Review: Hailing from deepest Peckham, this cult leftfield soul artist has recently gained attention with a string of well received EPs and performances at the Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scotts. Now he tops all that with an eponymous debut album that takes vintage, crackly 70s soul and funk as a starting point and incorporates every from freeform jazz to nu-soul and even the "slave island music of my father's heritage... Maloya, Sega, Nyabinghi". Highlights include the palm tree percussive breaks of "Drums Of The Positive", the semi-impromptu one take vocals of the low-slung funk jam "Hush" and the atonal distant grooves of "The Value". A unique talent.
Review: A London based leftfield funker producer, Mr Mamode excels in filling dancefloors with evocative quirky grooves and breathy vocals. Here he drops this seven-track mini-LP for the esteemed Five Easy Pieces and it's a winner. Highlights include the sleazy clavinet-driven grind of "In This Case", the stoned and broken nu-soul of "Like I Do" and the bonkers percussive freakout "JumpWorkShakeMov".
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