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Album Review: “Motherland Journey” Blue Lab Beats. Words: Del Osei-Owusu

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Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey Sky Reflections  The first track on this opens with with an instrumental, you could just imagine this as a concert entry music… The way that this starts off is uplifting, and I love it. I love the the synth chords start out, and I really need to find out …

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Single Review: “Jouska” – Josephine Pascoe

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This instrumental is… Full of life. In a time when the world needs to get up and celebrate what we have, this track hits the spot. Josephine plays the violin and flute on this and while you wouldn’t really associate the violin and flute occupying the melody line for jazz and funk, she does it …

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Live Review: Rhodes MK8 Launch, Ronnie Scott’s

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Rhodes MK8 launch – Ronnie Scott’s.  My old friend Liam Narrie was the one that sent me a message about this event, and when I heard Dan Goldman was hosting it… I had to be there.  Dan is a killer keyboard player, more specifically Rhodes, and it was just a joy to hear him play. …

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Single Review: “Gotta Go Fast” Blue Lab Beats X Poppy Daniels

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Gotta Go Fast – Blue Lab Beats  Blue Lab Beats are back with more fire following up the monster of a track from 2021 “Motherland Journey” with “Gotta Go Fast”.  Listening to this I ask myself can these two talented individuals do any wrong? Probobly not. It’s hit 10,000+ – yes let me lay it …

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Album Review: “Law Of Attraction: The Remixes” Mike Casey. Words: Sammy Stein.

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Mike Casey  Law of Attraction: The Remixes Piano: Benito Gonzalez Bass: Matt Dwonszyk Drums: Corey Garcia Mike Casey has been receiving attention for many years now. I interviewed him in 2016 as an emerging star, and since then, he has, well, emerged. His innovative, powerful experimentation sits easily alongside his interpretation of more traditional delivery.  …

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Blog interview: Blue Lab Beats

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Congratulations on the release of “Motherland Journey” how does it feel?   Honestly it feels like a dream come true to have the legendary Fela Kuti featuring on this track! We would’ve never expected to ever have the chance to use his acappella but his publishers and Nigerian and European teams made it happen.   …