13.7.2007 von mk.

Belleruche are a new signing to Tru Thoughts. They describe their sound as handmade hip hop blues soul, like Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Christian and Cut Chemist stuck in a dusty second hand record store with wine and a sampler, Belleruche make turntable soul music.
Their sound is pure soulful jazz with scratch and samples aplenty. Influences range from DJ Vadim to Nina Simone to Hendrix resulting in an album likened to a weird trawl through a dusty basement full of the best records you’ve never heard, whilst a voice you can’t quite pin down sings hooks you can’t forget.
Their new album named ‘Turntable Soul Music’ includes tracks that conjure thoughts of Stax Records recording Django Rheinhardt with Dr Dre controlling the mixing desk. Or Eryka Badu jamming with Mixmaster Mike recorded onto analogue tape by the Dust Brothers.
The threesome is made up of Kathrin deBoer (vocals), Ricky Fabulous (guitar) and DJ Modest (decks). The band was formed after Ricky and Modest, who played bizarre turntable and guitar sets in London bars, bumped in to Kathrin in the market one day. She did some singing over a cup of tea with the pair and Belleruche was formed.
The trio have attracted attention from luminaries in the UK underground music scene; with vocalist Kathryn deBoer recording tracks with DJ Vadim and performing with the Bonobo live band, and remixing tracks for labels including The Elephant, Trojan & Quannum.

Label: tru thoughts

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13.7.2007 von mk.

It’s been five years since the first issue of Sambass and Irma’s one is still the only compilation in the World that brings you the freshest tunes from Brazil with that distinctive off-beat. Every time Frank Siccardi, the selector, discovers new artists and picks more unreleased material that is packaged exclusively for you in this unique product.
Among the newcomers this time are Sao Paulo based David WS, delivering two gems in true Sambass style, both already DJ Patife’s favorites in his club and radio dj sets, and the team called Sambabeat (aka TheEgo from Santiago, Chile and DJ Roots from Salvador, Bahia), with the exclusive ‘Gente’, featuring Janaina Lima from Kaleidoscopio on vocals.
Other new Sambass stars are: DJ LK (aka Lucio K), with the hilarious opening tune and his remix for Lu Horta; DJ Farrapo & Yanez, well known for their release on Afro Art last year, with the unreleased ‘Frango Assado’; Mustafa with his D’n'B remake of the touching classic Sao Salvador.
Usual Sambass suspect Mad Zoo, under two different monikers, Cosmonautics and Deeper & Pacific, produced two smashing monsters specially for volume 4: ‘Brazilian Nights’, featuring the classic voice of Cleveland Watkiss, and ‘In The Summer Breeze’, with Geanine Marques’ soothing whisper.
Two Sambass musts are certainly Seu Jorge’s unmistakable voice, here in a Leo Gandelman song remixed by Bossa Cuca Nova, and Marcelinho Da Lua, with a preview from his forthcoming new album ‘Social’.
Last but not least, two of the most classic acts featured in all previous issues of Sambass: Drumagick, this time with a stunning remix for UK label Mr. Bongo, and Kaleido (formerly Kaleidoscopio) with a glimpse from their new album, so far released only in Japan.
A special mention goes to one of the most prominent names of the Brazilian D’n'B scene, XRS (of Marky & XRS fame, of course), who is part of the show with his previously unreleased ‘Puro Brazil’, a special treat for those Sambass fans that prefer to go for the vinyl edition, where you can get the full extended mixes of all the exclusive tunes of the compilation!

Label: cuadra

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