through the wonder of Youtube and its recommendations algorithm this is all I seem to ever listen to these days. Everybody knows Soul II Soul and Massive Attack but it was this recent reissue of Bovel's "Check 4 U" that really switched me on to this stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyi2pqXDp30
there's a whole ocean out there of stuff like this: thick house basslines, slowed-down breakbeat grooves, unpolished soul divas with the sweetness of lovers rock reggae. Some of it is cheap and easy to find through the usual channels, some of it seems rare and prohibitively expensive. It's the story of Smith & Mighty and The Wild Bunch, but also all the anonymous and forgotten 12" singles and overpriced Discogs compilations that were bigger in Manchester than in London. This stuff was being released when I was barely a toddler so I have no sense of it as a "scene" or how it figured in club culture but I know that I like a lot of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhETbyU8wo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzsrBaRoiL8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgPkq1780vo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWqp3C0hFg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppKK42zKRo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfenMeCTR0
thinking of it as a reaction to US r&b, not so much an imitation but a distinctly British take on styles, and seemingly undergoing a resurgence if you're reading the same articles and listening to the same radio shows as I am
so, this is a thread to post your own recommendations and so forth
― boxedjoy, Monday, 15 October 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
garden of life is GOAT
― brimstead, Monday, 15 October 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
Hard to find 12"s in this genre have been getting reissued a lot lately, which is likely where the chatter / airplay is coming from. Be With records maybe?
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 15 October 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
This has a big overlap with what was labeled ‘acid jazz’, no?
― Siegbran, Monday, 15 October 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
Yeah, does Jhelisa count? Friendly Pressure sounds like these songs to me. https://youtu.be/YAMtlnvJeo4
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
Deluxe - I've got a feelinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHBPpDfojg0
― Tib, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
I love this sound. Check:
Alison Williams - I Need Your Lovin'
Fresh Four - Wishing on a Star
The Chimes - 1-2-3 (UK Raw Mix) / Heaven / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me (Smith & Mighty Remix)
Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe – Blind Faith (Brixton Bass Mix)
There's also a lot of stuff that feels like it fits even though it's not from the UK, such as The Family Stand's "Ghetto Heaven" (which also and appropriately got an amazing remix from Soul II Soul).
― Tim F, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
i like this stuff too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUpP_a8vAjA
― the late great, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
i guess i know more about the acid jazzier end of the spectrum, which tends toward a more polished sound
i'd never heard that bovel track, it is pretty incredible and i'd love to hear more stripped down tracks like that
― the late great, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
Innocence - Natural thing?
― Tib, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHSPzry7cH8Fresh 4 feat. Lizz-E • Wishing On A Star
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 07:11 (five years ago) link
Smith & Mighty DJ Kicks is U&K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCIxA2qpKg
― Neil S, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 07:27 (five years ago) link
Ah, Tim F already mentioned the Fresh 4 track. (Alyson Williams was/is a US singer, btw)Love the Bô’vel track, don’t remember ever having heard it before. Is there an actual Dennis Bovell connection or is the name a homage to “Silly Games”/UK lovers rock?
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 07:35 (five years ago) link
Yeah I should have specified with the Williams that I meant the extended version produced by Soul II Soul.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 08:23 (five years ago) link
I manage to seperate this stuff from acid jazz in my mind purely by how this stuff uses minimalism and bottom-end - to me, acid jazz is radio-friendly and home-listening whereas this is much more club-functioning. There is a lot of crossover and I can imagine this stuff was played alongside acid jazz and post-disco 80s boogie but there's a distinct sonic framework to this stuff that excites me more.
I have no idea about who Bovel is or where the name comes from, I'm not sure I even want or need to, really
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:49 (five years ago) link
Loafs of good recs here though! I didnt know S&M had done a DJ Kicks.
In terms of US stuff that fits I have a huge soft spot for Chante Moore's "Love's Taken Over"
https://youtu.be/wH39-zajFtE
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
A lot of this stuff, other than the obvious, seems to have been written out of history a bit, perhaps because there was so much else going on at the time, so this is a real blind spot for me. Looking forward to digging through this thread.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
People quickly realized the instrumentals were better than the vocals and Trip Hop got the fame.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG8BVCCjTOw
Jill Francis - Make Love To Me (Gangster Mix)
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1-GrHZSCbo
Irini – 24/7 Love
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Love that Jill Francis!
People quickly realized the instrumentals were better than the vocals and Trip Hop got the fame
This is probably true except for me the vocals are what take a lot of this stuff from enjoyable to excellent.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Choice-FMs-UK-Pressure-Vol-1/master/359554
This compilation I snagged for cheap recently is good, has both of NickB's selections, but everything on it has been edited down from a full-length mix.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
oh i didn't know about that comp, looks like a good launchpad for further investigations
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
i knew about the bovel cos they've been hammering it on nts
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
sorry that the sound on that irini YT is so fucked, it's a good one though
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
maybe a precursor for this sort of thing is mantronix's productions for joyce sims?
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
that stuff was 1987-ish i think
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
or Sly & Robbie producing Gwen Guthrie with Seventh Heaven, which came up in a mix I was listening to earlier, would be another good precursor
― Neil S, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
just an excuse to post that fantastic track really
― Neil S, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
ok lol turns out the one i posted is american too
― the late great, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
I would be remiss in not mentioning Carlton's album 'The Call Is Strong' from 1990, produced by Smith & Mighty, which I consider the overlooked pinnacle of this sound. One of my great music tragedies is losing my copy of this.
Also "Any Love", the early Massive Attack single with Carlton on vocals and S&M on co-production, fits in this thread in a way their subsequent work doesn't.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZM4xXy17I
Rosaline Joyce - I Will Never Be Your Lover
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcQTOQIlKHY
Fresh Cut ft Ann Cain - Don't Rush (Remix)
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=yiWghyFnasU
FM Inc. Call Me Anytime .. Dub is good too
― mmmm, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCngWcH0GAg
Joanna Law / Soul 2 Soul connection
― mmmm, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzftzlfi36U
― mmmm, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
... meant to post another Sarah Winton but the whole LP is top notch
― mmmm, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh2tFYgiIuU
Dazzle - Dazzle You. (Haul & Pull Up mix) 1989
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMyV7SOgxk
Fifth Of Heaven - Just A Little More
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
https://youtu.be/KaA7kt5DLLE
― mmmm, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGXKBRT1gk
Carla Thomas - Things Ya Make Me Do (Summer Remix) (1994)
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
big tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBTrudXcs8
Rick Clarke - Perfect Lady
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 05:44 (five years ago) link
don't think the importance of these guys can be overstated...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdKdnCSeJwQLoose Ends - Slow Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5rqP8QTAbULoose Ends - Don't Be A Fool
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
^ when I saw this thread Loose Ends came to mind immediately but I couldn't remember any of their songs so wasn't sure if I was on the right track
I've got a Fresh Four 12", not mentioned yet it's this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIF7HFEYYXY
(nearly, the 12" I've got is the Smith & Mighty remix, not the version in the youtube)
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 11:58 (five years ago) link
Diane Charlemagne should get a mention. Cool Down Zone – Lonely Hearts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgIZJnMSjqY
― mmmm, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:01 (five years ago) link
when I saw this thread Loose Ends came to mind immediately but I couldn't remember any of their songs so wasn't sure if I was on the right track
Hanging On A String is the obvious one and that exact same drum pattern appears in about half the clips i posted above tbh
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:10 (five years ago) link
thanks for posting these Herb. I started buying UK Soul 12's and comps from 1992 onwards so missed some of the earlier ones. Occaisional trips to Unity and Blackmarket records armed with lists from Blues and Soul magazines and scraps from Kiss FM.
