Greetings disciples....The Soul Guru is back in indecent haste with 3 more outstanding new music recommendations....in fact I'm just like a London bus....you don't hear from me for 6 weeks then 2 come along at once....
Even though I'm not as young as I was ( who is ? ) my passion for NEW music still burns as brightly as it did 35 years ago when I joined Virgin Records as the first UK A&R employed specifically to sign British Black Music .
Consequently listen to new music all the time but also listen when people whose taste I respect recommend I listen to a particular artist ...when 2 people tell me I know it's time .
Julian Palmer ( Columbia/Sony Senior A&R ) and me have been friends,fellow A&R's and long-suffering fans of " small " football clubs for many years...he's got excellent taste !
Callum Clark has been my son for over 22 years , poor guy :-)
What do they have in common ?
In the past 6 weeks they've both recommended I listen to Anderson.Paak......I'm so glad I took their advice as his album " Malibu " released January this year is ,quite simply,one of the best albums I've heard this year .
Anderson Paak ,aka Breezy Lovejoy , is a 30-year old Californian singer and rapper whose combination of NeoSoul,Hip-Hop and Funk is utterly compelling.....here's a link to " Am I Wrong " featuring ScHoolboy Q from the " Malibu " album ( I hope the link works )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvPeJLcK2Lk
He's signed to Dr Dre's " Aftermath Entertainment " and performed 6 tracks on Dre's " Compton " album ....and despite being late to the party The Soul Guru is happy to give Anderson.Paak a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Now we come to an outstanding British electro/R&B outfit making great music ( and signed by the aforementioned Julian Palmer to Columbia Records )....Snakehips - my nickname on the dancefloor 40-odd,in fact very odd,years ago :-)
They first came to attention via remixes for The Weeknd and Banks
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Their MASSIVE breakthrough came last year with the quintessential 2016 anthem " All My Friends "...a truly great track ( which has over 20,000,000 youtube views )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3mrYxPLSH4
On April 1st the " Money On Me EP " featuring Anderson.Paak,Malika and Troy Lanez dropped....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS-fXMwMeDo
Again it's great combination of electro/R&B beats and excellent vocals....Callum will be dancing to this all summer I'm sure :-)
Samm Henshaw's first EP " The Sound Experiment " Vol 1 remains one of my favourite debut collection of songs in the last year....released in September last year I wrote about him as a potentially very significant new SOUL artist
" The Sound Experiment " Vol 2 is released next month...I haven't heard it yet but I'll stake my reputation ( not much I admit ) on it being a another great collection of SOUL songs...as soon as I get the EP I will write about it
Samm starts a tour on May 25th in London...The Soul Guru will DEFINITELY be there
That's enough for this week....I hope you enjoy the music
The Soul Guru loves YOU xx
Even though I'm not as young as I was ( who is ? ) my passion for NEW music still burns as brightly as it did 35 years ago when I joined Virgin Records as the first UK A&R employed specifically to sign British Black Music .
Consequently listen to new music all the time but also listen when people whose taste I respect recommend I listen to a particular artist ...when 2 people tell me I know it's time .
Julian Palmer ( Columbia/Sony Senior A&R ) and me have been friends,fellow A&R's and long-suffering fans of " small " football clubs for many years...he's got excellent taste !
Callum Clark has been my son for over 22 years , poor guy :-)
What do they have in common ?
In the past 6 weeks they've both recommended I listen to Anderson.Paak......I'm so glad I took their advice as his album " Malibu " released January this year is ,quite simply,one of the best albums I've heard this year .
Anderson Paak ,aka Breezy Lovejoy , is a 30-year old Californian singer and rapper whose combination of NeoSoul,Hip-Hop and Funk is utterly compelling.....here's a link to " Am I Wrong " featuring ScHoolboy Q from the " Malibu " album ( I hope the link works )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvPeJLcK2Lk
He's signed to Dr Dre's " Aftermath Entertainment " and performed 6 tracks on Dre's " Compton " album ....and despite being late to the party The Soul Guru is happy to give Anderson.Paak a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Now we come to an outstanding British electro/R&B outfit making great music ( and signed by the aforementioned Julian Palmer to Columbia Records )....Snakehips - my nickname on the dancefloor 40-odd,in fact very odd,years ago :-)
They first came to attention via remixes for The Weeknd and Banks
e
Their MASSIVE breakthrough came last year with the quintessential 2016 anthem " All My Friends "...a truly great track ( which has over 20,000,000 youtube views )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3mrYxPLSH4
On April 1st the " Money On Me EP " featuring Anderson.Paak,Malika and Troy Lanez dropped....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS-fXMwMeDo
Again it's great combination of electro/R&B beats and excellent vocals....Callum will be dancing to this all summer I'm sure :-)
Samm Henshaw's first EP " The Sound Experiment " Vol 1 remains one of my favourite debut collection of songs in the last year....released in September last year I wrote about him as a potentially very significant new SOUL artist
" The Sound Experiment " Vol 2 is released next month...I haven't heard it yet but I'll stake my reputation ( not much I admit ) on it being a another great collection of SOUL songs...as soon as I get the EP I will write about it
Samm starts a tour on May 25th in London...The Soul Guru will DEFINITELY be there
That's enough for this week....I hope you enjoy the music
The Soul Guru loves YOU xx
