Posts tagged "soul"
Shaolin Summer

Shaolin Summer

Maine man Phoniks is back with some vintage-90’s hiphop-influenced mash-ups full of street cred, melody and phonk. Fresh off the press is his latest musical feat dubbed “Shaolin Summer”, which sends Staten Island’s iconic Wu-Tang Clan on a funk-filled, easy listening cruise, from the dungeon straight to the playa (that’s the beach in Spanish). The...
Dego & Kaidi Return

Dego & Kaidi Return

Yes, these two cats are still very much alive and jamming, which is exciting news to anyone familiar with the broken beat-pioneering output of UK heavyweights Bugz In The Attic and 4hero. True forces of musical nature in their own right, Dennis “Dego” McFarlane (4hero/2000Black) and Kaidi “Kat” Tatham (Agent K/Bugz In the Attic/2000Black) pair...
Enter the Wu

Enter the Wu

Taiwan/South London product Henry Wu is straight trailblazing at the moment, pushing forth a pair of brilliantly soulful and skillfully tightknit releases on Alexander Nut’s Eglo Records related Ho Tep imprint as well as on Berlin-based Odd Socks Records respectively. Both releases feature a fine selection of keys-driven, melodic house gems and beats with a...
99 Problems (but this track ain't one)

99 Problems (but this track ain’t one)

Opposites attract, but do they? Isn’t it more about emphasizing the common grounds in what is essentially opposed? Leave it to Stuttgart-based DJ and producer Konstantin Sibold to discover that magical link in the chain, bringing Jay-Z to the stage with Minnie Riperton, if only for a few minutes. A veritable match made in paradise...