Soulful Sundays

Nu Era: The Third Adam

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

UK legendary producer Marc Mac of 4hero returns to original form as Nu Era, a moniker he presented in the early 90′s. Surrounding himself with analog keyboards, vintage drum machines and a laptop, Mac created electronic gems drawing heavily on 80′s electro, techno and hip hop breakbeats, all musically woven on the futuristic and atmospheric [...]

Coultrain: A Gem Iza Jewel [Music Video]

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

St Louis singer Coultrain released the first in a series of visuals from his stellar sophomore album Jungle Mumbo Jumbo. Directed by Knny Frsh of Fresh Selects, the first is for his tribal and dark tune “A Gem Iza Jewel“. Really surreal imagery with several themes intertwining. is he dreaming? Is he shedding his skin? [...]

Blanka & Rongetz Foundation: Spanning Will

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

Really nice tune and collaboration between French hip hop producer Blanka and composer, producer Stephane Rongetz. “Spanning Will” recall the days of some of the great jazz, hip hop experiments of the 90′s with it’s trumpets blares, samples, claps and boom bap to funk drums. Check out the cool visual that accompanies made of spliced [...]

Randy Watson Experience: Stevie Wonder Remixes

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

In celebration of soul master Stevie Wonder‘s birthday last week, Questlove and James Poyser unleashed some heat from their vaults. Recordings from 2002-2204 under their Randy Watson Experience moniker, they put some killer drum, keys and arrangement to two of Stevie’s classics, “Visions” and “You’ve Got It Bad Girl.” I’m still hoping one day that [...]

ARCHIE: IFWESURVIVE

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

ARCHIE, son of r&b crooner Brian McKnight, forges ahead with his own style and brand. His debut album IFWESURVIVE find the singer adding a young and fresh voice to the game with his soulful blend of r&b, electropop and new wave. Nothing more to say except cop it. IFWESURVIVE by ARCHiE

Love Science Music

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

Really nice work from New York based musician Josh Giunta, who as a drummer has recorded and performed with the likes of Esperanza Spalding, Saunders Sermons, Zozo Afrobeat and more. His “Love Science Music” project travels the great space that all music occupy as he explore and blend a variety of styles cohesively including jazz, [...]

Tai Allen: Vicious Boy The Sampler EP

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

Poet, singer, producer Tai Allen of Vicelounge released a glimpse into his upcoming project “Vicious Boy”. Unlike releases inthe past that’s built around a common theme, this project is Tai Allen uncut, running through a mixture of sounds and styles but not to the point of schizophrenia. Electric, organic, an audience, his brain. It’s all [...]

Sax G: Tu Me Manques [Music Video]

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

Seattle based producer Sax G put together a black and white video with artsy, interpretive choreography set to a couple of tunes from his recent album “Tu Me Manques”, including the title track that features indie soul dive Choklate. Check it out and if you haven’t already, cop the album here.

Omar: Come On Speak To Me

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

A second song from the long awaited album “The Man” by UK soul legend Omar (MBE) was made available for listen. “Come On Speak To Me” find the soul king exploring his love for the sounds of Brazil with a rhythm heavily in samba as his signature Caribbean meets doowop tones sing his tale of [...]

Bilal Salaam: 4Live

by Duane Powell May 19, 2013 Soulful Sundays

Bilal Salaam dug in his vaults and unleashed some rare and amazing live recordings of four songs from his stellar debut album “Blah”. These recordings are dated between 2006-2009 and feature the creme dela creme of the DC underground including Muhsinah, Raheem DeVaughn, Nicholas Ryan Gant, Dre King, Danedra, K’Alyn and Ben Williams. Check out [...]

Zo!: ManMade (Sampler)

by Duane Powell May 12, 2013 Soulful Sundays

The Foreign Exchange Music label are getting us ready for ManMade, the new album from multi instrumentalist, producer Zo! Last week they dropped a downloadable sampler of seven snippets from the album that feature singers Choklate, Gwen Bunn, Eric Roberson, Jeanne Jolly and of course his homie Phontigallo. May 21st can’t get here quick enough.

Mark de Clive-Lowe: 13 x 13 Beat Tape

by Duane Powell May 12, 2013 Soulful Sundays

Insanely talent keyboard wizard Mark de Clive-Lowe is yet again amazing beat junkies. Check out this 13 minute beattape he dropped of 13 downtempo bangers.