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Ala.ni : Acca

There's a ton of melody in her music and the clever stacking of her different vocal personas are breathtaking just listen to the short interlude of 'In The Land' with its corruscating swathes of blessedness.

Steam Down : Free My Skin

It's a classic case and fine example of a band taking their time and effort in developing their sound to perfection and showing their skill sets in a different light.

Maddee : Red Mind EP

Accompanying this airy, grandiose downtempo mood of five songs are, thankfully, a few moments of levity. However this EP has such a feeling of release and catharsis

Barrie Sharpe : Rhythm Rhyme Revolution # 3

Sharpe always has plenty going on to set him apart from the retrogressive and formulaic stylings of the day as he exclaims with one good notion on 'The Revolution Will Be Funky'.

Brandon Williams: The Love Factor (Soulasis Music Group)

Brandon Williams is equally at home plying his trade as engineer, MD, arranger, multi-instrumentalist or go-to producer who has worked with a real who’s who of soul and R&B stars/superstars...

Trevor Nelson: Slow Jams (UMOD)

The DJ with the Midas touch spins his magic once again and is set to top his 900,000 breath-taking UK album sales record with this new whopping tome of slow jam R&B blessedness...

Bar-Kays: AS one/ Nightcruising/Propositions/dangerous

Night Crusing' sees them heavily influenced by (but matching) Rick James, as this album portrays the musical zeitgeist of the times bands such as SOS band,Cameo,Prince,The Fatback Band - a golden era