Came across this interesting video recently, by Ghostface Killah ft. MF Doom.
As well as sampling an old soul or soundtrack record, MF Doom guests and appears as an integral part of an 80's styled, blade runner esque video - see below. Let me know what you think!
The song is also in the 'approved' playlist.. Follow Here
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Space Daze- Line Up On The Solstice (Premiere)
A new artist i'm helping out is Danny Rowland of Seattle soft rock band Seapony. Lots of fantastic summer vibes on his album and this debut single!
.@DeathbySeapony's Danny Rowland's Video for "Line Up on the Solstice" Is an Afternoon Dream http://t.co/OnCm23Xvue pic.twitter.com/hruhlNt1j2
— Noisey (@NoiseyMusic) June 10, 2014
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Footwork
Theo Parrish has been exciting fans about his soon to be announced album with Footwork. An old bass, a sampled jumpy break and slow build, it's one of his best yet. Check out the hypnotic video below
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
I've Been Life
I'm a big fan of Cody ChesnuTT's album 'Landing On A Hundred' and whilst his voice draws comparisons to the likes of Marvin Gaye, this video for new single 'I've Been Life' proves he's not to bad on the visuals either. On this film shot in Brooklyns historic Bedford Stuyvesant area he showcases the lively stilt-walking group, the Brooklyn Jumbies.
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Dr Meaker 'Fear'
A song and act to keep a very close eye on is 'The Fear' from Bristol dance troupe, Dr Meaker. Here's the Red Bull Session they played recently. Soulful vocals from Lorna King too.
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Till I Met Thee (Acoustic)
Cody ChesnuTT rocked up for the Nowness blog and recorded an excellent acoustic version of 'Till I Met Thee' , a real highlight from his album Landing on A Hundred
Cody Chesnutt: Til I Met Thee on Nowness.com.
Cody Chesnutt: Til I Met Thee on Nowness.com.
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Released slightly under the radar in late March , (and something i gratefully discovered earlier this month) was Georgia Anne Muldrows first album entirely produced by another, the soulful cuts of hiphop producer Madlib on new album 'Seeds'
I first became aware of her music when scouting out tracks for Welcome To Jazz Club Vol 2, and ended up adding 'The Black Mother' from her 2010 album Ocotea.
Instrumentally this album contains alot of cleverly put together samples, afro-rhythms, horns and beats and has an organic sound, captured neatly by the faux well-worn vinyl sleeve on the artwork, complete with Muldrows Cleopatra Jones styled hairdo.
So what about her distinctive style? Well here she's focused her old skool hewn vocals on the spiritual element, of togetherness and rolling her idea's and thoughts on praise, worry, and life across each record. Not having to concern herself about the production of the album, which previously she would have done herself, has led to a slightly free'er, laid back style on this LP.
Highlights include Best Love, a classic 1980's era R&B groover, album opener Seeds is all big horns and piano tinkles, in Husfriend she repeats 'everything I want is here' and Kali Yuga sounds like a Oneness of Juju cut with Muldrows vocal doing most of the work.
Fans of the recent THEESatisfaction album via Sub Pop, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott could easily look to this for their next fix, though there's more to the Muldrow than meets the eye and no doubt her next album will again bring something completely fresh to the table.
Here's a neat video to the title track too-
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Still Bill and a Perfect Trio of Albums for April
While I admit the discovery of all of these albums in March, I think it'd only be fair to play them all again in April.
March started well albeit with the overproduced and slightly underwhelming Michael Kiwanuka album, which promised so much; delivered 3 or 4 stand out tracks only for the rest to consist of fill. Expect this to pick up a few awards though as more of his songs hit the radio. As some people have commented, if we'd been given an album of him, his guitar and some percussion that would have been great, what we were got was a bit major label-ish, over-tinkered and actually took away from the end result. Among Kiwanuka's influences though is Bill Withers so it was on point that BBC4 brought the documentary Still Bill over to our shores. An excellent expose on the man, his life now, his early days and of course the music, the timeless soulful music. Check out the trailer below. Quietly announced around all of the hype surrounding SXSW was a doc on hobo to funk hero Charles Bradley, whose album 'No Time For Dreaming' easily made this blogs top 10 album list for 2011. Trailer also in the below (plays after Still Bill spot). The beginning of March also meant the finishing the excellent softback Life & Times of Sam Cooke- my mini-review can be read in full here.
