Heroine

Take the video as you will, that is not what i am especially interested in, but here are some chilled vibes courtesy of Wild Cookie, a collaboration between Red Astaire aka Freddie Cruger & Anthony Mills. I'm a big big fan of Freddie Cruger and this record is releasing on Tru-Thoughts, check it.

GREAT SUCCESS

Yet again its been another long break, excuses excuses. Moving swiftly on, just got back from another sober night out in Bath, not really expecting much from a night at Moles. However stumbled across a great talent in the form of a young lady by the name of Sarah Williams White, great music, great live act, great voice, just ... great. Definitely one to look out for, here is a link to her WEBSITE and here should be a little album sampler. GOOD STUFF, enjoy!




Also got sent some tings by tru thoughts, really nice new stuff from Hint, seems to be cashing in on the eighties revival with a really funky bass and synth. Here is a album sampler from him... Beryllium EP Preview Snippets - OUT 30th AUGUST by Hint

Coincidentaly if you consider yourself a decent vocalist, you are probably suffering from delusions of grandeur, however if your grandma says you are really good then you might want to consider entering a competition. Tru Thoughts are running a vocalist competition. Hint has supplied two brand new beats, which are downloadable from the Tru Thoughts Soundcloud with all the information here, and the winner gets a release on Tru Thoughts!

All entrants must have a vocalist or MC on, but people can also remix the parts if they so wish. The initial judging will be done by Hint and Tru Thoughts A&R Robert Luis, with the final ten tracks also being judged by Quantic, Alice Russell, The Bamboos and Belleruche, all leading to the exciting prize for the winning vocalist of a worldwide release with Hint on Tru Thoughts

21st century entertainment

Here I present a video from The Bamboos, simple. It was shot around the time their album was recorded and shows an insight into the recording process, as well the good nature of the band.

Bamboos Home Movies EP1 from Tru Thoughts on Vimeo.

The Band That Doesn't Exist

I think this is the best music I've ever heard that has been created by a band that doesn't exist. The band is Skeletons and to quote the blurb “Skeletons is a made up band. I kid you not - it doesn't exist. These musicians never stood in the studio together, they just passed through my house or left some scraps of sound behind after sessions we were working on. This record is like a guy, pieced together and ready for the bonfire." The man behind it all is Benedic Lamdin better known as Nostalgia 77. ‘Smile’ is the full album, out on CD and digital on 1st March 2010 on Impossible Ark Records. Featured track is "Adam And Eve feat. The Voice of Alice Russell"

Zero DB (I can't think of a better title)

Hey team, keep an eye out for another "One Off Remixes & B-Sides" release coming out on Tru-Thoughts. This time it's from Zero DB, I must admit I don't have a lot of their music just a couple of joints from Gilles Peterson compilations, but I have always been a big fan of their Grupo Batuque remix. Got sent a few tracks from this forthcoming album and I must admit I'm impressed, it's sort of Gotan Project, meets Prefuse 73 but with that Tru-Thoughts sound underpinning it all. Zero dB’s ‘One Offs, Remixes and B Sides’ is not only an essential listen for existing fans of Zero dB’s unique concoction of Latin heat, jazz colour, startling beats and pure bassline filth, but for anyone who has been remotely moved by dance music in the last half decade. Much Love.

Simple Maths

I'm super busy with uni work at the moment so I'll keep this brief, just watch & listen to these two videos, first one by SBTRKT, and the second a live recording of Quantic & His Combo Babaro (TT) enjoy.

I'm going to a 10th birthday party this weekend.

Sometimes living in Brighton has its benefits, one of these is being in the hometown of Tru Thoughts Records. They are celebrating 10 years of quality music with various gigs, and one of these is in our very own Brighton, this Friday (16th) at Coalition. The Line up is as follows:
Belleruche (Live)
Lizzy Parks (Acoustic)
Nostalgia 77 (DJ)
Kinny (Live PA)
Flevans (DJ)
TM Juke (DJ)
Natural Self (DJ)
Hint (DJ)
Hosted by Robert Luis



Also check out the Tru Thoughts 10 Year Anniversary Ltd 3 Disc Book, I'm just gonna steal the blurb "We are very proud to announce the launch of an astounding collection of music compiled from our 10 year history. This numbered limited edition 32 page booklet features 3 cd's; 2 of which are a 'best of' selection, compiled by Robert Luis (with help from the entire staff!) of classics that have sold well, defined the label or simply tracks we love! The third disc is entirely exclusive to this package and are tracks commisioned just for this project". For more info check out the Tru Thoughts Website @ www.tru-thoughts.co.uk

Anyway if your in Brighton then come along and I'll see you there.

