Premiere: Laneous – Hold My Hand
Spooky neo soul on Brisbane label, Soul Has No Tempo.
Neo-Soul
Premiere: Dylema Collective – Email
‘spoken soul’ from new jazz group, blending neo-soul, rnb, jazz, afrobeat, latin and brilliant feminist prose.
Premiere: Larry De Kat – Do For Love (ft. Juno)
Soulfully dubbed out rnb, by Dutch groove producer, Larry de Kat.
New Release: Mar Variation – Avril 14th with Szjerdene
It’s safe to say that Aphex Twin, known as the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music today, has had a pretty interesting 2011. Kanye West sampled the track Avril 14th off the 2001 drukQs album to make a melancholic love joint with John Legend called Blame Game. Now, Dutch-born RnB/Neo-Soul singer Mar (of Full Crate & Mar) and North London counterpart Szjerdene have collaborated to showcase their version of the famous piano track. It is in keeping with Mar’s Variation project, which has him reinterpreting old songs in his own style, accompanied by some very cinematic videos. The video for Avril 14th is a bit heavy, (it might even be a homage to Aphex Twin’s notoriously messed up music videos) but we love the new interpretation – AAAAND it’s a free download which you can get here.