So then, on to the three albums that have been tipping the balance this month. First up Southamptons finest hiphop luminary: DJ Format. Cut from the hem of the Endtroducing//Jurassic 5 era, Formats debut album Music For The Mature B-Boy propelled him from bedroom tinkerer to one of the scenes most respected beat junkies. This third outing, the follow up to 2005's if you can't beat em, join 'em, we find him in fine fettle, chopping up records he found crate digging and partnering again with Canadian MC Abdominal. The first half of the album is definitely for the breakers amongst us, whereas the second half takes on a funkier sound as he teams up with Nostalgia 77, Mr Lif & Edan amongst others. Copper Canyons is worth a mention, cinematic, slightly oriental and mysterious, it reminded me of a much cooler version of the x-men theme tune. These moments break up the album nicely so we're not overloaded with all the sharp shooting lyrics. Other highlights include Remember... , Notes In Quotation and the bond-esque Mayor of a Ghost Town. ****
Next up, it's Lee Fields. Admittedly i'm late to the Lee Fields party and his last album 'My World' passed me by a little bit. So to this new album though, Faithful Man, which i'm not afraid to say i found out about through an advert on Spotify (it's okay, i did end up buying the cd). To say this is a top top soul funk album wouldn't be an understatement, on the title track he hollers about the girl that was tempting him, before the second song, occasionally shrieking with passion he tells us 'I Still Got It', a modern classic and very catchy. You could even take away his bank account, car, health and he still got it. It reminded me of faith, it's not something that can be taken away by the things we own or the money we have. It moves on to the summery You're The Kind Of Girl, complete with all the wah wah you could ask for. Moonlight Mile, a Rolling Stones cover, sounds like it was made in 1973, and is heartfelt in it's delivery. This isn't Fields changing his game to make modern Funk, it's more him sticking to his guns as at 61 he's stepping out from behind the shadow of James Brown along with his contemporaries such as Charles Bradley & Bobby Womack to keep Funk on it's game. The penultimate song, It's All Over But The Crying rounds the album as one of love and politics, without being too preachy or soppy, showing very much that the man still got it. ****
Finally an album released early April from a neo-soul artist, well two, in Alice Russell and Quantic's (Will Holland) Latin verve of Look Around The Corner with The Combo Barero Orchestra. Recorded in Cali, Colombia, We were given a little teaser with the title track and it's Rotary Connection/Minnie Riperton influenced sound, a real corker. But it was KCRW (possibly one of the best stations in the US for indie music) , that broke another highlight 'Light In The Window', a cover of Marvin/Diana Ross's original and one of Russells favourites. Delivered with a tonky, slightly off-key piano, it sounds deeply authentic. Travelling Song gives us a taste of the tropics with it's melodic bossa flair whilst the fun Su Suzy sounds like a long lost and sweet R&B record. The mid-tempo I'd Cry meanwhile is just a great track to kick back to whilst enjoying a pina colada. This is the album to, kick back, open the windows to and welcome the summer in this year. ****
All this and April still to come!
All of the above albums can be listened to here in full on the BristolFunk- Approved Albums of 2012
March started well albeit with the overproduced and slightly underwhelming Michael Kiwanuka album, which promised so much; delivered 3 or 4 stand out tracks only for the rest to consist of fill. Expect this to pick up a few awards though as more of his songs hit the radio. As some people have commented, if we'd been given an album of him, his guitar and some percussion that would have been great, what we were got was a bit major label-ish, over-tinkered and actually took away from the end result. Among Kiwanuka's influences though is Bill Withers so it was on point that BBC4 brought the documentary Still Bill over to our shores. An excellent expose on the man, his life now, his early days and of course the music, the timeless soulful music. Check out the trailer below. Quietly announced around all of the hype surrounding SXSW was a doc on hobo to funk hero Charles Bradley, whose album 'No Time For Dreaming' easily made this blogs top 10 album list for 2011. Trailer also in the below (plays after Still Bill spot). The beginning of March also meant the finishing the excellent softback Life & Times of Sam Cooke- my mini-review can be read in full here.
Next up, it's Lee Fields. Admittedly i'm late to the Lee Fields party and his last album 'My World' passed me by a little bit. So to this new album though, Faithful Man, which i'm not afraid to say i found out about through an advert on Spotify (it's okay, i did end up buying the cd). To say this is a top top soul funk album wouldn't be an understatement, on the title track he hollers about the girl that was tempting him, before the second song, occasionally shrieking with passion he tells us 'I Still Got It', a modern classic and very catchy. You could even take away his bank account, car, health and he still got it. It reminded me of faith, it's not something that can be taken away by the things we own or the money we have. It moves on to the summery You're The Kind Of Girl, complete with all the wah wah you could ask for. Moonlight Mile, a Rolling Stones cover, sounds like it was made in 1973, and is heartfelt in it's delivery. This isn't Fields changing his game to make modern Funk, it's more him sticking to his guns as at 61 he's stepping out from behind the shadow of James Brown along with his contemporaries such as Charles Bradley & Bobby Womack to keep Funk on it's game. The penultimate song, It's All Over But The Crying rounds the album as one of love and politics, without being too preachy or soppy, showing very much that the man still got it. ****Finally an album released early April from a neo-soul artist, well two, in Alice Russell and Quantic's (Will Holland) Latin verve of Look Around The Corner with The Combo Barero Orchestra. Recorded in Cali, Colombia, We were given a little teaser with the title track and it's Rotary Connection/Minnie Riperton influenced sound, a real corker. But it was KCRW (possibly one of the best stations in the US for indie music) , that broke another highlight 'Light In The Window', a cover of Marvin/Diana Ross's original and one of Russells favourites. Delivered with a tonky, slightly off-key piano, it sounds deeply authentic. Travelling Song gives us a taste of the tropics with it's melodic bossa flair whilst the fun Su Suzy sounds like a long lost and sweet R&B record. The mid-tempo I'd Cry meanwhile is just a great track to kick back to whilst enjoying a pina colada. This is the album to, kick back, open the windows to and welcome the summer in this year. **** All this and April still to come!
All of the above albums can be listened to here in full on the BristolFunk- Approved Albums of 2012
Friday, 9 March 2012
Film: Charles Bradley- Soul of America
Without doubt one of my favourite albums of last year, Charles Bradley's debut album was steeped in soul and real life grit. Backed by Daptone, the LP was recieved positively and created a very decent amount of media attention. Great news for a man who slept on the street for a part of his life and been through very tough times. Today I was very pleased to see there's going to be a whole film about his life, premiering at SXSW next week. Check out the trailer here :
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Beats, Rhymes & Life
When browsing shook.fm I was sad to see i'd missed the London screening of this Tribe Called Quest documentary.
Midnight Marauders is my favourite Tribe record and this looks to provide a great insight into an act that defined a classic era of hip hop. Here's the trailer added a playlist i set up :)
Midnight Marauders is my favourite Tribe record and this looks to provide a great insight into an act that defined a classic era of hip hop. Here's the trailer added a playlist i set up :)
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