Smoove & Turrell – Gabriel
Meme favourites, Smoove and Turrell, will be releasing this gorgeous track ‘Gabriel’ this month from their most recent album ‘Eccentric Audio‘. The pair are building a strong following (particularly on BBC Radio 6) and commercial success surely cannot be far away now. This single, a highly charged and emotional song about hope, may be the [...]
Smoove & Turrell – Hard Work / Money (Jalapeno)
Taken straight from their recent album ‘Eccentric Audio‘, this aptly paired couple of tracks make up the new double-A side single from the duo known to us as Smoove & Turrell. Soulful and funky, John Turrell’s voice and Smoove’s production is one of the great Geordie pairings in history. You can read our interview with them [...]
Ambassadeurs – Come A Little Closer EP (Jalapeno)
We first came across Mark Dobson (aka Ambassadeurs) on the ‘Allo Love’ compilation from Wah Wah 45s, which we reviewed here. The boy from Brighton is actually signed to Jalapeno Records and will be releasing his debut EP, ‘Come A Little Closer’ on October 10th 2011. You can listen to the whole thing right here. [...]
The Beekeepers – Queen Bee Remixes (Jalapeno)
One of the biggest tracks off the recent, and excellent, Beekeepers LP was ‘Queen Bee’. And, certainly not coincedentally, this is being released as the next single, with a whole bunch of remixes to go with it. The remixers are all people you already know and love, including Hint, Dr Rubberfunk and Parker (who is [...]
The Eccentric Audio of Smoove & Turrell
With a new LP around the corner and more side projects than you can shake a stick at, the duo of Smoove & Turrell are the men of the moment when it comes to modern soul music. We were delighted to be able to get some time with the Production half of the pair, known [...]
Smoove & Turrell – Eccentric Audio (Jalapeno)
Another case of instant love from the prolific soulsters. Smoother and more focused than ‘Antique Soul’, this album will push this pair to the forefront of modern soul music and well-deserved popularity, even if it is on the trendier fringes of Radio 2. The production on the album is, as you would expect from Smoove (who has just curated an excellent compilation of funk, soul, reggae and afro-beat for Record Kicks), pretty-much faultless
The Beekeepers – Apiculture (Jalapeno)
The Beekeepers are DJ Parker and Scott ‘Boca 45‘ Hendy, two of Bristol’s musical play-makers, and ‘Apiculture’ is their first full-length LP – a study in sweeping, epic sounds over hip hop beats. A couple of the instrumental tracks were released earlier this year as an extremely impressive taster, and the album continues the with [...]
Smoove & Turrell – Slow Down
‘Antique Soul’ was the storming debut LP from Geordie duo Smoove & Turrell back in 2009, and the pair are now ready to release their follow up album, which is to be called ‘Eccenrtic Audio’. Here’s a video taster of the treats to come, with this track, ‘Slow Down’, being part of a double A-side [...]
The Beekeepers – Ascending Change EP (Jalapeno)
The Beekeepers released their Bee Funk EP last year and will be releasing their debut LP, ‘Apiculture’, on Jalapeno Records later this year – this latest EP contains a couple of the left-field instrumental tracks from that forthcoming album. The vocal tracks are to be released as singles later on, but we’re really pleased with [...]
Parris and Vanucci – Disco of Love
‘Parris and Vanucci’ are Aldo Vanucci (Fatboy Slim’s ex-crate digger, and producer remixer) and Robin Parris (DJ, Radio Presenter, producer) who have combined their Special Powers to produce an EP that has managed to fuse disco, hip hop, funk and soul. If you don’t believe (and why should you) just have a listen to the [...]
Soopasoul – Summer Sun (feat. John Turrell)
If you like your funk authentic yet modern, then Soopasoul is the man for you. This is all real instruments and real singing: as the title would suggest, this is a big funky summer number from David Hybrid with the added bonus of one of Meme’s favourite soul-men John Turrell on vocals. Also worth noting is [...]