Gifts

Just been in Europe for a few weeks without internet, which was nice in a way but it is also nice to have technology back. So I got my hands on a few gems, firstly Sbtrkt hooked me up with an mp3 of 2020 which was just incredible, such a gent, such a tune. Also purchased Brownswood Bubblers 4 the latest in the Brownswood Bubblers series, featuring the likes of Mayer Hawthorne, Floating Points, yU, New Look, Souleance and Keaver & Brause.

Talking of Mayer Hawthorne I just bought tickets to see him in London at Queen of Hoxton which is exciting, alongside some Tru Thoughts artists I believe. Also got hold of that wicked heart shaped vinyl, BOOM.
Dave from Tru Thoughts sent me a link whilst I was away for an exclusive Natural Self album preview, a little mix he has done of all his tracks, so you can find that at www.naturalselfmusic.com

Domu

So, more stuff from tru-thoughts, this time the legendary Domu who has signed to the label for this and potentially another album. This album being another "One offs, remixes and B-Sides" so got a few tracks thrown my way and they are just as quality as you would expect. Domu's always being a maestro remixer, so it's no surprise really. It includes the awesome remix of Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra, which was featured on a recent Shapes Compilation, got a wicked bass line, lovely keys and of course Spanky's spanking vocals (hello). A couple of other superb tracks as well, so yeah looking forward to the album.
Anyway I'm gonna be super busy with Uni exams over the course of the next few weeks, although I'm making time to see the Tru-Thoughts 10 years gig for the Brighton Fringe on Sunday, so I'll try and let you know how that goes. Peace out. Oh and here is an example of Domu's remixing skills at work, check it.

gigspace

Went to see Bonobo last night @ audio, was actually a pretty decent night. Great sets by Rob & Bonobo. Rob started a little bit dubsteppy, also dropping floating points. Nice to hear some good music being played in a Brighton club, suprisingly rare. Bonobo obviously had a lot of fans in who where cheering every track, played some of his own tracks and a nice little drop of Onra's "The Anthem". So yeah all in all a good night, looking forward to seeing some more tru-thoughts nights in the future. Also briefly bumped into Hint, who was in amongst the punters.

Wowzers

What a joyful afternoon I've had. I have been blessed by the kind folks at tru-thoughts with some fantastic promos from Stonephace, Kinny & Nostalgia 77. Where to start, well as you may have learnt from my earlier post, I am very excited about the debut album from Stonephace (including amongst other the legendary Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley), so today I got the chance to listen to a new track "Five Miles High". Exciting stuff, a trance enducing bass-line, pshcadelic guitar riffs, shoe tapping beats combined with gentle horn stabs and some classic jazz flute. More please.

Right next up the self titled album from Nostalgia 77 Sessions featuring Keith and Julie Tippett. Yes yes yes, more exciting stuff a classical jazz album here methinks. I was sent two tracks Visions and Rainclouds. Out of the two Visions was the stand out track for me, Julie Tippett's vocals a first for me were outstanding like a deeper more soulful Norma Winstone. These vocals also featured heavily on "Rainclouds" and made exquisite use of layering, which was reminiscient of some of TM Juke & Alice Russell's work. Definitely gonna get my hands on this album.

And Last but not least Kinny, two more tracks, and two more winners, this is exciting times for Tru Thoughts, I think I have a new track of the moment, a soulful number featuring the appropriately named DJ Souldroup "Water for Chocolate". This one took me back to J Dilla's (R.I.P) perfectly sampled numbers, a great mix of samples and fresh music topped with Kinny's impecable vocals. And as a little treat for y'all here is Kinny's video for her track "Enough Said" (feat Quantic Soul Orchestra) enjoy.

Stripped

I always love acoustic music, it brings a certain purity to a track and this is no exception. Lizzy Parks from tru-thoughts singing "Raise the Roof" with nothing but a bass. As a bass-player this is amazingly exciting to watch. It works really well so why don't you take a peak.