Rap/Soul/Funk 03/2013

something new

mygood soulfood

Neo-Soul/RNB

soul

mellow meowski

EasyListen April | May

cool

Snoh Aalegra

Produced by No ID Co-Produced by Michael Percy

ARTIUM QOQ/SONY MUSIC 

Snoh Aalegra - The Fall

'Black Panties' Available Now!
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R. Kelly - My Story (LA Remix) Ft. Too Short And Nipsey Hussle

Track from my new album 'Chrysalis'

If you want the full versions without the annoying 350hz snippets feel free to purchase and support the thing we all love the most. MUSIC.

Peace 
BT

Nevermind feat. Mara TK

From the debut album. Download the Deluxe Version on iTunes here:
http://smarturl.it/flume_deluxe


Hermitude - HyperParadise (Flume Remix)

Run (away from the valley of fear)

JUS005: George Maple - Uphill [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Flume Deluxe Version out November 8. You can preorder on iTunes here:
http://smarturl.it/flume_deluxe

Flume - Bring You Down feat. George Maple

AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE: http://thedecoders.bandcamp.com/track/strange-fruit-feat-raul-midon

Fresh of the press and following the release of "Walk On By" and "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun", we are proud to offer up another gem reworked from the Music Sales catalog, this time digging even deeper into our cultural history with the haunting poetic verses of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" sung beautifully by our friend and comrade, soul crooner Raul Midon!  

In honor of Black History Month, we have to decided to release the single on Feb 1st (on band camp and iTunes), but will stream it on sound cloud this week leading up to the release date.

In classic Decoders fashion, we decided to flip the arrangement into a St. James Infirmary Jazz style with dub and cumbia undertones...Raul's amazing vocal delivery and masterful guitar work is heavily featured in the song.  This particular version is also inspired by Jeff Buckley's cover of the tune, which was recorded in the early 90's by Liza Richardson at Santa Monica's KCRW studios.  Check out the link here: http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/td/td110914from_the_archives_je

Strange Fruit feat. Raul Midon

Intrepid Kiwi music-maker Mara TK cooks up a soulful, free-spirited two-track EP, Taniwhunk, with deeply magnetic results. Here is as authentic a listen as you are likely to get all year, experimental, challenging, enriching music without polished edge or tiresome brand-building edifice. Taniwhunk is 21st century Maori music - music with something to say...everything to say.
 
The Maori, New Zealand’s orginal inhabitants, have experienced centuries of upheaval following subsequent European settlement and their need for loud, insightful voice in today’s turbulent, over-developed world is greater than ever. Beautifully stark EP opener Run is a powerful Maori challenge to selfish, ruthless authority, its gentle exhale of percussion and guitar providing sheer lift to TK’s pure soul vocals on fighting fear, deception and cultural poverty. Acclaimed Detroit DJ-producer Moodymann adds electronic bite to a remix, meanwhile, punching jagged, metallic rhythms through a stirring haze of b-line organ, digital hum and sharp keys. The Maori are speaking with digital clarity.
 
Second Taniwhunk cut, Anyone Here?, ups the tempo and extends TK’s important dialogue with the listener. Here forceful drum and piano loops build into spirals of synth, shuffling cymbals and more sweet yet sweeping vocals, TK serving us personal, heartfelt thoughts on the displacement of community and its identity and, in turn, the corporate misuse of land which has killed off a truly sustainable, age –long way of life. A remix by London DJ-producer Simbad moves firmly into raw house territory - deep analogue bass spliced with phased ‘n’ filtered synths and seriously cuttin’ drums to mesmeric effect – but story remains key; how could it not?
 
Mara TK, one third of acclaimed, genre re-defining soul trio Electric Wire Hustle, hails from Canterbury, an area of New Zealand’s South Island holding huge historical significance for the Maori. Reconfigured over several centuries by Western capitalism, and ravaged in recent years by literally thousands of earthquakes, Canterbury promises little today for its original settlers. Where natural diasaster hasn’t struck, industry-scale dairy farming pollutes local rivers preventing the sustainable fishing upon which TK’s family, and people, once based their peaceful lives.
 
