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Yoruba Soul
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Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: It's been 10 years since the last Art Bleek transmission, a classically trained saxophonist and producer trading in jazz, soul, rare groove and electronica. Organica, then, finds a release through the venerable Yoruba Soul with the record giving us some of the best instrumental jazz sounds by one man and his devices since Vladislav Delay Quartet. Highlights include "Saudade" and the downtempo broken beats of "I See" to the arpeggiated, Reichian trumpets that meet with classical Glassian chords. Find some more Baeleric and funk inspired numbers in "Fitaker" to something dustier in "Lunaar Base Camp" with some beatless free jazz in "Hidden". House cats can head straight to the "Organica (Yoruba Soul mix)".
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YSR 012
15 Aug 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
15 Aug 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Deepest soul, spiritual house and new age music coming at you again from the genre's very own shaman, Osunlade. Released on Yoruba Soul once more, the label Osunlade established in '99, it presents a second album in 2020 already for the artist following Basic Sketches For Beginners earlier this year. Very much a folk and spiritual affair, strings, voice and percussion come together in acoustic glory on Iamone, with deeper piano and guitar fusions to be found in "Ruda", to the trippy gypsy and reverse piano effects in "Spanish Lake". With slight touches of ambient pop, Kompakt-style, to be heard in "Geometric Shapes", there's also touches of the '90s and Enya to be found in "Underneath The Willow" amid earthly percussion and harpsichords. A new commune for all.
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YSR 010
02 Jun 20
Balearic/Downtempo
02 Jun 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Henri Le Blanc
Review: With a trademark sound that marries MPC beat making and live jazz instrumentation with nods to Middle Eastern, South American and African rhythms, Aussie producer Oisima seems a neat feat for Osunlade's soul-drenched Yoruba Soul label. His first outing for the imprint is quietly impressive, offering up a mixture of dusty jazz interludes ("Reprise"), soul-drenched broken beat meets deep Afro-house breeziness ("LovinYou Was Easy", the gorgeous "Blue Shade"), sun-kissed, Japanese style jazz-house ("Indigo"), deliciously jazzy hip-hop ("Harlem") and Rebirth style neo-soul haziness ("Rest"), all made with the assistance of an impressive cast-list of guest vocalists, rappers and musicians.
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YSR 017
24 Apr 20
Deep House
24 Apr 20
Deep House
Review: Although famed for making spiritual, soulful, musically rich deep house rich in African style polyrhythms, Osunlade has always been capable of making similarly minded music that cares not one jot for the demands of the dancefloor. It's this side of his output that comes to the fore on "The Quieter You Become, The More You Hear", the U.S producer's first full-length in four years. While there are one or two more up-tempo, floor-friendly moments - not least the jaunty, life-affirming bounce of Flamenco guitar-laden workout "Syrundipetty" - the vast majority of the LP operates at a more sedate pace, with Osunlade successfully turning his hand to sweet modern soul, dusty downtempo grooves, sticky tropical soundscapes and sumptuous, World Music-inspired jazz-funk.
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YSR 003
06 Nov 18
Balearic/Downtempo
06 Nov 18
Balearic/Downtempo