― mmmm, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
Bygraves - Do the Right Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lwt1qzypBQ
― mmmm, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:13 (five years ago) link
When I first saw this thread the first thing that came to mind was Sweet Harmony by Liquid, but the more I listen to these the more I feel like it marks the end of this subgengre, so not what you're looking for at all. Is that right?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4B8uo55nU
Everis - Love Has Arrived
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:31 (five years ago) link
Sweet Harmony was 1992 so I think was concurrent with the early 90s UK soul scene. It was one of the UK Hardcore chart hits so v. popular whereas I think the UK Soul wasn't covered on most commercial radio stations.
― mmmm, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:34 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX86JQGz7Dc
Projection - Lovestruck
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:40 (five years ago) link
Can this one go in here.. SUAD / heavy on the breaks.. Nicolette - Waking Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Tu14joqyqP4
― mmmm, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link
? and then Peter Bouncer - Love is All We Need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIjouEiwgKI
― mmmm, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
NickB doing sterling work in this thread, that Everis is divine and he is practically giving away the track in the comments too
― boxedjoy, Friday, 19 October 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/soft-rocks/piers-soft-rocks-promises-high-notes
a mix of this stuff posted at Test Pressing a few days ago, includes some stuff posted here already
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 8 November 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
really enjoying the new Smith & Mighty compilation of unreleased material, even if one of the tracks is a bass-heavy take on the funeral march
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 22:40 (five years ago) link
i'm listening to an old Mike Woods Legends warmup mix and it fits this thread to a t!!
― brimstead, Thursday, 10 January 2019 03:04 (five years ago) link
Link us up please?
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 10 January 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
here you go, it was posted on the now defunct cosmicdisco.co.uk blog
https://www.mediafire.com/file/9h2u9nbzjcixzbz/mike_woods_legends_tape_1_classics_march_2011.mp3/file
― brimstead, Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
ty
also ty boxedjoy for the soft rocks mix, missed it first time round
― the late great, Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
yes this Mike Woods mix is exactly the thing, Pleasure's "Please" near the start is another favourite
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 January 2019 10:57 (five years ago) link
Latest Trushmix has definite 90s UK street soul vibes, good times!
https://soundcloud.com/trushmix/trushmix-135-amichay-matyas
― Neil S, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 09:32 (five years ago) link
this beauty was on nts this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrl7wD4gojk
Wildcat & Denise Lee - Personal Reasons (Urban Recycle Mix)
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Friday, 10 May 2019 11:29 (four years ago) link
also i just remembered that i saved all this from the nts chat cos it looked interesting but i was too busy to read it at the time:
Wed Mar 27, 12:35:19pm
rufdug: this goes out to discogs user "SpareGrooves" who said "Crazy priced obscurity, this would not fill the floor or even warm it up - Many better grooves out there for £2 !"
Wed Mar 27, 12:36:17pm
rufdug: Bô'vel - Check 4 U
Wed Mar 27, 12:36:33pm
rufdug: yeah get on the reissue, heavy remaster and nice price
Wed Mar 27, 12:36:37pm
anon8597: on Be With Records
Wed Mar 27, 12:36:52pm
anon8597: Now someone reissue the Harlem Gem stuff please
Wed Mar 27, 12:36:53pm
xJolo: mix
Wed Mar 27, 12:37:09pm
rufdug: I can't lie I did it in ableton this morning eating an omelette
Wed Mar 27, 12:37:19pm
rufdug: dont hate me
Wed Mar 27, 12:38:11pm
dburch: what omelette
Wed Mar 27, 12:38:16pm
rufdug: 2 eggs
Wed Mar 27, 12:38:26pm
rufdug: salt, pepper, chilli oil
Wed Mar 27, 12:38:45pm
dburch: chilli oil with an omelette, might try that
Wed Mar 27, 12:38:49pm
rufdug: yeah u got to
Wed Mar 27, 12:38:53pm
rufdug: sriracha is banging too
Wed Mar 27, 12:39:41pm
bramsan: great
Wed Mar 27, 12:41:34pm
lobotomyweekend: define "street soul"
Wed Mar 27, 12:41:44pm
rufdug: oh mate
Wed Mar 27, 12:42:03pm
rufdug: can I define balearic instead?
Wed Mar 27, 12:42:13pm
lobotomyweekend: i can't fathom it out u just feel it
Wed Mar 27, 12:42:20pm
rufdug: yeah u know
Wed Mar 27, 12:42:35pm
rufdug: well to me it's cheaply made UK RnB from early 90s
Wed Mar 27, 12:42:43pm
bramsan: Relatively cheep instruments?
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:06pm
rufdug: like producers in the UK were hearing early house, hiphop, beginnings of new jack swing and contemporary RnB from the US
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:09pm
rufdug: Boogie and Soul
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:16pm
rufdug: and they were DJing them at parties in the UK
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:17pm
lobotomyweekend: kinda bass driven
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:20pm
thisismyjames: @rufdug can we have the ruf dug definition of balearic too please?
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:31pm
lobotomyweekend: rare helps
rufdug: and so then its inevitable that they're gonna try and make their own tunes
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:33pm
joonis: i need somebody too !
