Seven Davis Jr’s “Lost Tapes” are no longer lost!! Los Angeles based vocalist, producer and poet put together this amazing release from four and eight track tapes which were lost in storage via a lengthy hiatus due to drug addiction and depression. Now all of sudden there is bright future ahead of Samuel Davis as he surely is the new hope for disco and soulful house music.
Our bud, B. Bravo, from the Bay Area just dropped a brand new joint made exclusively for the West Coast Red Bull Music Academy Club Tour with Lunice & Rocky Fresh. The title is “Every Little Thing” and is a free download of this one is available by right clicking save as. In the next few weeks he will be doing shows all over the States, so try and catch one if you’re in the neighborhood.
11/20 :: DNA Lounge, San Francisco
11/21 :: Branx, Portland
11/22 :: Nectar, Seattle
11/23 :: Next Door, Honolulu
12/5 :: Phoenix, AZ
Hello world…meet Reginald Omas Mamode IV from London. This intergalactic producer describes his music as ‘earthbound heart and soul music for good peoples’. Gilles Peterson featured the title track of his “Do You?” EP on the last Brownswood Bubblers compilation, but be sure you listen to the entire thing!
Yikes!! Can’t even try to explain the dopeness miss Fatima and fLako are brining on her new “Family” single. Three prime cuts all produced by the loneliest producer in town, fLako. Dig into some “Black Dough”, cause it’s yummy as f*ck. Pick up the 12″ at your local record shop or order via Eglo tomorrow official release date is now December 2nd!!
I guess when you see the “Gravity” of an “Epic Lie”, one must eventually come to an “Offering For Anxious”. This is exactly what Diggs Duke is doing next month when he releases his album on Brownswood Recordings. Now the true fans of Mr. Duke will already some of the songs in their possession, but there is enough new material on there to give this a listen. Pre-orders are available here.
One of Japan’s heavyweight players, Jazzy Sport, is releasing a super nice compilation that goes by the name of “Pound For Pound” Vol. 3. Lots of tight producers on there such as DJ Mitsu the Beats, Andres, BudaMunk, Grooveman Spot, Sauce81, Samon Kawamura, Cro-Magnon and many more. A preview of the entire album is available on Jazzy Sport’s Soundcloud page and pre-orders are available right here.
Lord Echo is an eccentric and reclusive musician/producer based in Wellington, New Zealand. He played in The Recloose Band and after his debut solo album “Melodies” he has returned with his latest project entitled “Curiosities”. His music is a blend of Funk, Disco‐primed Reggae, futuristic Soul and timeless African rhythms.
The past months we’ve been hearing some incredible new joints from Marco Polo featuring golden era favorites such as Organized Konfusion, Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, O.C. and Mc Eiht. We thought we’d wait till “Port Authority 2: The Directors Cut” was out and that day is here. A lot of banging beats featuring a cast of incredible lyricists is the result. For the lovers of that original boom bap hip hop…this is for you!
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Benedek is a musician/producer who’s been representin’ the funk for a minute. You might remember “That’s My Jam!” featuring Dam-Funk from a few years back. If this is not the case we suggest you get acquainted! His latest “Untitled” project is out on PPU Records and available as an extremely limited test pressing.
So that little Asian fellow Mike Gao invited Bahwee and Esta to his studio in San Diego last week for some hamburgers and beats. The result is a mellowed out freebie entitled “Lounge Burger”.
