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favourite things | 10.21

New wicked tunes across Jazz Funk Soul Reggae Hip Hop Dub Beats. Weekly updated playlists from the website www.thewickedsound.com

The Wicked Sound Playlist 29 (2021) Jazz Funk Soul Beats

Cover artist: omar apollo https://soundcloud.com/omarapollo

Tropical Chill: Balmy

We Will Rise

Tempting (Dance 2) [feat. Kojey Radical & DTSOUL]

Stillpoint

Please Come Back, She Said To The Sun (feat. Barrett Martin)

Open the Gates

Lágrimas Del Mar (feat. Moor Mother)

Viberite

Dat It

Dat It (feat. Kiefer)

We are very happy to premiere the meditative sounds of  “Spaceland”, by pedal steel player, visual artist and composer Joe Harvey-Whyte. Forthcoming on None More Records, London. 

Like everyone else anywhere that’s been opening up, we on the MIMS team occasionally feel overwhelmed by the new pace of life, work, events, new releases, social engagements and more besides, so it’s a real pleasure to take a step back sometimes and listen attentively to such soothing music as this. 

“Spaceland” is taken from a track EP, ‘Flatland/Spaceland’, Harvey-Whyte’s debut solo release. ‘Flatland/Spaceland’ blurs the borderlines between ambient and neoclassical to create an engaging and meditative listening experience.

The first side of the 2 track EP, titled “Flatland” is a glacial ambient creation made using pedal steel guitar processed through multiple effects together with field recordings and occasional revelatory sounds from Himalayan singing bowls. “Spaceland”, on side B, takes the composition and refracts it through an orchestral lens. A 26-piece ensemble delicately creeps into the calming world echoed by side A. As the piece develops the result is something more akin to a film soundtrack. Inspired by Edwin A. Abbott’s 1884 novel Flatland, in which a two-dimensional protagonist encounters a three-dimensional world for the first time, and struggles to explain it to his fellow natives of the 2D Flatland, Joe Harvey-Whyte attempts conceptually to give depth to what that which appears flat. 

On “Spaceland”, Joe Harvey-Whyte worked closely with Ell Kendal, a sound artist and orchestrator from London. Kendal is known for his use of experimental scoring techniques to create notated works for classical ensemble. His influences range from avant-garde composers and performance artists, to early religious music, and ritual, and you can hear that in his interpretation of the original piece here. The process of orchestrating and recording all the instruments for “Spaceland” took around a year, with additional challenges to the process caused by working through COVID. Everything was recorded at Joe’s studio in North London, with the exception of a few remote recordings. 

Joe says of the process of orchestrating the piece “Ell’s scores are quite idiosyncratic and were more of a gentle guide than a definitive representation of the piece as it should be played. Flatland was an improv creation and I wanted this orchestral refraction to embody that level of randomness and chance. Many of the beautiful blossoming moments in Spaceland came about by ‘accident’”.

Joe elaborates on his process: “With my music I often like to create a sonic landscape and just sit there. Breathing slowly and contemplating. When composing, my pieces allow me to take some time out from the fast paced nature of much of life here in London. The pedal steel is manipulated through effects beyond recognition. I didn’t really set out to make a “pedal steel” ambient EP. More that the pedal steel is my expressive tool and the means by which I can access a whole range of different tonalities which perhaps others might get with synths, voice or classical instruments like strings.”

'Flatland/Spaceland' is due for release in full on October 15th via None More Records. A limited 300 run of 10" vinyl with embossed sleeves are available to pre order now via bandcamp - https://joeharveywhyte.bandcamp.com/album/flatland-spaceland

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Exclusive Premiere: Joe Harvey-Whyte "Spaceland" (Forthcoming on None More Records)

Two For Mistake

Bumper Cars

Band on the Wall’s latest 7” release is from producer, musician and DJ, Contours. Known for applying his own percussive dexterity, his sound is placed within the intersection of House, Jazz, Broken-Beat and percussive experimentation.

Double A-side ‘The Programme / Conga Quinto (Dub)’ proves Contours is an artist continually capable of blending the electronic and organic into a sound that re-invents and surprises. The Programme is a woozy mix of sunset synths, squelchy bass, crisp propulsive hi-hats and snare-led rhythms. The sound has a depth you can sink into, yet the skittering beats add levity and a club-leaning energy to the track.

This release is the latest in an ongoing sonic evolution for Contours, having released music on labels such as Tru-Thoughts, Rhythm Section and Anma Records. His music has received praise from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Mr Scruff, Alex Nut, Bradley Zero and others. In 2018 he joined up with Banana Hill party founder, DJ and producer Cervo to head to Uganda. They worked with percussion troupe Fonkodelis Arkestra out of the Nyege Nyege-affiliated Boutiq Studio on the boundary traversing 12” Kawuku Sound. Last year in lockdown he worked with instrument builder and artist Seth Sutton out of their Manchester and Cumbria homes to put together Balafon Sketches. This release retained Burford’s love of organic percussive instrumentation but channelled it through a minimalist and contemporary classical sound world.

The Programme / Conga Quinto (Dub) are part of ‘The Singles Club’ 7” releases from Manchester jazz institution Band on the Wall and their new label Band on the Wall Recordings. Based out of the iconic music venue, charity and cultural hub, the label has already released future neo-soul 7” Forgive You and is set to follow this up with material from the likes of Lovescene and Secret Night Gang, among others, building on a successful compilation released year to raise funds during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Contours music speaks to the heart of this project and Band on the Wall as a whole in its mission to explore the world through an openness to diverse sonic and cultural influences, whilst celebrating the talent that exists within its home city.

The Singles Club: Contours

Exclusive Premiere: Contours "The Programme"

It is our pleasure to premiere 'arts of living', Dave De Rose & Dan Nicholls' ideal companion to the heavy rain showers and chilly days in London at the moment. Read more @ https://buff.ly/2YjAXQa

Plants Heal

Dave De Rose & Dan Nicholls - Arts Of Living (TS Premiere)

Existe Uma Voz

No Closure

▶ Soulection ~ The Sound of Tomorrow
▶ Download / Listen ~ soulection.lnk.to/ShakaLionSingularisWL

Our next White Label Series 23 features a blend of worldwide sounds coming from artist Shaka Lion, from Lisbon, and in collaboration with producer, Singularis, representing Amsterdam. Through the use of samples from Roots, Lovers Rock and Jungle, this 5-track EP highlights the importance of sound system culture. 

Make sure to catch up on our whole White label Series here:
soulection.com/white-label

Discover Shaka Lion:
soundcloud.com/shaka-lion
instagram.com/raulwindson

Discover Singularis:
soundcloud.com/singularismusic
instagram.com/singularismusic

Discover Soulection:
Twitter: twitter.com/Soulection
Instagram: instagram.com/soulection
Facebook: facebook.com/Soulection/

Soulection White Label: 023 - Shaka Lion & Singularis

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Shaka Lion & Singularis - Lovas

Bandida

Senth Of Her

Don't Care

J-Dilla/Slum Village - Fall In Love (Instrumental)

Shades Of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note

Distant Land

h ll

Trouble in the Water (feat. De La Soul)

Montara

Jafrotronica duo from London www.bluelabbeats.com 

Any enquiries please contact 
ferociouskwame@gmail.com or ferociousmaura@gmail.com

Dat It (feat. Kiefer)

Blue Lab Beats