Exotic Illusions is a carefully crafted love letter to a global array of sounds, drawing inspiration from Italo disco, Neapolitan funk, Nigerian boogie, cosmic house, synth-pop, UK street soul, and lovers rock.
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Vetz introduces a rich tapestry of sounds over six tracks, with significant inspiration drawn from the post-disco/boogie era and the burgeoning r&b/new jack swing movement.
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Patrick Gibin has just dropped his debut album, Strength In Numbers, on his own Mother Tongue Records. This release follows a string of acclaimed work for labels like Eglo, Neroli, and Sounds Familiar, marking a significant milestone in Gibin’s career.
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Across nine tracks Matthew Hayes showcases a really high-level of production skills, taste and influences converging in a very interesting direction.
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Enter Kool Customer: a new collaboration from LA's beatmaker B.Bravo and the vocals of Rojai coming out on Bastard Jazz. Think West Coast Boogie Funk à la Dam-Funk, with some ‘80s synth steez.
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Brazilian hits that never were. Back in time to listen to obscure 1980's Brazilian lo-fi synthesized music, released by Soundway Records. After the success of Onda De Amor, the british label re-masters and re-issues A Festa É Nossa, the only existent album from the duo Grupo Controle Digital.
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Prophet is an underground funk musician from San Francisco, who, until this year, had only put his name to one record: an obscure private-press LP called Right On Time (1984). Now he has a new album, his first in 34 years, still sounding like '84: Wanna Be Your Man, produced primarily with one of o sótão's favorite producers, Mndsgn.
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