TK, then, is a self-confessed ‘Maori In Space’; a new age tribesman striking back with the technological tools at his disposal in these bewildering, highly advanced times, and some considerable talent, to express the Maori’s mana in high definition and with panoramic reach. Taniwhunk balances statement and style perfectly; art imitating and enhancing life….

Mara TK - Taniwhunk EP - Run

"Don't Hurt Yourself" it's a first single from upcoming full-length album "Travelling Through Thoughts" from Ritmo Sportivo residents, dutch production duo The Pilots. Strong message composition sung by the world-famous soul singer and producer Miles Bonny on the distinctive smooth instrumental by The Pilots. Their long-play project will include a good number of collaborations with singers from all around the world and very soulful production based at the same time on classic jazzy influence and actual electronic sound. 

It's time for keeping The Pilots on your radar because the taking off is coming soon...   

"Don't Hurt Yourself"
Lyrics, vocals and trumpet by Miles Bonny | milesbonny.com
Music and mastering by Thomas Weidijk & Moreno Matulessy
Executive producer/A&R by Ilya Bodrov for Ritmo Sportivo Music
Design by Atelier Futur | atelierfutur.com
© 2013 Ritmo Sportivo Music

thepilots.nl
ritmosportivo.com
soundcloud.com/thepilots
facebook.com/pilotsprodcutions



Get on iTunes

The Pilots feat. Miles Bonny - Don't Hurt Yourself

www.facebook.com/laurawelshofficial

7" coming soon!

Laura Welsh - Unravel

Handle It (Prod. M-Phazes)
MeLo-X has the ability to remix music like none other.  Whether he's re-constructing it to produce a whole new track or adding his own vocals MeLo makes every track truly his own.  Handle it is no different.  Originally a remix of Gotye's "Somebody I used to know" ft. kimbra produced by m-phazes, MeLo decides to take this track and completely transform it into cosmic private dancer music.  Handle It tells the story of an encounter with a women who moves like she's from another planet. 

Enter the XXX-Files

GOD:LoFi drops soon

@Meloxtra


HANDLE IT

Linda Briceño Trumpet, Voice and Piano 
Carlos Peña: Guitar 
Cover of Bryan Mcknight Never Felt This way
  

Never felt this way, Linda Briceño cover

touch [prod. by K o o þ Á D o ō þ A]

"Bankrupt!" is out now! - http://smarturl.it/Bankrupt

Entertainment - Blood Orange Remix

AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE: http://thedecoders.bandcamp.com/track/what-cha-gonna-do-for-me-feat-alex-isley

In homage to Chaka Khan, The Decoders have tapped into the brilliance of her early 80's hit "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" and re-imagined it for a new generation, featuring the young, up-and-coming vocalist and songwriter Alex Isley (daughter of Ernie Isley from the Isley Brothers).  A dash of Electronic, Soul and Reggae/Dub/Dancehall vibes, this track will keep ears young and old intrigued by its lush sonic landscape, horn stabs and the buttery, soulful croons of miss Alex Isley.  Enjoy!

CREDITS:

Produced by The Decoders 

Alex Isley
Lead Vocals, Background Vocals & Vocal Arrangements 

Itai Shapira 
Drum Programming, Bass, Guitar, Dub FX, Synths

Adam Berg 
Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Dub FX

Todd M. Simon 
Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Horn Arrangements 

Tracy Wannomae
Flute, Tenor & Alto Sax

Blake Colie 
Additional Drums 

Engineered by Itai Shapira and Adam Berg at Manifest Music  
Mixed by Adam Berg at Manifest Music 
Additional mixing by Itai Shapira
Mastered by Adam Berg at Manifest Music 

Originally Performed and Recorded by Chaka Khan on her third solo album "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (1981) 

