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Album Review: The Offline – ‘La couleur de la mer’ : Ingenious cinematic soul funk with a fresh plot.

So the soundtrack to an imaginary film makes a return in the hands of Hamburg composer/guitarist The Offline (aka Felix Müller) with his new album ‘La couleur de la mer’…

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Track: Thundercat – Fair Chance

Thundercat has released a new track, ‘Fair Chance’, taken from his forthcoming album ‘It is what it is’, out on Brainfeeder on April 3rd. It’s produced by Sounwave (Kendrick Lamar…

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Track: Yves Tumor – Kerosene!

Ahead of his upcoming album ‘Heaven to a tortured mind’, out via the ever brilliant Warp Records label on April 3rd, Yves Tumor has released a new single – Kerosene,…

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Track: Karate Boogaloo – Marriage for all or none at all

Marriage For All or None At All is the lead single from Melbourne, Australia instrumental funk outfit Karate Boogaloo’s album Carn The Boogers, which drops in May via College of…

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Track: Lettuce – Checker Wrecker

We’ ve always had a bit of a soft spot for funk/jazz combo Lettuce, and their new single ‘Checker Wrecker’, taken from their forthcoming seventh studio album, ‘Resonate’, out May…

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Album Review: Lettuce – Elevate

“This album definitely stretches the boundaries,” says chief composer and percussionist Deitch of New York funk sextet Lettuce, before pretty much summing up the album succinctly, saying “The idea was…

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See: Mavis Staples releases video for “If all I was, was black”

Soul and civil rights legend Mavis Staples has returned with a new video for her latest albums titular track. The video for “I all I was, was black” looks at…

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Track / Video

Track: Kid Bloom – Electric U

Seriously, if you can’t luxuriate in the pop funk of Kid Blooms new single Electric U, you need to see someone for some Valium, because you need that laid back,…

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See: Kali Uchis releases new video for Only Girl

How cool is Kali Uchis? Answer, very cool as it happens. Still only 22 the Columbia born, Los Angeles based artist has already worked with the likes of Major Lazer,…

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News: Raleigh Ritchie UK tour dates

Raleigh Ritchie is a busy young man. As an actor, he’s been lighting up our screens on such acclaimed shows as “Broadchurch” and “Game of Thrones”, the latter of which…

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