Good morning friends,fiends,believers,non-believers and don't knows......I am an extremely happy Soul Guru as there is some truly outstanding new music for me to share with you and enjoy...
Initially from a collective whose music has been a constant in my life since 1991's seminal " Blue Lines " album...the MIGHTY Massive Attack and secondly from a young artist who I've written about before...a unique talent....George The Poet
Massive Attack...the name says it all....3D,Daddy G,Mushroom and a galaxy of supreme guest vocalists...Horace Andy, Shara Nelson,Tracey Thorn and Elizabeth Fraser from The Cocteau Twins ,Mos Def to name a few..have been making great music for 25 years and show no sign of stopping thankfully .
This year's " Ritual Spirit " EP featuring Tricky,Young Fathers and Roots Manuva was their first new music for ages ( released initially via the Fantom app ) and showed that Massive Attack remain a force to be reckoned with ....
Last Friday I awoke to 2 new Massive Attack tracks...." The Spoils " featuring Mazzy Star vocalist Hope Sendoval and " Come Near Me " featuring one of my favourite British artists...Ghostpoet
The video,Directed by Ed Morris, is superb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY0TZQTwwbk
Massive Attack are true greats of British music, I still listen to all their albums and they sound as fresh as ever and continue to make challenging intelligent music for us,we're privileged to have them improve our lives .....they are brilliant live too !
From true LEGENDS of British music to a new star....George The Poet
I've been writing about George since his debut release " The Chicken And The Egg " EP in 2014 which tells the story of premature parenthood and insecurity and remains on my stereogram
In the intervening 2 years a lot has happened for George The Poet....
True story...2 weeks ago I drove my son Callum to Newcastle and he was DJing...he played George The Poet and it sounded SO good......" I wonder when we will hear new music from him " I said as it had been over a year since " Search Party "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akq2dJ9N5Do
Well now we know....last monthe George posted this brilliant explanation of why he chose to leave his label Island Records " No Man Is An Island " ...eloquent,articulate,intelligently expressed it's everything I admire about George The Poet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wCL91n9bE
Then 3 weeks ago Chase & Status released " Spoken Word " featuring George The Poet.. it's SO brilliant and pointed the way forward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wCL91n9bE
Last week George The Poet's " What Do You Reckon " was made available on Spotify on his own George Mpanga label...it's everything I LOVE about his music....intelligent,articulate, humorous but now with a wicked two-step beat.....listen now !
This has been a great week for new music
The Soul Guru loves YOU x
Initially from a collective whose music has been a constant in my life since 1991's seminal " Blue Lines " album...the MIGHTY Massive Attack and secondly from a young artist who I've written about before...a unique talent....George The Poet
Massive Attack...the name says it all....3D,Daddy G,Mushroom and a galaxy of supreme guest vocalists...Horace Andy, Shara Nelson,Tracey Thorn and Elizabeth Fraser from The Cocteau Twins ,Mos Def to name a few..have been making great music for 25 years and show no sign of stopping thankfully .
This year's " Ritual Spirit " EP featuring Tricky,Young Fathers and Roots Manuva was their first new music for ages ( released initially via the Fantom app ) and showed that Massive Attack remain a force to be reckoned with ....
Last Friday I awoke to 2 new Massive Attack tracks...." The Spoils " featuring Mazzy Star vocalist Hope Sendoval and " Come Near Me " featuring one of my favourite British artists...Ghostpoet
The video,Directed by Ed Morris, is superb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY0TZQTwwbk
Massive Attack are true greats of British music, I still listen to all their albums and they sound as fresh as ever and continue to make challenging intelligent music for us,we're privileged to have them improve our lives .....they are brilliant live too !
From true LEGENDS of British music to a new star....George The Poet
I've been writing about George since his debut release " The Chicken And The Egg " EP in 2014 which tells the story of premature parenthood and insecurity and remains on my stereogram
In the intervening 2 years a lot has happened for George The Poet....
True story...2 weeks ago I drove my son Callum to Newcastle and he was DJing...he played George The Poet and it sounded SO good......" I wonder when we will hear new music from him " I said as it had been over a year since " Search Party "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akq2dJ9N5Do
Well now we know....last monthe George posted this brilliant explanation of why he chose to leave his label Island Records " No Man Is An Island " ...eloquent,articulate,intelligently expressed it's everything I admire about George The Poet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wCL91n9bE
Then 3 weeks ago Chase & Status released " Spoken Word " featuring George The Poet.. it's SO brilliant and pointed the way forward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wCL91n9bE
Last week George The Poet's " What Do You Reckon " was made available on Spotify on his own George Mpanga label...it's everything I LOVE about his music....intelligent,articulate, humorous but now with a wicked two-step beat.....listen now !
This has been a great week for new music
The Soul Guru loves YOU x
