much love from China. thanks for allowing downloads!

So, so dope!  I've only seen Omar twice, but I am totally looking forward to seeing him again and again!

JUNE EVANS: ‘IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN’ / ‘HARDLY NEED TO SAY’
IZIPHO SOUL are thrilled to announce their next release: Early 80s music from New Jersey of the highest order and a first time re-release on a 45.
IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN’ is a synth-soul boogie bomb that we’ve taken to another level. The ‘Sunshine Mix’ by Philip Ward - miraculously restructured - giving it the feel of a 12” but keeping it under 5 minutes, the instrumental break in the latter stages is simply stunning. 
The sublime flip ‘HARDLY NEED TO SAY’, hardly needs an introduction. 
Whilst the Rhodes and intricate guitars weave their way throughout the track, June’s vocals shine with passion and power.

HARDLY NEED TO SAY

Tune into the next Sounds of Heaven on @thelotradio on December 30 from 10 AM - 12 PM!

Tracklist:
"Diana In the Autumn Wind" Gap Mangione
"Detroit Twice" El Michels Affair
"I Want You (Underboss Remix)" Marvin Gaye
"Body Talk" (TBG mix)" Lord Finesse
"By Your Side (Cottonbelly remix)" Sade
"Find A Way (Bossa edit)" Metropolitan Jazz Affair
"Chui Nui" Kaidi Tatham
"BNH" The Brand New Heavies
"Samba de Saudade" Lionmilk
"Puff Lah" Katranada
"Pickup (feat. Anh & David Lyn)" Tessellated
"True Love" Wizkid
"Let Me Down" Jaz Karis
"Solitude" Lila Ike
"Wanted" Lila Ike
"Way In My Brain" SL2
"Feel" Izco
"Didn't Cha Know" Bluestaeb
"Prototype (cover)" Kali Uchis
"One 4 Fredo [Bilal Flip]" Malik Abdul-Rahmaan
"Time's A Wastin'" Erykah Badu
"Moody's Mood for Love" Amy Winehouse
"Hey Brother (Do Unto Others)" The Frightnrs
"Henry the Great" Jackie Mittoo
"Stereo Freeze" Jackie Mittoo
"Baiao" Banda Black Rio
"Do It Again" Deep Heat
"Shimmy Shimmy Ya" Prince Fatty
"Note from Home" Lord Echo
"Sambassim (DJ Patife Remix)" Fernanda Porto
"Kenke Corner" Guts
"Banho de Folhas (Moma + Guy Remix)" Luedji Luna
"Fasta" Riton & Kah-Lo
"The Dapp" African Music Machine
"Ah Voce Nao Sabe (You Don't Know)" Azymuth
"Lansana's Priestess" Donald Byrd
"Lamento (No Morro)" Sergio Mendes
"Go Away Dream" Derrick Harriott
"My Thing" The Chosen Few

Sounds of Heaven 12/2/21

Syd Dale:Number One Spy

Guess what, COOL MILLION are back! And this is without a doubt their best album to date.
The unique soul duo (Frank Ryle & Rob Hardt) have been busy working up their best with a hot line up of some truly amazing and talented artists.

Give It Up (ft. Laura Jackson)

Strange Emotion

My first introduction to Omar was around the mid 90s, which were also my early teens, at a time when I was still scratching the surface of what would eventually become my musical taste. As the years went by, I realized that with each new album, his name would pop up whenever I would have conversations about who my favourite artists were. A few months ago I caught up with Omar to talk about his new album, family, music philosophy and life in general.
Read The Full Interview Here: http://bit.ly/2vnQfkj

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Tribute to OMAR - Mixed & Selected by Spacewalker

Partnered with Freestyle Records label mate Omar Lyefook (on vox) here the duo offer a fresh interpretation of Herbie's classic track, Butterfly.  The single is taken from Pine's new album, Black Notes From The Deep - out October 27th.

Butterfly

Pre-Order

Premiere: Courtney Pine feat. Omar - Butterfly

Love In Beats (Deluxe Edition)

Gave My Heart (DJ Jazzy Jeff Remix) [feat. Leon Ware]

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▶ Preorder on Amazon UK: http://kud.li/12DcY6C

<b>OUT: 24 June 2013</b>

"When I grow up, I wanna be like Omar" - Stevie Wonder

There are precious few, if any contemporary UK artists whose creative credentials and influence extend as far and so consistently wide as Freestyle Records' most recent signing Omar. Since first breaking through to worldwide renown all the way back in 1991 with his first releases on Gilles Peterson's seminal Talkin' Loud label, and since going on to work with all manner of musical legends including a certain Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Syreeta Wright, Common, and Carleen Anderson.

Omar returns with a brand new album that many say is without doubt the strongest of his entire career. The buzz generated by the single release of the album's title track, The Man, confirmed beyond doubt that Omar is very much at the top of his game, with everyone from BBC 6 Music's Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 2's Trevor Nelson and Jamie Cullum giving both major support and high praise for the simply magnificent new high point for Omar's renowned ability to write devastatingly catchy melodies.

Across the rest of this new album, opener Simplify sets the template, with its luscious and majestic string backed introduction raising the curtain on this deep, hard grooving number. Omar also joins forces with Germany's Hidden Jazz Quartett on High Heels - growling organ spars with the tough, jagged drumbeat on this tough, funk driven collaboration. Elsewhere, latin textures and rhythms have always been part of Omar's far reaching musical vocabulary, and on Come On Speak To Me and Ordinary Day restless south American beats underpin the crisp and fresh melodies.

Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler offers her distinctive voice on the duet Treat You, allowing these two legendary voices to unite beautifully. Completing the circle that began all the way back in the early 1990s, Omar has re-recorded his classic love song There's Nothing Like This, which this time features bass player to the Gods Pino Palladino. The touching sentiment remains undiminished, but the addition of soaring strings, soulful, jazzy horns, a vibrant live and acoustic feel, plus an extended and new arrangement.

This album will surely become known as the most eclectic, confident, mature and soulful album of his career. After all, Stevie Wonder knows, Erykah Badu knows... and now everyone knows; Omar is The Man.

10 Omar - There's Nothing Like This (feat. Pino Palladino)

Kem - Heaven (Deep House Mix)

Taking Me Back the second single to be released from the forthcoming Peven Everett 'King of Hearts' LP. FREE DOWNLOAD for all our followers!

Peven Everett - Taking Me Back

Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Tribute to OMAR - Mixed & Selected by Spacewalker

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