Bonus point to you Andrew, you got there first :) Jason
On 1 September 2011 18:46, Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks new email address <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:01 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> Alrighty? >> >> not heard much chat about the Omar S album (and he's got a smooth Deep >> House thing out with Colonel Abrams too - Shadow Ray mix is pretty >> nice). The album is CD only (I think) and is called "It Can Be Done, >> But Only I Can Do It" (Bonus point for anyone who knows what late 80's >> Hip Hop gem he takes that from?) > > ***I Know you got soul, yeah, if you didn't you wouldn't be in here... > Eric B & Rakim! :) >> >> It's a pretty surprising bunch of tracks with a load of 80's Chicago >> Trax influences overtaking the usual Detroit deep chords and shuffling >> rhythms he's more usually associated with. I blow hot and cold with >> Omar so I wasn't really expecting much from it, maybe that's why I >> ended up enjoying it so much. It kind of sounds like it was done in >> one big long session over a week or so - most of the tracks have the >> same production style, drum sounds and so on but maybe because of that >> it's a cohesive listen as an album which isn't always easy to achieve. >> Except for the cringe inducing "Porno vocal soundtrack over sad >> chords" tracks that is cliched beyond words :) >> >> >> Not from Detroit but the new Martyn 12" is pretty damn fine and if it >> was released 10 years ago would most certainly have went in the >> "Detroit New Releases" section in many stores :) >> >> cheers >> >> Jason >> > > > > -- > http://soundcloud.com/andrewdukecognitionaudio > http://myspace.com/andrewduke >
