that truly deserves a proper label but doesn’t have one. Future or Next-Level Soul? Indie, Alternative or Abstract R&B? We’re talking about the alternative & slightly more abstract approach to Soul …
Future Classic: Hiatus Kaiyote “Breathing Underwater”
Exquisite new song from the Australian quartet known as Hiatus Kaiyote OR as they like to label themselves: the Great Multi-Dimensional, Polyrhythmic Gangster Shit. In our book, they are hands down the most original and inspiring Soul act in the world for the past 2-3 years. This new song titled …
Video: Diggs Duke “The Pinnacle of Class and Taste / Grand Illusions”
“The Pinnacle of Class and Taste” Performed by Diggs Duke, from his latest EP, The Upper Hand & Other Grand Illusions. Available now on Brownswood Recordings. Recorded Sunday, February 8th, 2015 at Mousai House in Washington DC by Nocturnal Charm Media. Also available on vinyl at brownswoodrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/diggs-duke-the-upper-hand-other-grand-illusions On ITunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/upper-hand-other-grand-illusions/id885502515 …
Forgotten Treasure: Betty Wright “My First Time Around” (1968, ATCO)
Hail to our favourite multi-faceted neoyorquino, soulfully yours – MF Young Old Chris (Never not working, NYC) This record is an absolute essential in any Soul music lovers’ record collection, There is not one single filler cut. “This album produced by Clarence Reid & Willie Clark is great from start …
Future Classic: Gregory Porter “Musical Genocide” (St-Germain Version)
When two of your favorite artists of the two last decades are found together on the A side of a (beautiful red-colored) 7 inch record, then you know it deserves your strict attention. More precisely, the deep velvety voice of Gregory Porter (who won the 2013 Grammy award for the best …
DOC’TRIN presents: “Lonely Lovers IV” (The Restraining Order Edition)
Shortly after we completed the Lonely Lovers trilogy last year, Lexis and I thought it would be a good idea to vitalize future V-Day mixtapes with additional challenges. Don’t ask why, but one of the first sub-themes to surface from this great discussion (read: silly textathon) was a “Restraining Order …
Guest Mix #45: ALSTON (Hawaii / NYC)
Since St-Valentine’s is just around the corner we figured we’d ask one of the biggest aficionados of Soul 45’s. ALSTON is originally from Hawaii, but based in NY for the last 9 years. About the mix in his own words: “Im not too good with words or describing things, but …
Guest Mix #43: BLUEPRINT (This Is Tomorrow, Luxembourg)
Luxembourg’s DJ Blueprint has been of our favorite heavy digging DJ’s for a long time now. We actually met him in the days of Myspace and if we remember correctly we think he even was in our top 8! He tends to focus on vintage grooves (Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, …
Mix of the Day: Dr. Miette & Waxist “Soul Brothers”
Words via Dr. Miette & Waxist: “After many many hours of spinning records together at late nite gigs, Waxist Selecta and Dr Miette joined their efforts to elaborate this soul mixtape. Soul music has always been a musical link between the two DJs : they share a love for well-orchestred …