cuttin' up

the johnny otis show

cuttin' up
1970 / epic
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funky, bluesy track - with cruisey xylophone. born in california as john veliotes, a greek-american who in his teen changed his name to the blacker sounding 'otis'. wore many musical hats in his career as performer and producer, disc jockey and author. thanks to the ggc for the headsup on this brother.

northern girls

belleruche

turntable soul music
2007 / tru thoughts
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great band out of the uk on the very reliable tru thoughts label. lead singer kathrin deboer has moments of husky funkiness, similar to alice russell (another tru thoughts connection) all the time delivering vocals reminiscent of beth gibbons from portishead. very cool and fresh.