Mr_Bird_Featuring_Greg_Blackman-Low_Fi_Classics-(BBE244ACD)-CD-2014-jAZzMan

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              artist.....: Mr Bird Featuring Greg Blackman
              album......: Low Fi Classics

              year.......: 2014
              label......: Barely Breaking Even
                           BBE244ACD
              source.....: CDDA

              moodswing..: Lo-Fi

              releasesize: 70.62 MB
              tracks.....: 12
              length.....: 42:17

              encoder....: VBR LAME 3.98.4 -v0
              quality....: avg. 234kbps

              scenealized: 08.25.2014







              The imminent arrival of the Lo-Fi
              Classics album from UK ex-pat funky
              breaks producer Mr Bird and Greg
              Blackman (the blue-eyed soul voice of
              choice for the party breaks and ghetto
              funk massive!) continues the resurgence
              of quality British soul that has
              recently spawned recent LPs by Omar and
              Smoove & Turrell. While the sound of
              this drop is nominally closer to the
              latter of these two acts it has a
              distinct feel all its own. If I could
              be arsed to knock up one of those pie
              chart graphics showing the influences
              on this album it would break down
              something like this: fifty per cent 90s
              soul-hop, fifteen per cent latin
              breaks, ten per cent disco, ten per
              cent seventies soul, five per cent
              contemporary party breaks, five per
              cent tropical funk and five per cent
              northern soul (there û now you donÆt
              need a fucking pie chart). If you want
              a shorthand for the Lo-Fi Classics
              sound however, think breakbeats that
              more usually underpin b-boy dancefloor
              anthems topped with Fugee-ish vocals
              sung by man and actually not all that
              lo-fi (certainly minus the dusty
              samples and raw minimalism that such a
              name might suggest) and you're
              ballpark.

              Opener Over Again provides one for the
              ladies with some boogie sound effects
              and Blackman emoting about
              relationships over some unintrusive
              uptempo breaks. Next up is a monkey
              favourite, Save Me (no relation to the
              Aretha song) which is all minimal
              bluesy big band antics with an
              irresistible shuffle. The Morning's
              Coming is sunny twenty-first century
              northern soul, Get On Through sunny
              twenty-first century tropical funk
              heavy on the latin percussion and
              Bounce To The Beat turns on a b-boy
              break, some subtle horns and Blackman's
              uplifting request that you get off your
              ass. Like Smoove & Turrell's Broken
              Toys, this LP's influences are
              referenced rather than reincarnated,
              often several in a single track, and
              blended in a way that creates modern
              breakbeat soul. Retro this is not but
              it does provide yet more quality
              soundtracking for your summer.





              psst, more info at bbemusic.com



      01     Over Again                                           04:00
      02     Save Me                                              03:23
      03     The Morning's Coming                                 03:21
      04     Get On Through                                       03:13
      05     Bounce To The Beat                                   03:30
      06     Bad Advice Interlude                                 00:41
      07     A Love Forever Fly                                   04:25
      08     Since You've Been Gone                               04:04
      09     Where Did The Party Go                               03:45
      10     GB's Groove                                          03:35
      11     On The Dancefloor                                    04:14
      12     Right This Time                                      04:06

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