Unselfish Desires

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Richmond, Virginia soul outfit Sons Of The James (singer Rob Milton & producer/musician DJ Harrison) follow up their acclaimed 2020 debut LP 'Everlasting' with a new single. 

Here, the duo team up with fellow RVA multi-talent, Calvin Presents, to cover the Stevie Wonder classic, "Love's In Need Of Love Today." 

Released on May 13th to coincide with Stevie's 71st birthday, the message of the original still rings all too true – a full 45 years after its initial release on the seminal 'Songs In The Keys Of Life' double album.

"Love's In Need Of Love Today" 

Written by Stevie Wonder 
(Black Bull Music/Jobete Music Co. ASCAP) 
All rights reserved. 

Personnel: 
Rob Milton - vocals 
Calvin Presents - vocals, Rhodes, synthesizer 
DJ Harrison - drums, bass 

Produced by DJ Harrison & Calvin Presents 

Recorded & Mixed by DJ Harrison at Jellowstone – Richmond, VA 

Mastered by Kelly Hibbert at Almachrome 

FSX-055-01 © 2021 Fresh Selects.

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Sons Of The James & Calvin Presents "Love's In Need Of Love Today" [Stevie Wonder cover]

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The enigmatic DANCED TIL MIDNIGHT graces the debut release for brand new UK label Thylacine Sounds. Bringing together elements of disco, funk, hip hop, afrobeat, complemented perfectly by the spirit-channelling of the likes of Fela Kuti, Babe Ruth, Chicago Transit Authority, via Francis Grasso and Larry Levan, over the four tracks... Danced Til Midnight's "Sun Bleach" EP is built for dancing, a treat for the ears and the feet. With a special appearance from vinyl hero Tall Black Guy on the collaboration "Wheat Bread And Eggs", this is an audacious and energetic debut for the label and the artist, and a clear statement of intent of further gems to come on Thylacine Sounds.

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アーティスト：Rob Milton
タイトル：Healer
発売日：2019年2月13日
レーベル：SWEET SOUL RECORDS

インディーソウルシンガーとしての活動と並行して、音楽監督、ジャーナリスト、ブロガー、ポットキャスターなど、様々なフィールドで活動する超マルチ・アーティスト、Rob Milton（ロブ・ミルトン）。その溢れる才能の中でも特に情熱を寄せる音楽において彼は、Howard TheatreやSOBsといったアメリカの名門と呼ばれるベニューでパフォーマンスを披露。MTV UK、OkayPlayer、AfroPunkなど名だたるメディアからも注目される存在となっている。そんな彼が「現代のNina Simone」とも称される才女・Georgia Anne Muldrowにプロデュースを託し完成したのが本作『Healer』だ。黄金時代のN.Y.C.ヒップホップや2000年代初頭のネオソウル、エレクトロファンク、ジャズの影響を色濃く滲ませたポストJ Dilla世代ならではのざらついたR&Bサウンドと、天性のなめらかでソウルフルな歌声。それらが交錯して生まれるグルーヴがドラマチックで濃密な時間をリスナーにもたらす傑作が誕生した。

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Rob Milton - Healer Feat. Nicholas Ryan Gant

On their third full-length release, Potatohead People widen the frame of their progressive musical vision and deliver a far-reaching yet approachable set of moods and grooves.

Mellow Fantasy continues to showcase the trademark instrumental prowess of the duo and their ease with the loose but hard-hitting drum style brought to the fore by Jay Dee’s influential productions, but goes well beyond basic boom bap bread and butter, with singer-centered R&B and uptempo bumps sharing the stage. 

Beginning in 2008 as a Vancouver-based hip-hop production team, Potatohead People (Nick Wisdom and AstroLogical) have collaborated with a fantasy league of MCs, including Frank Nitt of Frank’n’Dank (the 2013 breakout jam “Back To My Shit”), Illa J (producing an entire album for J. Dilla’s younger brother) and the late Phife Dawg (the beloved A Tribe Called Quest co-founder’s last recorded verse was over one of their beats).  

Setting them apart from other Dilla-influenced beatmakers is the way they push the scope of the style, working the corners with their own unique touch. At its most basic, “the goal has always been making really dope loops,” they explain. By using slices of their own rough instrumental ideas, finding “a chord progression or texture that you can hear again and again and never question it,” they’ve taken this fundamental concept and elevated it to new levels of melodic, harmonically complex music.

A jazz-like responsiveness to the input of collaborators is a key component of how the team works. “We like to get the artist involved when the beat is an early idea, and build the beat around the vocals, getting inspired by what they do.” 

On Mellow Fantasy, they had some impressive inspiration. Pos from De La Soul immediately connected with “Baby Got Work,” a sophisticated slap that went through several iterations before settling into its ultimate form. Appropriately, the song’s diligent construction echoes the ethic of the grind in the clear-eyed, precisely dovetailed lyrics fans have come to expect from the Daisy Age don. “Baby Got Work” is the album’s lead single, hitting on 9/25/20.

Befitting Potatohead People’s origins as a hip-hop group, cameos from Illa J and Slum Village’s T3 on the summertime teaser “What It Feels Like” and Vancouver veteran Moka Only (the sassy, vanity take-down “Ungodly”) add to the unimpeachable rap bonafides. 

The hometown connections continue with Lotusland local Kapok slinging verses on a couple tracks and rising stars Kendra Dias and Clear Mortifee, who stake serious claims as names to watch with standout vocal turns on the low-slung neo-soul “Break Even” and the upcoming second single “Hidden Levels,” a high-flying house/future boogie hybrid. Following up their successful 2019 collabo “Single Life,” Bunnie makes her return to action with the group on “Kettle Boiling.” Ranging further, Reggie B, who broke on the scene with his lead on Onra’s “High Hopes,” shines on the optimistic bounce of “Bring The World A Little Closer.”

Threaded throughout are interlude instrumentals that comfortably manage the neat trick of being musically intriguing while retaining an accessible, gut-level thump. Look no further than the statement-making, Yussef Kamaal-like funk fusion album opener “1st Light” and their nod to overlooked Vancity synth pioneer Dale Jacobs (“Ode To Mr. Jacobs”) for clues to where Nick and Astro’s hearts are at.

Mellow Fantasy, released 10/30/20 on Bastard Jazz and available on vinyl and all digital platforms, is Potatohead People’s most evolved collection yet, rooted in earthy low end but elevated, expansive and reaching new musical heights.

Rob Milton - Healer Feat. Nicholas Ryan Gant

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