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:38pm
bramsan: Using the rytm composer
Wed Mar 27, 12:43:52pm
rufdug: but maybe they can only afford a drum machine and a sampler and a DAT machine and a microphone
Wed Mar 27, 12:44:06pm
rufdug: but also what you have in the UK sound is the influence of sound sytem culture
Wed Mar 27, 12:44:12pm
rufdug: so big reggae basslines
Wed Mar 27, 12:44:18pm
rufdug: and DJ culture
Wed Mar 27, 12:44:37pm
rufdug: this is like the primordial ooze of streetsoul here:
Wed Mar 27, 12:44:38pm
rufdug:
Wed Mar 27, 12:44:45pm
rufdug: a live recording from moss side in the 90s
Wed Mar 27, 12:44:47pm
rufdug: it's all in here
Wed Mar 27, 12:45:09pm
rufdug: dub sirens, rewinds, echo box, MCs, toasting
Wed Mar 27, 12:45:14pm
joonis: oh nice chat in here ruf
Wed Mar 27, 12:45:15pm
rufdug: over soul music
Wed Mar 27, 12:45:30pm
lobotomyweekend: primordial ooze i luv it
Wed Mar 27, 12:45:52pm
rufdug: don't buy into the rarity though
Wed Mar 27, 12:45:59pm
rufdug: the biggest tunes weren't the rarest
Wed Mar 27, 12:46:07pm
rufdug: PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Wed Mar 27, 12:46:18pm
rufdug: Madonna - Justify My Love
Wed Mar 27, 12:46:23pm
rufdug: these were MASSIVE broadway tunes
Wed Mar 27, 12:46:38pm
rufdug: and if you ever pay more than 10p for either of them u have been robbed
Wed Mar 27, 12:46:49pm
anon6220: love this one
Wed Mar 27, 12:46:56pm
anon8597: those are some cracly rips on this mix@rufdug
Wed Mar 27, 12:47:07pm
rufdug: u bet they are
Wed Mar 27, 12:47:32pm
anon6220: whats the name again? have it somewhere
Wed Mar 27, 12:47:38pm
rufdug: Mary Pearce - Love Away
Wed Mar 27, 12:47:40pm
anon8597: @anon6220 mary pearce, i think?
Wed Mar 27, 12:47:42pm
anon8597: yes
anon8597: toyin agbetu
rufdug: one of the DONS
rufdug: everyone bang his name into discogs and go hunting, its all gold
rufdug: intrigue records
Wed Mar 27, 12:49:03pm
rufdug: OK gotta dash now, time for the rest of the committee to go for it
rufdug: good times
anon8597: thx for the mix, rug
anon8597: *ruf
anon8597: keepin the street soul alive
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Friday, 10 May 2019 11:35 (four years ago) link
Ruf Dug is >>>>
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 May 2019 12:30 (four years ago) link
sometimes "Joy And Heartbreak" is the greatest song in the world
― boxedjoy, Monday, 3 June 2019 22:58 (four years ago) link
"Street Soul Brasil (1987-1995)" is probably my compilation of the year
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 1 August 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
keep coming back to this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ZxWskYzrM
Ashaye - Dreaming (Jungle Mix)
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
big up all the champagne crew! big up all the deejays tooooo! *oh gosh*
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
dreeeeeeaaaaamiiiiiiinnnnn'!
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
SO FUCKING GOOD!
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
i'm ded!
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
That one is proper lovely
― boxedjoy, Friday, 27 September 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
i am a bit tipsy, but i've playing it loud on my headphones for about half an hour now and it sounds like heaven
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG3x2cvdsrI
Elaine Vassell - Never Give Up
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Saturday, 28 September 2019 06:59 (four years ago) link
text + content => context
http://testpressing.org/2019/09/i-d-street-soul-august-1989/
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Saturday, 28 September 2019 07:51 (four years ago) link
NickB are you just always listening to NTS or are these coming into your orbit through other means?
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 28 September 2019 07:57 (four years ago) link
mostly discogs digging and youtube deep dives
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Saturday, 28 September 2019 08:02 (four years ago) link
this is a good start point, then just explore the different labels and producers:
https://www.discogs.com/search/?style_exact=UK+Street+Soul
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Saturday, 28 September 2019 08:05 (four years ago) link
last couple i found through this channel, worth checking all that user's videos cos there there is some solid gold there (quite varied genres though):
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0Ol3buLFzzUijWsDwoOCA/videos
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Saturday, 28 September 2019 08:08 (four years ago) link
also lots of physical digging too btw, i've had some lucky finds along the way
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Saturday, 28 September 2019 08:13 (four years ago) link
This was alluded to up thread but not this specific track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXlmG4EMf5Y
He sounds like Horace Andy.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Saturday, 28 September 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9nJEqSGSb0
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Saturday, 28 September 2019 10:54 (four years ago) link
Sorry, they were 1 World - Down on Love (Blissful Expansion Mix) and Carlton - Come On Back.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Saturday, 28 September 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
Ooof, that Carlton track moves some molecules
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Saturday, 28 September 2019 11:22 (four years ago) link
Innit. It's like a proto Rhythm and Sound w/artists.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Saturday, 28 September 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
just stumbled on this - guess it must be the thing that ruffy was calling 'the primordial ooze of streetsoul'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kY2fUxBQ-E
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
oh christ this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gWLX-BDCKU
Marcelle Moncrieffe - Take Me There (Mix 2)
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
the sales history of that one is making me v. glum
https://www.discogs.com/sell/history/445680
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
this bygraves record is worth picking up for the odd instrumental version on the flip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyPwyQ596IM
The Bygraves - Destiny (Ambient Future)
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
been enjoying this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQ2mQRB9E4
Off Peak - Baby It's You
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
super classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWsXv713jZg
Perfect Taste - It's Over
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrc0W6PFhs
Julie Stapleton - Where's Your Love Gone (Remix)
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
huddersfield's finest as featured on the 'beautiful swimmers' comp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCcZgtdJuho
Harlem Gem - More Than You Can Wish
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
this is a bit rough tbh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ji4ce19zQ
Raw To The Core - See It In Your Eyes (Junglist Mix)
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
and i can't figure out whether this is genius or a complete travesty (someone's just added a drum track to an Inner Life a cappella)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLJgUY0y2VQ
HMD - Your Love
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
always a joy to see NickB bump this thread!
