Bon Jour mes amis ...ca va ? ca va bien merci.....The Soul Guru is still en vacances in Juan Les Pins as you can tell . Over the past 2 weeks my schoolboy French has improved a great deal..long-forgotten words suddenly spring to mind and I can just about make myself understood when I'm speaking French....unfortunately I don't have a clue what's being said to me !
So this week I was thrilled to hear DJ Shadow's new album " The Mountain Will Fall " ,his first album of original material since " The Less You Know,The Better " from 2011 .
I've been a huge fan since his seminal debut album " Entroducing " released on James Lavelle's legendary " Mo' Wax " label 20 ( yes TWENTY ) years ago .
" Entroducing " was an album comprised of almost entirely sampled material and is a landmark in instrumental hip-hop....if you don't know it I recommend you listen as it still sounds great .
" The Mountain Will Fall " was only released yesterday so I'm still getting to know it...it's on my headphones as I write this ...but I already love " Nobody Speak " featuring the magnificent Run The Jewels and " The Sideshow " featuring Ernie Fresh
Here's a link to Shadow and Run The Jewels performing " Nobody Speak " on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon .
As with all Shadow's work the album has a menacing feel to it...lots of slow,dark,HEAVY beats give some of the tracks a post-Apocalyptic vibe which I love .
I'm looking forward to immersing myself in " The Mountain Will Fall " over the coming weeks as I know more will be revealed ....RECOMMENDED
Next up is Toronto's River Tiber whose excellent new album " Indigo " was also released yesterday . I must confess I don't know a lot about him ,in fact he first came to my attention as a featured artist on Kaytranada's new album .
" Indigo " is his first album as far as I can tell though he has released a couple of EPs previously...his most well-known track is " West " featuring Daniel Caesar ,here's a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYl7J31rrg
It's a good example of the mellow electronica that typifies River Tiber's album....I really like it,it's perfect cool laid-back summer music
Finally The Soul Guru has always LOVED a bit of drum & bass and Fred V & Grafix new album " Oxygen " is a great addition to Hospital Records catalogue of uplifting d&b . Fred V & Grafix come from Devon apparently( ! ) and they released their first album " Recognise " in 2014 .
Here's a link to " Ultraviolet " from " Oxygen....it already has nearly 250,000 views !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDa-D19hN0
My favourite track is " Like The Sun " ,link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mg3zTe3M3s
Talking of liking the sun it's time for me to climb aboard my trusty sunbed and listen to music....a bien tots touts les monde
The Soul Guru loves YOU x
So this week I was thrilled to hear DJ Shadow's new album " The Mountain Will Fall " ,his first album of original material since " The Less You Know,The Better " from 2011 .
I've been a huge fan since his seminal debut album " Entroducing " released on James Lavelle's legendary " Mo' Wax " label 20 ( yes TWENTY ) years ago .
" Entroducing " was an album comprised of almost entirely sampled material and is a landmark in instrumental hip-hop....if you don't know it I recommend you listen as it still sounds great .
" The Mountain Will Fall " was only released yesterday so I'm still getting to know it...it's on my headphones as I write this ...but I already love " Nobody Speak " featuring the magnificent Run The Jewels and " The Sideshow " featuring Ernie Fresh
Here's a link to Shadow and Run The Jewels performing " Nobody Speak " on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon .
As with all Shadow's work the album has a menacing feel to it...lots of slow,dark,HEAVY beats give some of the tracks a post-Apocalyptic vibe which I love .
I'm looking forward to immersing myself in " The Mountain Will Fall " over the coming weeks as I know more will be revealed ....RECOMMENDED
Next up is Toronto's River Tiber whose excellent new album " Indigo " was also released yesterday . I must confess I don't know a lot about him ,in fact he first came to my attention as a featured artist on Kaytranada's new album .
" Indigo " is his first album as far as I can tell though he has released a couple of EPs previously...his most well-known track is " West " featuring Daniel Caesar ,here's a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYl7J31rrg
It's a good example of the mellow electronica that typifies River Tiber's album....I really like it,it's perfect cool laid-back summer music
Finally The Soul Guru has always LOVED a bit of drum & bass and Fred V & Grafix new album " Oxygen " is a great addition to Hospital Records catalogue of uplifting d&b . Fred V & Grafix come from Devon apparently( ! ) and they released their first album " Recognise " in 2014 .
Here's a link to " Ultraviolet " from " Oxygen....it already has nearly 250,000 views !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDa-D19hN0
My favourite track is " Like The Sun " ,link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mg3zTe3M3s
Talking of liking the sun it's time for me to climb aboard my trusty sunbed and listen to music....a bien tots touts les monde
The Soul Guru loves YOU x
