Lack Of Afro At Juno Download

Review: A producer who's consistently been able to combine the modern with the old, Lack of Afro tees up his forthcoming album This Time with this new single featuring singer/songwriter Wayne Gidden on vocals. In a slow, soulful Al Green-mould, "A Time For" is a beautifully mellow mix of Bill Withers, Gil Scott-Heron and 70s Sly Stone, while on the B-Side, "Numero Seenko" picks up the pace with a big-beat/Northern Soul stomper featuring nicely ebullient drums, Hammond organ and dubbed-out vocal samples.

Review: The second single from Lack of Afro's latest album This Time sees singer Jake Morley provide a timeless vocal over a sequenced Latin-jazz beat, replete with vibraphones, epic piano lines and Santana-esque percussion on "Holding My Breath". The smooth party vibes roll right into the carnivalesque skank of instrumental b-side "Broken Samba" - a great excuse for LOA to show off his skilled guitar playing - while an instrumental version of album track "What The Hell" shows off his nu-funk production skills to the max.

Review: A one-man powerhouse of studio funk, Adam Gibbons' Lack of Afro alias has amassed an enormous catalogue of remixes and rarities in a relatively short space of time. On this Freestyle compilation, some of his most dynamic funk, Latin and boogaloo-shaped makeovers are here to savour, such as his extension of the Hot 8 Brass Band's "It's Real" or the more disco-slanted rejig of Kraak & Smaak's "Squeeze Me".