Off Peak - Baby It's Youthis one is an absolute joy
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 7 November 2019 09:04 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig8oc02Enp8
here's another one from Raw To The Core
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 7 November 2019 09:06 (four years ago) link
some other bits I've been enjoying recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwf0qRlcTrk
Nu-Vizion - What You Won't Do For Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YEz-SfvDRg
Fyza - Poetical Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMi-9Zg61rc
Gary Taylor - Don't Be So Distant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVCYsJWRlGE
Soul Connection - In And Out Of Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zyZp2Cd2HY
Maureen Mason - If This Is A Dream
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 7 November 2019 09:16 (four years ago) link
a few more -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mM4Kaa43r4
Love & Laughter - I Surrender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDPe7tZ1qCg
The Chimes - Stronger Together (Red Zone Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqrwqfPNNI
Caron Wheeler - I Adore You (Dance Hall Remix)
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 7 November 2019 09:26 (four years ago) link
excellent - will check those later! love that soul connection one though
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Thursday, 7 November 2019 10:00 (four years ago) link
some more toyin agbetu in his nemisis guise which was more of a house-leaning thing than soul connection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUmr_RFPzgnemisis - the way love is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmBYhPeEJmsnemisis ft rosaline joyce - heartbreaker
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Friday, 8 November 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
i do have a soft spot for his dodgy vocals, always makes me think of ar kane
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Friday, 8 November 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmeqYDWaPTY
― djdirtbagstyle, Friday, 8 November 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
that's truncated by about two minutes, worth seeking out the full track
― djdirtbagstyle, Friday, 8 November 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
Nice thread
Here's one I just put up
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― MrEnergizer, Friday, 31 January 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
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― MrEnergizer, Friday, 31 January 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
Admins please delete last 2 posts..I can't seem to embed a video!??
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 31 January 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_xsxSCqviY
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 31 January 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
You just need to post the YouTube link without any code and it should auto embed
Xp ah you got it!
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
Ok, sussed it
Few more..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hP_ELZoEzohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6zE6dTSU4Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llrYY44f5jUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQI4AsT_pUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nvFlrc4-khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j_EZolf-_w
One of my all time faves next...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhC0Cs5d94U
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 31 January 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
Thanks@Nick B
The Street Soul scene is similar to the Northern Soul Scene in that it was pretty low key at the time but has since had many revivals and grows in popularity. My Mum used to talk about the Northern Soul scene and I'm glad I was around when street soul was peaking. The blues dances and pirates back then were something else. Never really appreciated them fully at the time as with most things but now can look back and see how special it was.
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 31 January 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
Nice work - thank you! Randomly listening to the Love & Laughter track, sounds good
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
0kay that Mike Anthony is terrific, but I went straight to discogs for it and it turns out i already have that record, just never played side two before - duh! Big thanks for posting though!
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2020 20:37 (four years ago) link
Don't know if people heard this one - came out just last year with a massive Fifth of Heaven / Just a Little More sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ZDZH03iQM
Lynda Dawn - Move
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
@NickBkay that Mike Anthony is terrific, but I went straight to discogs for it and it turns out i already have that record, just never played side two before - duh! Big thanks for posting though!
I had the reggae version of that tune on a complilation but was searching for the soul version for years until I realized it was on the B side and got it for pennies..That epitomizes Street Soul for me...it was usually the B sides or the different mixes to the popular ones that got played.
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:19 (four years ago) link
That Linda Dawn version is nice....I heard it on DJ Swings show a while back..if you haven't heard it yet then tune in Sunday night 8-11pm on tunein https://tunein.com/radio/Legacy-901-FM-s252429/One of Manchester's finest DJs playing a selection of tune old & new that you don't hear everyday..and sometimes never!
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:23 (four years ago) link
Couple more..
End to End - Are you gonna behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUxPXYYCifM
Princess Ivori - Wanted (Club It 90 Version)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VeTM66fi1E
Ninjaman & Flourgon - Zig It Up (Main Attraction Remix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X60T9dtnR7g
MC Cinderella - Lonelinesshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmAZK9TFUKA
EN TO END - Money Talkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPxWZxT-Veo
This album was pure gold! Hardcastle at his best for me...Kiss The Sky You Don't Have To Changehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02609fUIzjA
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
Kym Sims - Too Blind To See Ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuXNWI_fYSY
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:42 (four years ago) link
Another one of my faves Gwen Guthrie - Eyes (You Never Really Cared)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAb6Ub4KD8
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:43 (four years ago) link
Another Linda Dawn tune...not street soul..more Rare Groove style..another genre I loveLynda Dawn - Any Way You Wanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljBHvK8v0c
Reminds me a bit of Erykah Badu
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:45 (four years ago) link
This girl's realy doing for me right now..sorry to take it off trackLynda Dawn - Arisehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9uHBlnrRzE
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:48 (four years ago) link
The thing with Broadway was that you could hear all those new underground mixes/tunes and then they'd drop a classic like this..Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Awayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om4cMbFTDvk
or this...BENNY GOLSON I'M ALWAYS DANCING TO THE MUSIChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPo3ZFOmxxI
That's why Broadway were the best sound for me...they introduced me to a lot of music. For me that's what being a good DJ/Sound is all about...the music should take first place. When you have a passion for the music then boundaries get broken.Ha..I'll stop wafflin now!!
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 01:00 (four years ago) link
Been on the Brandy...
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 01:01 (four years ago) link
For those who don't know about Broadway..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYuDeNZIOnA
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link
Couldn't find this one but sure it must have been posted as it's one of THE biggest tunes of it's time...even guys in London knew this oneTammy Payne - Freehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQNzV7NnYQQ
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
Can't play that one without this oneLalah Hathaway - Baby Don't Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQTcX18P64
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 1 February 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
Haha going turbo there! Thanks for sharing, will go through those later
― ymo sumac (NickB), Saturday, 1 February 2020 08:08 (four years ago) link
that Mike Anthony one is incredible!
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 13:31 (four years ago) link
really goes for it on the vocal, i did a little out-loud whoop! noise when i played that
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
@boxedjoy....yeah one of my all time faves
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link
More big tunes from that era...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-CoGVw54es
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frI51oRHaB8
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
The amazing Joanna Law..produced by her brother Funky Ginger Simon Law..great EPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_z337Kkyr0&feature=youtu.be
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC1HGtK_qPQ
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
this is the one that didn't post abovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_z337Kkyr0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6M4PB2tkVU
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link
Massive tune!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMOrHhbMDL4
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51f2l_XR28g
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:19 (four years ago) link
Sorry if some have been posted
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
Another one of my faves...it was all about thsi mix on the 12"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD2WxSUM0FE
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
<3 Mr energizer! :)
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:33 (four years ago) link
Still haven't had the chance to catch up with these but keep em coming. I do know dark Knight though - that's one of toyin agbetu's alias yes?
