Second album from Quantic’s tropical side project bringing dub and reggae flavours to the Latin American and African sounds that he has been chasing round the globe since he first started collecting records.
Second album from the half Brazilian, half British, London based purveyors of Afro-meets-Brazilian funk. This vibrant record sees the band channelling ’60s Brazil via 21st Century East London.
‘Tru Thoughts Funk’ comes out on the Unfold imprint, following the hugely successful ‘Tru Thoughts Hip Hop’ and ‘Tru Thoughts Covers’ CDs into the label’s ongoing series of genre-based and themed compilation releases.
The first label compilation since Tru Thoughts celebrated its 10th Anniversary last year, ‘Shapes 10:01’ showcases an eclectic stable of musical talent with its collective eye on a new decade. And the future’s looking, and sounding, bright.
There comes a time in every band when their sound crystallises, and with ‘4’, The Bamboos make a succinct musical statement that distills all their influences, nuances and idiosyncrasies and pushes them into a sonic world all their own.
With their exhilarating and influential 2006 album ‘Bongos, Bleeps and Basslines’ sparking the kind of universal critical love-in that most producers can only dream of pioneering underground duo Zero dB bring together their One Offs, Remixes and B Sides