Holly Port: Photography • Anthony Valadez: Cover Art Design

What Cha' Gonna Do For Me feat. Alex Isley

価格: ￥1,800(税込)
発売元: : SWEET SOUL RECORDS
レーベル：Flat Line Collective
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ブルガリア随一の実力を持つディーヴァRuth Koleva（ルス・コレバ）。20代前半とは思えない実力にはしっかりとした裏付けがある。彼女のキャリアがスタートしたのは若干9歳の頃。それから12年間で、Bobby McFerrinなどとのコラボを果たし、L.A.でStevie Wonderの前でパフォーマンスも披露。16歳の時にはNYに旅立つと、Beyonce、James Brown等と仕事をしていた敏腕マネジャーJoe Fletcherが、彼女を連れ出し、Elton Johnなどのヒット曲を生んだプロデューサーMar=n Brileyと仕事をさせたという天才少女らしい逸話つき。自国に戻ってからは経験を積み、Redman & Methodman、Kelly Rowland の前座として6万人の前で熱唱。Frank McCombとともにフェスでヘッドライナーを務め、ジャズアワードを最年少受賞するなど、若手シンガーの期待の星なのだ。

そんな彼女の新アルバムへの布石となるEPが『Future Sweet』だ。PopsをNew Soulへと昇華させ、R&Bからリズミックなファンク要素を抽出した、斬新で先進的な欧州モダンソウルが存分に発揮された良作に仕上がっている。“Nothing Else ”(#2)はファンク色を強めに打ち出し、“Heaven ”(#5)はダンスミュージックのような音使いを取り入れながらも、しっかりとしたモダンソウルサウンドにまとめあげている。天才少女から、一人の成熟した実力派ディーヴァへ。新アルバムへの期待を大きく膨らませる待望のEPついに日本上陸！

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Ruth Koleva - Nothing Else

Once

Look for High Water Music's FREE compilation, Synergy, to be released April 10th. 
To tide you over, here is the second single off the compilation, courtesy of Fresh Daily.

Download link: http://we.tl/04yVK5Rl4D

  

Fresh Daily - No Digas No

Twista - A.D.I.D.A.S. (Explicit)

Produced by: Alfa Mist

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- Get your copy on Itunes NOW:

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#WithoutOurTime

Marie Dahlstrøm - Without Our Time (prod. Alfa Mist)

Davina - so good (soulmaster remix)

Therapy Chop 115
Sample :George Duke - Inner Source

I hope you enjoy!

TBG

Tall Black Guy - For The Breakdancers(Therapy Chop 115)

In only a couple of years, Los Angeles production trio (Todd M. Simon, Itai Shapira and Adam Berg) have cemented their reputation in the studio and on stage as the premiere production team and live band for artists like Rhye, Kelis, and Hollie Cook.

They have also garnered the attention of great worldwide tastemakers such as KCRW music director Jason Bentley, the legendary Gilles Peterson of the BBC, Jaime Cullum, Okayplayer, Saint Heron, Wax Poetics, Bandcamp and many more.

Rarely emerging from behind closed studio doors, The Decoders love combining their specialized brand of "decoded" classics from the 60's and 70's soul movement with an excitingly new blend of genres ranging from Lovers Rock to Dub, Brazilian Music to Psychadelic Soul.

Coco O. (of Quadron), Noelle Scaggs (of Fitz & the Tantrums), Leon Ware, Raul Midon and many others have lended their vocal talents to this special project with more to surely come for each new volume.

In a live setting, The Decoders are 10 to 20 piece ensemble featuring LA's top musicians and session players.  Thus far, they have released 2 volumes and a dub remix EP, including a few tunes from their upcoming LP, Adventures From Paradise: A Tribute To Minnie Riperton (vol 3), which will be completed in the summer of 2014 and features special guest vocalists and musicians including Bilal, Van Hunt, Mara Hruby, Andreya Triana, Alice Russell, Jimetta Rose, Niki Randa, and many more.


"This is not music, its chemistry. Get into the science." -Okayplayer.com

For more info, check out their website at www.thedecodersmusic.com or go to www.thedecoders.bandcamp.com to listen and purchase their music.
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