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
@NickBYeah that's right.. One of the originators of the sound
― MrEnergizer, Thursday, 6 February 2020 09:30 (four years ago) link
Speaking of Toyin Agbetu...
https://invisiblecityeditions.com/products/soul-connection-ice-016-test-pressing
Invisible City Editions reissues a selection of classic street soul tunes from the legendary duo Toyin Agetbu and Earl Myers. A mix of well loved tracks from Soul Connection's 1988 "Rough & Ready" and 1990 "Raw Street Soul". Remastered from the Master Reels! This one has been a long time in the making and we are really excited to finally put it out! Full release to come in the next 2-3 months, so get your test pressing now.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 10 February 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
Nice one @boxedjoy
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 10 February 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
Another one from the vaults!Manchester's own Sylvia Tella..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IstKjsK44XQ
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 10 February 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
oh i know sylvia tella! i picked up a fantastic lovers version of 'you might need somebody' that she did in '82:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXeik-BFAD0
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 10 February 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
picked up this recently for a couple of quid. new to me, pretty good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhC85yxa558
Part II - You Lose Again (Soul Mix)
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
great news about the Soul Connection btw boxedjoy!
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
Was overcome by the urge to pull the trigger on a £40 copy of Nemesis' 'The Way Love Is' and then I remembered to check the tracklisting on the Soul Connection comp - close shave that!
Is this floating points that's selling it btw? it's gotta be surely:
https://www.discogs.com/seller/theonlysam/profile
― ymo sumac (NickB), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
I love the idea of Floating Points looking at his signed copy of Skream's "In For The Kill" remix and deciding he doesn't need it any more
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:35 (four years ago) link
Also how wild is it that you can pick up a compilation of Brazilian street soul fairly easily yet none of the major archival labels have managed to put together one based on the Manchester sound?
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 08:04 (four years ago) link
I was going to say, is this scene completely unarchived as it is?
Also how did this stuff fit in with the whole mid-80s Soul II Soul/Wild Bunch sound system thing? I don't know a lot about this stuff, whether they were broadly playing the same records or whether it was way more localised than that.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
It's odd - you can be on Discogs and some of this stuff is easily available for small change and then there's some stuff that's triple figures for a twelve-inch single. There's compilations from when this stuff was "fresh" but in my experience they're always mastered very quietly and there's always at least one ropey sax solo waiting to spoil the mood.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 11:25 (four years ago) link
I'm guessing this mix might be a decent dive in?
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/vf-mix-147-street-soul-by-ruffy-and-randy/
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 11:29 (four years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/DJ-Milo-The-Wild-Bunch-Story-Of-A-Sound-System/release/123867
This mix uses live crowd noise from Soul II Soul doing a set at New Year in the late 80s and sets out where this stuff is coming from - 80s vocal post-disco and r&b, the birth of house and hip-hop - but it's kinda a different thing.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 11:33 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah I've got that one, way more hip-hop than I was expecting but it's terrific nonetheless.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 11:34 (four years ago) link
My impression is that this stuff was aligned more with Soul II Soul and Smith & Mighty than, say, Massive Attack. But I wasn't clubbing in the late 80s on account of only just having been born so I can only base that on comments on Youtubes and how the music actually sounds
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 11:50 (four years ago) link
I don't know a lot about this stuff, whether they were broadly playing the same records or whether it was way more localised than that.
good question - i think a lot of it was very localised around parties/clubs/radio stations/labels so whether they were playing the manchester stuff in london or not is interesting. i definitely see way more of the london stuff around when i'm looking for records (mostly on the south coast) so i don't think the distribution side of things was particularly brilliant. guessing there are major parallels with a scene like grime in it's early days
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:33 (four years ago) link
its
a bit more toyin agbetu from his later period:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0qWkRrABXQ
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/apr/03/features11.g2
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:35 (four years ago) link
(hero)
That Part II was a massive underground hit
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 14 February 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
Soul II Soul were the first to play what's now called streetsoul in London and in Manchester you had a sound called Soul Control..it was mainly underground clubs, blues, parties, pirate stations that played the music. Very few street soul big tunes made the charts or if they did we probably played a different mix.A lot of the UK tunes came through older regae or sound system heads and so had that reggae vibe with deep basslines dodgy vocals and bad production but just worked and sounded raw. Some of the smoother stuff came from the US although usually the B sides or different mixes were played
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 14 February 2020 22:36 (four years ago) link
Also how wild is it that you can pick up a compilation of Brazilian street soul fairly easily yet none of the major archival labels have managed to put together one based on the Manchester sound?I think cos it wasn't what you could call a 'Manchester' sound. It was played in the underground circuit in most of the Black communities but Manchester and the North seemed to push it more at the time.I've made some compilations here if anyones interested.
https://streetsoulmusic.blogspot.com/2020/01/street-soul-compilation-1.html
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 14 February 2020 22:41 (four years ago) link
Wow! Look like Toyins lost the plot a bit!
If any of you guys are near Manchester then check out King Bee Records in Chorlton..you can get a lot of Street Soul 12"s for 2.50 -5 quid...or you could last time I was in there. The best place for Street Soul in MCR
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 14 February 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
Nice Street Soul mixhttps://soundcloud.com/the-trilogy-tapes/duster-valentine-uk-street-soul-mix/comment-869641822
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 15 February 2020 00:07 (four years ago) link
Sylvia Tella's Spell album is nice if you like lovers
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 15 February 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
Different version of YOU LOSE AGAINhttps://youtu.be/mv69mPbSUvI
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 15 February 2020 00:11 (four years ago) link
That video of Agbetu and his explanation of how his actions came about makes me adore him even more. Imagine having a hand in so many amazing singles and then being able to just walk away from that into a career in activism. Most people would be lucky to accomplish half of what he has in either field never mind both!
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 15 February 2020 09:21 (four years ago) link
@boxedjoy... Where's the vid explaining his actions? Can you send a link please?
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 15 February 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
NickB posted a link right under his video :)
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 16 February 2020 10:03 (four years ago) link
Thanks, missed it...it's from 2007!
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 16 February 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
Harlem Gem....another UK group
https://youtu.be/MiTnZ0Qdh_0https://youtu.be/sMh4WbrNuRY
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 16 February 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link
Toyin is still very much the activist, currently very much involved in the campaign for justice for the victims of Grenfell. Not sure he posts much about music these days, but here's his twitter: https://twitter.com/LigaliOrg
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 16 February 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
Harlem Gem are fantastic, just magic music. Was kind of amazed to find out they were from Huddersfield. Would love to see a comp of their stuff, prices for the records seem to have gone a bit daft since 'More Than You Can Wish' was included on the Beautiful Swimmers comp last year.
