THE M-TET – LONG PLAY
A stripped-down approach to old school funk – one that shows
that you don't even need horns or a singer to keep things strongly soulful –
just a few key instruments finding their grooves, and serving up great solos in
the process! The group's a quartet – with Hammond, guitar, electric bass, and
drums – all in a raw, chunky, rhythm-heavy mode that's somewhere between the
best 60s work by The Meters and Booker T & The MGs – and recorded with just
the right studio touches to keep things nice and sharp! There's nothing too
modern about this record at all – and in fact, the whole thing also almost
takes us back to the earliest days of Sugarman Three on Desco – which is about
as fine a funk reference as we can give. Titles include "Flux 88",
"All Drums Up", "The Tease", "The Beggar",
"Bikes", "Sam The Butcher", "He Ain't The Right Type
Of Fella", and "Sal's U Save".
~ Dusty Groove
WORLD SOUL COLLECTIVE VOL. 5 (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
A killer collection of contemporary soul – put together by a
Japanese label that's building a great reputation for digging out the coolest
corners of the global underground! The set definitely earns the
"world" in its title, as the singers here aren't just from the US
scene – and together, the cuts really expand our understanding of the greatness
going on around the globe these days – the kind of bubbling-under soul titles
that never get any radio play – some of which were also only issued in a
digital format, until this CD. Titles include "Nu" by Idesia,
"Fizzy Lemonade" by Debra Debs, "Where I Come From" by
Carolyn Malachi, "Trigger" by Sacha Vee, "Friends" by The Love
Experiment with JSwiss, "Awake" by Nao Yoshioka, "Back To
Love" by Gordon Chambers with Lalah Hathaway, "Crashing Down" by
Marie Dahlstrom, "Someone To Love" by Gabriel Tajeu, "Reach
Out" by Mad Satta, "Let The Music Play" by Collective Peace,
"Too Long In The Sun" by Sola Rosa with Olivier Daysoul, "All
The Time" by Tahirah Memory with Jarrod Lawson, and "Leave Love"
by Brandon Williams with Alex Isley. ~
Dusty Groove
SACHA VEE – LUMINOUS
A really fresh album from this Australian soul singer – a
set that's quite contemporary in the production and presentation of the music –
with a very different vibe than some of the other Aussie soul divas we've been
hearing in recent years! Sacha Vee has this great way of inflecting her vocals
along with the album's beats and keyboards – which themselves have a bit of an icy
edge, which seems reflected in the lyrics sometimes – although overall, the
whole thing's got a warm glow that really builds nicely as things move on!
Titles include "I'm No Joke", "Stonecold", "Light Of
Day", "Ging", "Leave Me All Your Love", "Music Child",
"Trigger", "Monday", and "Sail Away". Japanese
pressing includes three bonus tracks too!
~ Dusty Groove
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