Tanika Charles [2023] - The Union Sessions [Record Kicks] (Full EP)

At the end of June Tanika Charles pre-released the first track from the forthcoming live EP "The Union Sessions", "Think Of You". The full EP is out today.

The first four songs appeared on her debut project "What? What! What?!" in 2010 with the final track "Since You Been Gone" from "The Gumption" (2019). Tanika has tried and tested them for over a decade at live shows and brings that into the live studio sessions so don't think that they are simply regurgitations of previous album tracks, and the EP is very reasonably priced at only £1.79! All songs were recorded off the floor in a single afternoon sitting at Union Sound without overdubs.

The band included some of the best musicians in Canada with D/SHON Henderson and Tafari Anthony on vocals, Jemuel “J3M” Roberts (piano, EP and synths) and the core band Damian Matthew (bass), Robb Cappelletto (guitar) and Austin Gembora (drums) who are members of Toronto band re.verse. We are told that James Jones popped in for all of 20 minutes to record his verse on "Parkdale".

Our picks are "Parkdale", "Since You've Been Gone" and "Think Of You".

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	Y Tracks 3 & 4
Genre/Style:	New Soul / Live
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	Record Kicks
Cat No:	None
Date:	26/07/2023
Price:	£1.79

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Tanika Charles [2023] - Think of You (Live in Studio - Clean Version) [Record Kicks]

The first single from a forthcoming live album "The Union Sessions" from Toronto's Tanika Charles is "Think of You" released by Italy's Record Kicks. There are two versions of the song, explicit and clean, we've posted the clean version. 

The live in studio album follows her third studio album "Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly" from Apr '23 and is due for release on 26 Jul '23 and contains the following tracks:

01 - Can I Be Yours? (Live in Studio)

02 - Parkdale feat. James Jones (Live in Studio)

03 - Think of You (Live in Studio)   

04 - Silly Happy Wild (Live in Studio)

05 - Since You Been Gone (Live in Studio)  

The first four songs appeared on her debut project "What? What! What?!" in 2010 with the final track "Since You Been Gone" from "The Gumption" (2019). Tanika has tried and tested them for over a decade at live shows and brings that into the live studio sessions so don't think that they are simply regurgitations of previous album tracks. All songs were recorded off the floor in a single afternoon sitting at Union Sound without overdubs.

The band included some of the best musicians in Canada with D/SHON Henderson and Tafari Anthony on vocals, Jemuel “J3M” Roberts (piano, EP and synths) and the core band Damian Matthew (bass), Robb Cappelletto (guitar) and Austin Gembora (drums) who are members of Toronto band re.verse. We are told that James Jones popped in for all of 20 minutes to record his verse on "Parkdale".

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul / Live
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Record Kicks
Cat No:	None
Date:	21/06/2023
Key/BPM:	10A/86
Price:	£1

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Tanika Charles [2022] - Million Ways [Record Kicks]

Last month Tanika Charles released her new album "Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly". Today (13 May 2022)  she has released the opening track "Million Ways" as her new single which is the fourth so far from the album having already released "Different Morning" (Feb), "Frustrated" (Mar) and  "Hold Me (Like A Grudge) (Apr).

One of the best tracks on the album, for me, "Love Don't Mean A Thing" is yet to be a single.

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Details

Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Record Kicks
Cat No:	None
Date:	13/05/2022
Key/BPM:	2B/87
Value:	£1

Tanika Charles [2022] - Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly [Record Kicks] (Full Album)

Tanika Charles (aka Ms. Chawlz) from Toronto debuted in 2010 with an EP "What! What? What!?". Her debut full length album "Soul Run" came in 2016. Last Friday (8 Apr 2022) she released her third studio album "Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly". 

The better tracks have already been released as singles "Different Morning" (Feb), "Frustrated" (Mar) with the third single "Hold Me (Like A Grudge)" being released on 1 Ar 2022. I think the pick of the rest is "Love Don't Mean A Thing".

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	Y Track 8
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Record Kicks
Cat No:	None
Date:	08/04/2022
Value:	£7.49