Thanks for the playlist link btw MrE! Will check that out in a bit
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
This would be a really good theme for a Bob Stanley compilation
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
Annoyingly the vocal version of this one isn't on Youtube but this is kind of interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGqsY2LBUak
Massonix - Just A Little Bit More (1990)
Massonix were Graham Massey's side project outside of 808 State. Vocals on the record are by Denise Johnson who was previously in A Certain Ratio (was she Donald Johnson's sister?) and then ofc Fifth Of Heaven
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
xp someone needs to do one! surely gonna happen soon
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link
that Massonix one costs a whole 90p on the cogs right now btw
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 16 February 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
wow..forgot about that massonix tune with the Barry White sample
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 17 February 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
@wuhan..this is the mix that used to get rinsedhttps://youtu.be/5JKqQ8tLqJQ
https://youtu.be/kTCEiZrUpt0
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/c2BBtwnfySQ
https://youtu.be/2VtP9twT7ZY
https://youtu.be/qDZM4xXy17I
https://youtu.be/Ap9FcQ6tg8U
https://youtu.be/oTSV6k6Ye18
― MrEnergizer, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:36 (four years ago) link
Thank you for posting all this great stuff, but please be aware that if and when these YT links get broken there’s nothing to go on if you don’t also provide the track info in your post, which would be a shame. #threadiquette
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link
@beastcrawl. Thanks for the tip.. Will do from now on.
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 22 February 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link
That Flair tune is really one of the best things, I love that one!
Rick Clarke is always good, an actual great singer but also an incredible band - think it's basically Light Of The World playing on a lot of his tunes? Love their guitar player, always sliding in with the slinkiest little fills
I have that September record. The one I really want of theirs is 'Are You Free Tonight?' which is more of a straight up boogie cut from 84
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 23 February 2020 08:48 (four years ago) link
@nick bYeah agree about LOTW. Never heard that'Are you free...' time before.. Nice one
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
Tune
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 00:53 (four years ago) link
Mica Paris - I wanna hold on to youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSGPKwCMC4
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
Mica paris - should've known better My fave of hershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaA7kt5DLLE
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
The Project - Don't Be So Cruelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYX37n0MGxo
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
Julianne - Visionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sMCVnT0eoQ&t=76s
Nazlyn Your Love My Wayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d7KprN5Nds
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
Lorraine Cato - How Can You Tell Me It's Over?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcSkUa_VAfw
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
Eternity - I Belong To YouOne of those white labels I picked up by chance and was glad for it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9x_zOhZ0p0
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
HISTORY FEAT Q TEE AFRICAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYU6AZ1tN5c
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
D'Swing - Love Times LoveAnything I saw on the heaven Records label I saw back in the dy got snatched uphttps://youtu.be/30nhML0QRN4
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link
I love that History one! She ended up as the voice on the UK Eurovision entry at one point
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
D'Swing Featuring Diane Charlemagnehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urW9g6qy1sI
D'SWING - IF I KNEW (Humper Bumper Mix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTgDHA1eNd0
Sovereign - I Luv Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRvH-kydx_Q
GEMS FOR JEM TIME FOR LOVEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5cSEhg-Wi8
GEMS FOR JEM EVEN WHEN YOU'RE GONEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbCkF1Mhym8
Dark Knights Feat. Mary Pearce – 2 Be A Friendhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUV8eYxYmHQ
MARY PEARCE STILL IN LOVE WITH YOUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaLU8O1RvcU
Mary Pearce - Legacyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y-agTtbnAE
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
Mary Pearce - Overhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8K9OzVqEEo
Pretty much everything Mary did back then was firing!
Mary Pearce - Love Awayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d5WPanSzdg
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
@boxed joy..ha forgot about that!
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
ahh yes more goodies! know and love those mary pearce ones already, 'love away' is just gorgeous
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Mary Pearce had some serious tunes back then and love away was one of the best. That whole album was a killer tbh.
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:48 (four years ago) link
Got this 12" given to me by a friend..big up Lee B..I missed it first time roundDoctor Woos Soul In Paradisehttps://youtu.be/ECAJsonLV_U
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
Doctor Woos Soul In Paradisehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECAJsonLV_U
Another undercover oneDiane Gray - It's Closerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qppcrAAo5qI
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link
Ruby Turner - It's Gonna Be Alright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCmLrb0ufmI
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
Maxeen The Last Timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5kgKR69ZDc
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link
sindecut slow downhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SySWkOLKvdc
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
Reason Featuring Leanne Golding - Tryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0wyMrdQOn4
Reason Feat Leanne Golding Heartache https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVnQrDBZ2kw
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:59 (four years ago) link
One of those decade defining tunes for me, got rinsed on LUV NRGMK featuring Alana - Love Changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSC8XhyJb0
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
A bit after the Street soul time but Manchester artist and brought it back to the streets when everything was about R&BDiane Marsh - Private Partyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzQ1oRIpzUU
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
MASSIVE!!!Anna Mwale - Get Freehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1MNAE3Q_E8
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
Took me years to hunt this one down..only ever heard Broadway play this tune. Not sure if this was originally a dubplate mix for Animal from BW..Claudia Patrice - Forever https://youtu.be/b-CoGVw54es
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:07 (four years ago) link
Carla Thomas - Things Ya Make Me Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-nZ0fGK8Gk
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
One of my favesGwen Guthrie - Eyes (You Never Really Cared) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAb6Ub4KD8
― MrEnergizer, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:19 (four years ago) link
Rose Windross - Living Life Your Own WayNice Jazzy tune that BW used to feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8diLkNcOgE
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 5 April 2020 03:41 (four years ago) link
U Touch - Don't Let Love Get You Downhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGYtbkgyjd4
Dream Frequency - Love, Peace And Harmonyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jv8Bd9_8LI
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 5 April 2020 03:42 (four years ago) link
Higher Ground Somebodyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKmQnw9v7C4
― MrEnergizer, Sunday, 5 April 2020 03:54 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMf9GYHgFI
― Bstep, Sunday, 5 April 2020 04:26 (four years ago) link
Classic @Bstep. One of the best bands to ever come out of Manchester. My mates wife used to sing with them, then Diane took over and they got successful.
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3733
Toyin Agbetu interview! Those stories about getting his baseball bat are excellent.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 28 August 2020 07:18 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/cWqp3C0hFg0
Re-issue coming on Isle Of Jura for this one, ideal
― boxedjoy, Monday, 14 September 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
^ oh shit that's great news!
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
finally found a copy of this out in the wild yesterday, best pound I've spent in ages! had the singles for a while but they never really convinced. album is a different beast though, phenomenal stuff
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 11:48 (three years ago) link
Great interview Boxedjoy..one of the originators
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link
Yeah that Carlton album was a classic...took me years to get a copy! Everis had a big album about that time too
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
Shades Of Black – Make U Mine (Nemesis Remix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1hifWVab48
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
Tracy Jones - Promise Me, Foreverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBuBYTgWh-E
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
Stirling McLean - Midnight Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zjwavc-P4I
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 21:12 (three years ago) link
Trichelle - Midnight loverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMc6Oqwyxo
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
Azizi - Midnight Loverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEiezuJdVM4
― MrEnergizer, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
https://www.mrbongo.com/blogs/news/digging-deeper-an-interview-with-heels-souls-recordings
this interview with Heels & Souls on the re-issue of Special Touch "Garden Of Life" (!) comes with a really good streetsoul mix too
― boxedjoy, Friday, 30 October 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
well, would you just look at that :D
picked up the special touch reissue last week, great stuff - meant to bump the thread!
