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Venezuela


They are definitely spoiling us ! So far this year Toronto’s We Are Busy Bodies have graced us with seminal releases from the less frequented corners of South African jazz history. Now they’ve switched the spotlight to the equally hip seventies Venezuelan scene where the fusion of American jazz and Latin stylings reconsidered the possibilities. …

Barbados-born r&b-pop up and comer Robbi Niles returns with the bouncy yet subtly intricate new single ‘Venezuela’. Effortlessly commercial and accessible, the pop exterior of track is adorned by some beautiful, atmospheric production which pulls the track beyond the initial Capital FM-esque front, offering a warmth and a depth to the soundscape. Layers of subtle, …

Where do they find them? Those intrepid sound seekers at We Are Busy Bodies look set to keep on delivering. Following their bountiful dig through the ‘As-Shams‘ back catalogue of seminal South African jazz, the Toronto based label have switched their attention momentarily to the equally hip Venezuelan seventies scene. The result of these new …