Nick van Gelder drums up a treat with Brighter Star. The shrewder music aficionado’s amongst you may recognise Nick van Gelder as the first drummer for Jamiroquai before he left the band in 1994. Since then, he has been touring with other bands extensively and in April last year, he released Groovitas, capturing that old …
Quadron give us a taste of their upcoming album. Ever since their cover of Michael Jackson’s Baby Be Mine, I was hooked on Quadron. Their debut album was one of the smoothest I had heard in a long time and their performance in London back in September confirmed that. Their new track Hey Love could …
We’ve featured it once before but it’d be a crime not to mention it this month – Slum Village’s Fall In Love.
We look at one of J Dilla’s first forays into a more “commercial” sound, with Q-Tip’s Amplified.
The Auracle will be releasing a neo-soul project in the summer. Here’s a sneak peek. Since the label started with the blog in September last year, we’ve had two releases: Big Groove’s Sampleface Presents… Sunday Night Jams I and our compilation album Midnight Rain. Well, we can tell you that The Auracle will be adding …
J Dilla was the focus of BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Stories, Gone Too Soon. Miss it last year? Catch it right here.
Remember when Eddie Murphy had a “singing career”? We look at one of his most (in)famous tracks for this week’s Throwback Thursday. We all know Eddie Murphy as the comedian/actor with the funny laugh, fast-paced wisecracks and fat suits but he also had brief stints as a singer. It all started in 1985, two years …
RKZ’s offering for Valentine’s Day is the sultry Wander/Lust.
Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be complete without some jams to go with it. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Whether you have someone to share it with or not, don’t worry about the soundtrack. I’ve put together a selection of tracks from the likes of Prince, Floetry, Jesse Boykins III, J Dilla and more for your listening pleasure. …
Thanks to egotripland and Brian Cross of Mochilla for the Dilla photos and the backstories.