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Friday, 30 October 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
Numero Group have made a playlist...
Lover’s Walk: The Numero Guide to UK Street SoulThe convergence of reggae basslines, the shuffled drum machine rhythms of New Jack Swing, & a concretely British approach to lyrics centered on love. Walk with us through the intersections of Street Soul.https://t.co/CDuMDwp3MC pic.twitter.com/s8UMx4JWFQ— numerogroup (@numerogroup) January 12, 2021
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
In the meantime, Bassline's 'You've Gone' is just about to get reissued by Isle of Jura:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJShyWNgkGL/
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
i'm sure it's already been posted on here, but huge tune:
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
^ guy who produced that (Tony Henry) was also one of the brains behind 52nd Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmx-zqoB4U
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
^ incredible video btw
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
thanks for the playlist!
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
just spotted they're reissuing Ashaye's "Dreaming", excellent, BIG UP ALL THE CHAMPAGNE CREW
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 11:10 (three years ago) link
Holy shit! Jungle mix? Link plz!
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 11:13 (three years ago) link
http://numerogroup.com/products/ashaye-dreaming
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 11:24 (three years ago) link
TRACK LIST
AshayDreaming (Jungle Mix)AshayDreaming (Original Mix)
sweet jesus, yesssssss! :D
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 11:28 (three years ago) link
I would not be surprised if there's someone lurking here from Numero Group picking up on your enthusiasm for this one!
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 11:31 (three years ago) link
this thread's still on the first page of results for "uk streetsoul" on google! but that record is also right up there in the "most wanted" street soul releases on discogs:
https://www.discogs.com/search/?sort=want%2Cdesc&style_exact=UK+Street+Soul
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 11:36 (three years ago) link
lol @ boxedjoy...you know!!
Love the musical journeys...just went from Numero .... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2H9z1716keB60f8vG031KwLovers Walk: The Numero Guide to Street Soul
and ended up at 24-Carat Black who I'd never heard of but loving the sounds!https://www.discogs.com/24-Carat-Black-Gone-The-Promises-Of-Yesterday/master/177734
keep dropping those posts
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
Oh wow...just listening to Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth, not heard for years, forgot about this band!!! Classic and sampled by Rakim, Jill Scott and the rest...
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
Oh man '24-Carat Black theme' ..I love when I find music I'd forgotten about and still get the same joy from it! It was 80s Hip hop that introduced me to those samples and got me crate diggin...keep the music alive
― MrEnergizer, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ktMKilWYOA
heard this one a few days ago, I love it
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 21 February 2021 23:06 (three years ago) link
A Joanna Law I don't think I've heard before !!!
Joanna Law - Love is not enoughhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCngWcH0GAg
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 27 February 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
Her big tune was Forever.. First time I heard it was by Broadway and I always thought the intro was saying Animal (Wayne - one of BW's DJ's nickname). I thought it was a special (dubplate).
Here's an undercover 12
Claudia Patrice – Unknown Titlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf_AHXHQlcQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5MjHpig-Fs
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
Massive tune from back in the day
Alisha Warren - Discover Mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSTufxJPTvo
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Mica's sister!
― MrEnergizer, Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:35 (three years ago) link
Oh hello, V4 Visions double LP comp just announced with sleevenotes by Simon Reynolds:
https://v4visions.bandcamp.com/album/v4-visions-of-love-androids
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 5 February 2022 23:08 (two years ago) link
I love both the Maureen Mason tracks on that
― boxedjoy, Monday, 7 February 2022 10:21 (two years ago) link
THIS SONG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2oERW0Hq1E
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
i love that space ghost has been zoning in on this sound recently - check out eg 'emotional healer (back room mix)' from last year's album. new track on the ON LOOP comp is mega: https://onloop.bandcamp.com/track/space-ghost-used-to-it
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 6 March 2022 12:16 (two years ago) link
i dunno why i briefly went all caps there btw, i don't have a shouty bone in my body tight now
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 6 March 2022 12:18 (two years ago) link
right now not tight now jfc my brane
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 6 March 2022 12:32 (two years ago) link
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread over the years. I know nothing about this stuff, but whenever I see it revived, I end up playing songs posted in here for an hour or more every single time. Solid jams all around, cheers.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Sunday, 6 March 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
:)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 6 March 2022 20:26 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdJlJh6zWOs
^ Did this ever get posted here? Probably not, because it really isn't very street at all tbh, but it is an absolute jam. Classic late 80s wine bar vibe, should be on a million comps but i've never even been able to find a decent rip of it. what a song though
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 6 March 2022 23:43 (two years ago) link
I love when NickB bumps this thread <3
― boxedjoy, Monday, 7 March 2022 13:30 (two years ago) link
this bangs and is only buttons on the cogs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0_iA97Asps
Angels And Images – Hold Me Tight
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 7 March 2022 22:09 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi10mI0RTqc
Shades of Rhythm going streetsoul in 1988
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
This is one of my best finds, but the video here seems pitched down a little compared to my 12"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWJZ87gzdVU
― .xlsm (P. Flick), Monday, 14 March 2022 20:17 (two years ago) link
Or maybe this more boogie? Too early?
― .xlsm (P. Flick), Monday, 14 March 2022 20:18 (two years ago) link
nice find, sounds a bit like 52nd Street
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 14 March 2022 21:18 (two years ago) link
tbh it was the similarity with 52nd st that led me to post that one, but playing much of the other videos here it's a little out of sync
Oddly, the b side is Lovers Rock and it seems from discogs that their earlier single is too
― .xlsm (P. Flick), Monday, 14 March 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
yeah was looking at their discogs, they do seem to be coming from a lovers/reggae background. producer was mark lusardi (linda's brother!) who worked on loads of reggae things and was also in jah wobble's band for a while. you can actually hear kind of a reggae bassline in the tune you posted, wonder if they tried it out as a straight reggae number first and then thought fuck it, lets get the synths in!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 14 March 2022 22:18 (two years ago) link
If I ever start a cult our mission statement will be "fuck it, let's get the synths in"
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:57 (two years ago) link
not exactly sure where to put this Mr. Ho track I’ve been obsessed with recently. The beat seems really streetsoul-y to me and it’s got reggae vocal samples so idkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg2repuHhOo
― brimstead, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
it's such a good track. the beat is of course the soul ii soul beat aka the ashley's roachclip break.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
Gold In The Shade reissue coming out on Heels & Souls: https://heelsandsouls.bandcamp.com/album/over-you-shining-through-hsrec004
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
cheers for the heels and souls link — lot of other great stuff to look into there!
