Afterparty

Just found out about the afterparty for the Q-Tip / Gilles Peterson Show on the 14th. Should be an amazing night. The main show is a sell out but this would worth it too. Do it. John Edwards

Young Heartache

Just got my hands on Bullion's new EP "Young Heartache" It is amazing, i've been waiting for it since GP played a track from it on Worldwide. The track he played "Time for Us All to Love" is the choice cut, got a Brazilian vibe to it, great cut up vocals, in fact all the tracks have a lot more of a soulful vibe than Bullion's earlier work. It is always great to hear an artist take a different route and to pull it off. Bullion has certainly done that. I expect to hear these tracks being played by tasteful DJ's a lot. Well done Bullion, I'm definitely feeling it. www.myspace.com/bullionness

End of the Show

So I should admit I fell asleep towards the end of GP's show last night, I think it's only fair, I mean it's late. Anyway I caught up on the end of the show today and realised I missed quite a finish, quite a soulful vibe, there was like a little segment that was just spot on. The tracks were

Kay Suzuki Ft Fatima – Something To Say (Fresh Minute Music)
Phlash & Friends – Tricks (Restless Soul)
Rochelle - Hit The Floor (Test)
Omar – When You Touch Me (Test)

I really need to get my hands on all of these, the Phil Asher one is just a remix of Restless Soul, but I liked it I think it worked well. And the Omar track is just spot on. Well Gilles, with another great show, just keeping things fresh and right. Much Love.

In New Music We Trust...

So if you listened to last night's Worldwide on Radio 1, you will have heard some fantastic music. Gilles played a couple of tracks from Doom's new album (formally MF Doom). I've actually managed to get my hands on the promo for this album, with a release date of 24th of March (I think), on LEX records. Well let's just say Doom is one of the best, pretty much carrying on from his Stones Throw stuff, in terms of lyrics and flow, however the production is quite different. The Tracks are a lot smoother, not as many of those amazing vocal samples his previous stuff was filled with. "Angelz" is a great track, if you can imagine Doom rapping over a classic James Bond theme, with a vintage Doom beat. "Cellz" is a wicked track too, quite dark, about a two minute intro, but then the sombre horns, and Doom's unchallenged flow just get your head bouncing. Check it out 24th March, you can pre order it online now @ http://www.lexrecords.com/shop/pages/view.php?stockcode=LEX069CD

Oh yeah got a nice little shout out from Gilles on the show again. Always brings a smile to my face. Much love John Edwards

Peace and Love

This is a bit of a random one but yeah. So I think I've just found my new happy place and I'll tell you how to replecate it.

Step One: Make yourself comfortable, prefereably lying down.

Step Two: Get a decent pair of speakers or pop some good headphones on.

Step Three: Play Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band's track "Shabadowah" (only up to 2-40)

Step Four: Close your eyes

Step Five: Take yourself to your favourite place and imagine being with your favourite people. So for me I think I'd be lying down on Toby's balcony in France looking up at the stars, with all my Bath Friends a nice glass of wine and just breathe(pathetic I know but that's what I love). yeah now that's my happy place. much love

Worldwide

In the true spirit of Gilles Peterson, this blog has gone worldwide. I've had hits from as far a field as LA, San Antonio, Austin, Chicago, Florida, Milan, Vienna, Budapest, Berlin and Gdansk. This is super cool seing as I've only been online for about 10 days. Anyway GP's show is on tonight so I might be able to direct you to some new tunes via Gilles. Exciting times. John Edwards

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.