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 [...]
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
VA – Smoove presents Mo’ Recordkicks Act II (Record Kicks)
You definitely shouldn’t be put off by the sub-stitle of this LP, ‘B-Sides, Remixes and Exclusive Cuts’, which is usually record label speak for ‘flogging a dead horse’. On ‘Mo Record Kicks Act 2′ the DJ and producer Smoove has compiled a varied selection of funk, soul, reggae and afro-beat from the Record Kicks library, [...]
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 [...]
MemeMix012: Change The Channel Pt.3
Change The Channel is our series of mixes to showcase some of our favourite new soul and funk records. Part 3 includes some famous (Roy Ayers, Alice Russell, Tracey Thorn) and not-so-famous names (Lack Of Afro, Smoove & Turrell, Mop Mop), all with the common ability to create wonderful, soulful music. If you find that [...]
