Dj Soops NeoSoul: Union - Analogtronics (2012)

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Union - Analogtronics (2012)

Analogtronics.....the Album title says it all really. "Space age, intergalactic, interplanetary goodness meets soul" is how I would describe this masterpiece. Like so much good music, this is one of them ones I just stumbled across. Call it fate, I don't know, just knew this would be a memorable 2012 release and trust me I'm writing this whilst head nodding, trying to take in this beast. I mean, look at the Album teaser and tell me if your not drawn in instantly??

Broaden your musical palette...get: Union - Analogtronics immediately.

Tracklist:
01- Intro
02- Mystery Part 1
03- Time Leak Feat Talib Kweli and Sly Johnson
04- Coco Mango Feat Mf Doom
05- Light Odyssey
06- Good Morning Feat Moka Only
07- Song for Janasa Feat Rachel Claudio
08- Wings Feat Elzhi
09- Fallin Feat Rapper Pooh and Janic
10- Blue Wave
11- Preset Mars Feat Roc Marciano
12- October Rush
13- Digital Delight Feat Guilty Simpson
14- Space B Boy
15- Sky Dust
16- Baby Mama Feat Mani Hoffman
17- Mystery Part 2

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What is Neo-Soul?

Neo soul (also known as nu soul) is a musical genre of the late 1990s and early 2000s that fuses contemporary R&B, 1970s style soul, classical music, jazz, and elements of alternative-hip hop. It is the third major sub-genre of contemporary R&B, after the new jack swing of the late 1980s to early/mid 1990s and the hip hop soul of the mid to late 1990s. The "neo soul" term, originated by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late-1990s, is sometimes looked upon with disdain as nothing more than a marketing specialization of contemporary R&B instead of an honest revival of soul music. This is because most of the people who record in the genre and listen to it tend to be anti-mainstream preferring that the music favor underground credibility and soulfulness over mainstream popularity.

Early works

The genre is considered to have originated with the work of Raphael Saadiq's band Tony! Toni! Toné! in the mid-1990s, but the term began to surface after the release of singer Joi's debut album Pendulum Vibe which contained elements of early 70s style arrangements along with Rock style elements. it resurfaced with D'Angelo's 1995 LP Brown Sugar. Brown Sugar featured elements of classic soul, inspired by artists such as Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway (both keyboardists, as is D'Angelo), that had not been regularly seen in modern African-American mainstream music since the mid-1980s. Also, in 1995 came the work of a duo called Groove Theory, which included the members Amel Larrieux, the singer and Bryce Wilson, the rapper/singer/producer/actor. In 1997, Motown artist Erykah Badu released her debut LP, Baduizm, the success of which paved the way for new Motown chief Kedar Massenburg to shift the direction of much of the company's output towards Badu's style, which he dubbed neo-soul. The first soul revival artist to make a major impact on the mainstream was Lauryn Hill, whose 1998 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill LP was a critical and commercial smash and garnered five Grammy Awards.

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http://www.paxstereo.tv/neosoul.htm

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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Union - Analogtronics (2012)

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