nothing to add, just another quick thank you for this thread. feel like i owe you guys money or something for all the jams. also lol "simple solution" is tagged with artist name J DILLA on spotify. even with my novice experience, that makes my inner librarian feel physical pain.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Thursday, 11 August 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
Ashaye - Dreaming (Jungle Mix)― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, September 27, 2019 3:50 PM
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, September 27, 2019 3:50 PM
according to my last.fm-first listen was 1 april 2022 11:33pm and have registered 62 plays total. probably one of my favorite song discoveries of the past several years.
thread delivers once again.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 04:38 (one year ago) link
big up all the sunshine crew
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 06:39 (one year ago) link
amazing song, no doubt about it
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 09:09 (one year ago) link
hardly on the same level, but have been enjoying this one a lot, even though the bass sounds like pure mud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiqInbHmJI
Yolanda Warrington - Is This Love
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 09:10 (one year ago) link
this is pure beauty:
https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/all-bad-boy-all-good-girl-manchester-street-soul-soundtapes-1988-1996
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 14 January 2023 23:11 (one year ago) link
this is fantastic. thank you. DINTE always hits
― adam, Saturday, 21 January 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
That label totally rules
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
flair's "chasin' the rain" getting a reissue via heels & souls:
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/189158?mc_cid=987253cda0&mc_eid=f1ee688a08
― donna rouge, Monday, 3 July 2023 18:45 (nine months ago) link
fantastic news! absolute bliss tune
― NickB, Monday, 3 July 2023 19:55 (nine months ago) link
did i ever post this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LzotzSlNFkJulianne - I've Been There
(there is a remix with a breakbeat but it's a bit on the busy side imo)
― NickB, Monday, 3 July 2023 20:01 (nine months ago) link
New comp coming out on AOTN:
https://aotns.bandcamp.com/album/just-a-touch-pre-order
tracklist: Bovel - "Coming Back"Sam - "Life" (club mix)Marcelle Moncrieffe - "Take Me There"Kofi - "Step By Step"Pure Silk - "What You Do For Me"Jenny B - "Sexy Eyes"Sonja Ryshard - "Step Back"Cavalier - "Don't Touch"Purely Fizzycal - "Straight To The Top"Dennis Planter - "I Still Dream Of You"Taffy - "Passion"Weekend In Paris - "Hold Your Head Up"
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 29 September 2023 17:16 (six months ago) link
...which handily crosses off a whole bunch of things on my wantlist.
The Taffy one is great (and yes, it's *that* Taffy!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFiOrrjB68Q
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 29 September 2023 17:26 (six months ago) link
AOTN killing it as per
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 30 September 2023 07:16 (six months ago) link
hi.💙
thank you to nick and bj and donna and everyone who posts in here. i lurk frequently and sometimes feel like a spongey poseur type for just taking all this wisdom and smiling to myself for hours on end. threads like this are a public service and we are indebted. this is me bowing down.
i wanted to make a post with some sidebar relevance to the main theme here. am sorry if this is not a good place for this post. please redirect if so.
lately, we've been digging into what i would relate as a kind of contemporary equivalent to the main topic of discussion here... kind of dub/step beats with r+b vocals. i am a novice when it comes to this stuff, but i wanted to share some examples of what i'm referring to (because i may not even be using these terms and labels correctly; again- novice). here's some big favorites recently—
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naB3CgNpGdIvon d+phephe — "show me" (2009 — i think?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRzAWk8nwAgeoim feat. marita — "reminissin'" (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJPdQaX7Xswandreya triana — "a town called obsolete (mount kimbie remix)" (2010)
i stumbled onto these just by wandering around playlists and threads like this but i can't get enough lately. is there a compilation or something where i have more? please?
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Saturday, 25 November 2023 16:31 (four months ago) link
Those are cool I like them! Do you know this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlw_edzvCS0Nat Home ft Ms Ray - Witching Hour
― blazin' squab (NickB), Saturday, 25 November 2023 18:17 (four months ago) link
(bit more recent, bit more housey)
― blazin' squab (NickB), Saturday, 25 November 2023 18:21 (four months ago) link
nope, don't know this! it's kind of... acid-y??!?! very cool stuff. thank you!
that andreya triana mount kimbie rmx is the prototype i'm looking for right now; lowkey wonky beats and pensive crooning. fuck yeah.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Saturday, 25 November 2023 18:28 (four months ago) link
smokin' hottt...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ButOd7iZQbISisters On The Groove - Weekend Love
― blazin' squab (NickB), Saturday, 3 February 2024 22:15 (two months ago) link
quite a strong freestyle influence there, sweet tune
― blazin' squab (NickB), Saturday, 3 February 2024 22:18 (two months ago) link
bit of pricey one though :(
― blazin' squab (NickB), Saturday, 3 February 2024 22:21 (two months ago) link
Ruf Dug has taken the gig of being Roisin Murphy's 2024 EU tour DJ :/
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 8 February 2024 07:43 (two months ago) link
yeah i saw that, very disappointing ruffy mate
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 8 February 2024 08:14 (two months ago) link
Doesn’t surprise me. Is Ruff Dug on the street soul bandwagon now?
― mmmm, Thursday, 8 February 2024 09:38 (two months ago) link
How have I never seen this thread before?!? I'm utterly unfamiliar with this genre but I'm completely obsessed with this era of pop music (been contemplating a thread dedicated to the hundreds of freestyle and freestyle-inspired songs churned out over this handful of years) and this is like a huge missing chunk that I didn't even realize was missing. Gonna need some time to properly digest.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2024 10:59 (two months ago) link
hi sorry if lame newb question, but in terms of revival, do you guys know ms ray? some other things on streaming, but the wow is now ep from a few years back is pure money. highly recommended.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 23 March 2024 05:39 (one month ago) link
here's a highlight-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iibXbmYemGUms ray - "how they shine" (2020)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 23 March 2024 05:44 (one month ago) link
her most recent thing from last summer-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB2wS3rGR6cms ray - "broken heart still beats" (2023)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 23 March 2024 05:58 (one month ago) link
I only know her from the vocal she did on 'Witching Hour' which is upthread a few tunes ago. Hadn't thought there might be other stuff so thanks for that!
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Saturday, 23 March 2024 06:38 (one month ago) link