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Gotta get back on this shit, no excuses i've been lazy. But back with a bang, let's kick things off with Quantic and his Combo Barbaro, got the album no surprises it's sweet i recommend you listen to "Undiscovered Letter" and Linda Morena. More music, James Blake "Air & Lack Thereof", Sbtrkt - 2020 . I will be doing this more frequently, I promise I just need to get my act together. Love

Back once again

So yet again its been ages since i've done a blog due to exams and the like. But now thats all finished and summer has sort of arrived I'm back on board and ready to blog. I went to a wicked little festival the weekend just gone at box called "T on the Farm" definitely one to look out for in the future. Local bands, Local peops and friendly organisers make it a must go to festival. Favourite bands from the weekend have to be The Volt, Electralux and The Zen Hussies.

Worth checking out the Madlib and J Rocc takeover for Gilles Peterson on the iPlayer, nothing short of spectacular. Also wanting to give a heads up for a track which I think is from way back when in 1998 The Lone Ranger - It's Yours, which is Q Tip in hiding, only heard it the other day and it is FRESH.

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.

The Return of Quantic

Got some more music from Tru-Thoughts the other day, taken from two albums I am very excited about. First off a couple of tracks from Lizzy Parks forthcoming acoustic album. I've been excited about this album since I saw that acoustic video of "Raise the Roof", which I love. So the tracks sound really good, there really stripped bare which I love, takes music back to it's essential parts, great harmonies, rhythmic instruments, and top notch vocals, not to mention some Jazz Flute.

Next up my favorite, Quantic returns, this time equiped with his Colombian band, the Combo Barbaro. This stuff is shit hot, it's pretty much what you'd get if you can imagine mixing Quantic and the Buena Vista Social Club. Super Funky, love that slightly discordant piano and superb drumming, definitely gonna check out the live show @ the Roundhouse later this year.

Anyway here is Lizzy Park's acoustic version of her track "Raise The Roof" I had to put it on again. She sang it with a cold don't you know.

Visual Effect

Here's the new Mayer Hawthorne video, this guy is dominating at the moment.

I'm back

So it has been a while since my last post, I've been well busy with uni work and personal issues. Anyway I'm back and ready to go and what better way to start than with a free CD. Hell yeah, I wasn't expecting it but this weekend gone I got Kinny's album "Idle Forest of Chit Chat" in the post. So even before I listened to the album I was in high spirits, but these were only hightened by listening to the ablum. I'd had the good fortune to listen to some of the album before it was released, but there were some undiscovered gems I hadn't heard. The album as a whole works really well, from the moment you take a glance at the artwork and the label (tru-thoughts) you know it's gonna be good. Petrified Dazed feat. TM Juke has got that early TM Juke sound and a little bit of Quanticnish too (yeah that's a word), horns, latin vibes, soulful vocals and tasty chord progressions, that's my kind of track. Other stand out tracks were the title track "Idle Forest of Chit Chat" one of two Souldrop productions on the album, I'm definitely gonna keep an eye out for Souldrop in the future. Actually I can't be bothered to list all the tracks I like, because it's the majority of the album, so yeah check it out and thank me later. Peace & Love