Soul Strutter: 09/03/23

Sunday, 3 September 2023

KleoBanks [2023] - Matin (Morning) EP (Dice Neighborhood M.C] (Full EP)

The opening track of KleoBank's new three track EP "Matin (Morning) EP", ""Please" In French", (which is the one attracting attention) starts off with a smokey vintage jazz intro which was also used by B-Noize on "Mocca In Paris" (Mar '23) as it came up when we tried to discover the original sample via Shazam.

The second song is a much slowed down cover of Sam Sparro's "Black & Gold" from 2008, which, in our opinion, is much better than the pop original.

From our investigations, KleoBanks is the artist name for Kyra Lafinhan who graduated from Middlesex University in 2021 with a degree in acting.

Prior to this three track EP, she's released just two singles "Selfish" (Feb '23) and a double single titled "Message" ("OKOK" and "Ride") (May '23).

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	17/08/2023
Price:	£1.79

riah [2023] - Gentleman [onthegridrecords]

Boston, MA, bred to Cape Verdean parents, riah (Tatyana Mariah Fonseca), releases her seventh single, "Gentleman", since debiting in 2021.

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Details

Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	onthegridrecords / Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	28/08/2023
Key/BPM:	11B/90
Price:	£1

Tokyo Ave feat. Prince Carter [2023] - TOP 5 [Tokyo Ave Sound]

Tokyo Ave bill themselves as a production/artist supergroup conceived by Conrizzle (Conrad Gibson) and Patrick Pryor. Have you heard of either of them before, as we certainly haven't?

Their latest offering, "TOP 5", features Prince Carter from Minneapolis. It's been out a few weeks and seems to be doing quite well on Amazon UK Hot New Releases.

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Details

Rating:	7.8
Explicit:	Y
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul / R&B
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Tokyo Ave Sound / Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	16/08/2023
Key/BPM:	2B/105
Price:	£1

Kitakara feat. SingTrece [2023] - Full of Love [Self Released]

SingTrece (Elbonee LaTrece McLaurin) featured in Jul with an album "I'm Waiting" and since then has released a couple of singles and two collaborations with Tokyo based, Nordic guitarist/producer, Kitakara (Teppo Ilari Nojonen).

The latest collaboration is a single "Full Of Love" on 30 Aug.

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Details

Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	30/08/2023
Key/BPM:	7A/102
Price:	£1

Tomorrow's Wish [2023] - On My Mind [Emandolyn] (Full Album)

A previously unreleased album from Tomorrow's Wish, "On My Mind", which includes released and unreleased material is available on Bandcamp.

Several tracks are only available on the vinyl edition and not the digital. Only four tracks can be heard, which their modern soul favourite "My Love With You" that came out on 12" only on Coastal Records in 1990. Also on the album is the flip side "You Happened To Me".

"My Love For You" may sound familiar as it is very similar to another Coastal artist Teeah-Louise, aka Tierra, who released "Just Loving You" on Midtown in 1978 which has a similar melody (included below). Teeah-Louise also released the flip, "You Happened To Me", on Coastal, not dated but probably late 80s. Interestingly it was issued on promo only which states that it was from an album, "Great Love", which never materialised..

The Atlanta group recorded material in the 70s which has never been released. They released just one gospel album, "'Cause God Is The Answer", in 1988 and the above 12" in 1990.

This limited press album contains unreleased songs and demos and both sides of their 1990 Coastal 12".

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Details

Rating:	TBC
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Gospel / Modern Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / Vinyl
Label:	Emandolyn
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/09/2023
Price:	$15 / $25

Jeff Floyd [2023] - Put It Back [Music Access, Inc.]

Throwback southern soul singer Jeff Floyd is known to many of the modern soul scene for recordings over the years. He cut around four albums for William Bell's Wilbe label between 2000-2012.

The first album spawned "I Found Love On A Lonely Highway" championed by Brian Goucher at the time. He later recorded a version of James Fountain's Northern Soul classic "Seven Day Lover" (which was originally released on Bell's Peachtree in 1970) on his 2012 album "Watch Me Work". (included below if it's a new one on you).

Floyd has a new single out on Friday "Put It Back".

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Details

Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Music Access, Inc.
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/09/2023
Key/BPM:	2B/90
Price:	£1