Strictly speaking its a Ballad for Bill but Blues just ‘feels’ better. Being precise is not the requirement of an artist. By definition the artist is a creative and as such can create what they will so long as THEY believe in the art THEY create. Adding words to it isn’t really the domain of […]
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Penned in 1990. Sat in the closet. Came out of the closet, got dusted off and was moulded into a slice of modern croontastic soulful bliss. Big fat beats meets something sexy from the seventies and you know how sexy the seventies were. Oozing slinky brass and string orchestration, silky BVs, rock solid rhythm section
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Kind of Dope return with a bit of free flowing Jazz 2.0. Synths and Piano lead the way over a complex but rewarding structure supported by pumping drums and a fluid baseline. Dope like to cross boundaries with their compositions and productions but this is a small slice of a more straight ahead Jazzy style
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SoundTrack SoundSystem delve into the lush sonics of treated piano with an atmospheric, sombre and yet somewhat uplifting mood piece. Think mindfulness on a long walk where a breathtaking view emerges out of the raw elements of nature. This is transitory but while it lasts the sense of awe is staggering in its quietude. Embrace
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KooLr get a tiny bit funky. Hipr Hopr Jazzr is Hip Hop Jazz. ‘No’ you cry! ‘surely not?, with a title like that?’. But I say ‘yes’. Its a lazy, lilting Rare Groove influenced loop with Jazzy flute and Piano adding the Jazzr flavours to the Hipr Hopr back beat. Its always hard to define
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Original composition by Lance and Pete written thirty years ago but never released. This is a whole new production that embraces the traditional vibes of the writing but cloaks it in a big fat juicy modern master. The song is about loneliness induced by unreciprocated love and longing. The vibe is Deodatoesque 70s nostalgia meets
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We call it Easy Jazz Beats. Easy listening for the study and work crowd who need an ear worm but not to be too distracted. In the old days it was elevator music without the beats. We used to flock to elevators to work out what all the great tunes were. We were the elevator
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SoundTrack SoundSystem dish up a slice of old skool 60s nostalgia dressed up with a LoFi HipHop beat. Its a French Detective series with old Citroens, strong accents, Gauloise and deep ruby red wine on gingham clad cafe tables. A haunting and lilting cyclic melody revolves as the textures evolve. The System have a habit
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Koolr’s Strolling is a nice relaxed refrain interplayed between different instruments to create constantly evolving highs and lows. The mood is breezy and up beat in a calm manner. All laid over a solid beat holding all the other elements together. Study beats or lazy jazzy beats. Take your pick. KooLr by Name, KooLr by
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Cooling breezes drifting in from the trade winds late in the afternoon beckon the changing mood from slumber to activity. Kind of Dope throw down a classic slice of chilled out groove to fill that time with a sonic equivalence. The piano is sultry but nowhere near as sultry as the sax and trumpet. Best
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