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Friday 7 January 2022

PRIADHS [2022] - COMPLEXITY [Self Released] (Full Album)


PRIADHS is a producer duo Bima Adhitama Suradji and Raindra Priyanto from Jakarta (Indonesian) formed in April 2020. Their debut single Divine featuring DJANI was released on 1 Sep 2021, since which they have released a further two singles and now on 7 Jan 2021 their debut album "COMPLEXITY".

The standout track is "Candywine" featuring Nasya with "pink matcha", "Demands", "On My Mind" and "COMPLEXITY" also grabbing my attention.

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Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 07/01/2022
Value: £7.99


BL [2022] - Make Love [Self Released]


Stick with this past the intro as it's is a bit deceptive because it builds into quite a nice little soulful / R&B groover. BL "Make Love" is hot off the press today (7 Jan 2022) and not yet available on Spotify but I did find it (and was the first viewer of it!) on YouTube. It is available on the DSPs though as I've already downloaded it.

UPDATE: now available on Spotify


Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 07/01/2022
Key/BPM: 5A/60
Value: £1


Assal [2022] - Emotions (Original Mix) [Plaizir Muzic]


Webster Lewis' 1979 modern soul / rare groove classic "Give Me Some Emotion", covered by Merry Clayton in 1980 simply as "Emotion", gets a 2022 update by Assal titled "Emotions". The tempo has been bumped up from 91 bpm to 108 bpm.

The original Webster Lewis version features San Francisco's Johnny (Shy Guy) Baker on lead vocals, and, although not on this track, the album the song is from ("8 for the 80s") features the Tower Of Power Horns.

Merry Clayton was one of Ray Charles' original Raelets and was first to record "The Shoop Shoop Song" which became a massive hit for Betty Everett. She has famously performed background vocals on Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter" (which she later recorded herself in 1970 which was the title of her debut album)  and Lyndrd Skynrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". Sadly she was critically injured in a car accident in 2014 resulting in both her legs being amputated at the knees.

It's difficult to tell whether this has been re-recorded or not, but the vocals sound like Johnny Baker to these ears, so I would guess the tempo has been upped and the backing beefed up and the song extended, but original vocals from the Webster Lewis original kept?

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Details
Rating: 8.2
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Nu Disco / Modern Soul / Cover Version
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Plaizir Muzic
Cat No: None
Date: 07/01/2022
Key/BPM: 10B/108
Value: £1


Amber Mark [2022] - Most Men [EMI]


Amber Mark released her latest single "Most Men" yesterday (6 Jan 2022) which is a preview of what's to come on her debut full length album "Three Dimensions Deep" which is due on 28 Jan 2022.

I think this is definitely one of her best, certainly since "Competition" in Jun last year.

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Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: EMI
Cat No: None
Date: 06/01/2022
Key/BPM: 3B/90
Value: £1


Quon J [2022] - Strangers... Again [Self Released]


A new single titled "Strangers... Again" from Quon J (who according to her Soundcloud handle may be Quonnie Pinder and from the DMV (Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia) area of the US) was released yesterday (5 Jan 2022).

Looking at the DSPs she seems to have released around five singles and album since 2019.

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Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul / R&B
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 05/01/2022
Key/BPM: 5B/69
Value: £1


Tessie [2022] - Like You Say You Do [Good Compenny]


Tessie is from the Bay Area (Vallejo, CA) and here last single "Let Me Know" in Nov 2021 got plenty of exposure. he's back with a new but very short (1:40) single "Like You Say You Do" released on 4 Jan 2022.

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Details
Rating: 7.9
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Good Compenny
Cat No: None
Date: 04/01/2022
Key/BPM: 8A/87
Value: £1


Makeda Iroquois [2022] - New Earth [Self Released]


A new single from Makeda Iroquois "New Earth" (who featured on the blog in July with a couple of tracks from her debut album "Demo") was released on New Years Day.

Makeda Iroquois is a singer/songwriter born on Long Island but raised in Charlotte, NC. This will be her fourth single since debuting in 2013 and first release since her debut album in Jul 2021.

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Details
Rating: 7.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 01/01/2022
Key/BPM: 8B/69
Value: £1