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Saturday 2 July 2022

The R&R Soul Orchestra [2022] - Moods [The American R&B company]


The R&R Soul Orchestra are from Queens, NY, and are led by Julio Herrera. I did a post on them back in Jan 2021 featuring several of their recordings. At the time I thought they were from Canada on the basis that their early recordings were only released in Canada, but they are based in New York.

Their latest single is "Moods" with a recorded release date of 21 Jun 2022, however, I suspect that it is another of those that may have actually been released later as it only materialised this weekend (and was only posted on their YouTube channel on 27 Jun) and surely something as good as this would have been spotted sooner? 

It is quite possibly (definitely?) one of their best to date.

The current line-up of The R&R Soul Orchestra includes leader Julio Herrera (keyboards, bass, drum programming, composer, arranger, audio engineer, mix engineer, mastering engineer), Valerie Kelley (lead and background vocals), Veronica Daeh (lead and background vocals), Scout Ford (lead and background vocals), Leslie Ming (lead and background vocals), Laree Williams (all lead and background vocals), Roy Bennett lead vocals) and Cecil Sanchez (bass, keyboards, drum programing, audio engineer, sound design mix Engineer, co-producer).

Julio Herrera was born to Honduran immigrant parents on July 31, 1961 in Harlem, New York.  He began his life in entertainment as a child actor having appeared on Broadway and filming commercials many which have been nationally televised. When Julio was 16 he did  voiceover commercials which led him to visit and record in the  the famous A&R Recording studios in Manhattan. There is where he began his musical journey. He fell in love with everything from writing to recording, from arranging to producing and engineering. “I loved everything about recording especially recording my compositions”. Julio has worked with many of New York's top session musicians, including being a audio engineer for Jam Master Jay of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rap group Run DMC. Soon after the death of Jam Master Jay, Julio took a step back and refocused his energy from hip-hop to making high quality R&B records. At 29 he became A&R associate for Capital/EMI in Montreal, Canada. During his time working there he began developing a sound which he developed into the act 'The R&R Soul Orchestra'. He moved back to New York when he was 33 and begin audio engineering independently for several NY musicians and Studios. At 35 he was signed to RCA under 'The R&R Soul Orchestra'. Unfortunately RCA shelved the album which led to Julio releasing it 12 years later, this time under his own label.  The self titled debut was released in 2015 with a lot of support and  love  from the UK.  Currently he is working on the second album release 'Live From a Basement in Queens'. Julio still resides in New York City running his own recording studio, production house and label.

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Rating: 8.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: The American R&B company / Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 21/06/2022
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: £1
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J Paul [2022] - #U4Me [JPaul Xperience]


J Paul (Jason Paul) is originally from San Diego, CA, but now calls Maryland (DMV) home. He's another graduate from Berklee College of Music and has been touring with Stephanie Mills as a background singer since 2015 but has now decided to pursue a solo career.

His debut release was "The J Paul Experience Live" in Sep 2021 which consisted of two live songs, "Earth Song" and "Dream On". He followed it in Apr 2022 with "#Sexification" and his third release is "#U4Me" released today (2 Jul 2022).

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: JPaul Xperience / Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 02/07/2022
Key/BPM: 11A/102
Price: £1
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Skeet [2022] - Don't Quit [Skeet Entertainment]


Skeet (aka Julian Leake) is from Columus, GA, and released his debut single "Be Alright" in Jan 2022. He follows it with his sophomore single today "Don't Quit".

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Skeet Entertainment / Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 02/07/2022
Key/BPM: 3B/120
Price: £1
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Natalie Duncan [2022] - Hearts In A Cage (4hero Remix) [Fallen Tree 1Hundred]


A couple of weeks ago, on 17 Jun 2022, Nottingham's Natalie Duncan released "Hearts In A Cage" on Goldie's impressive Fallen Tree1Hundred label which boasts excellent recent releases from Searchlight and The Degrees.

Yesterday (1 Jul 2020), after pre-releasing it on Bandcamp last week (24 Jun), they have released a pair of 4hero Remixes of the tune, a vocal and an instrumental.

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Rating: 8.2
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Fallen Tree 1Hundred
Cat No: None
Date: 01/07/2022
Key/BPM: 8A/93
Price: £1.79
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xdizzy [2022] - neverlastin [Self Released] (Full Album)


xdizzy is an 80s/90s sample based producer/beat maker from Montenegro. He released a six track EP "master scheme" on 17 May 2022. 

He is back with another set of ten sample-based tunes "neverlastin" (28 Jun 2022) to drive you nuts trying to figure out where the samples are from!

Only currently available on Bandcamp.

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul / Samples
Format: Album
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 28/06/2022
Price: $4
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