From the long awaited D’Angelo album.
Full album available on iTunes
D’Angelo – Sugah Daddy
From the album ‘Black Messiah’
Released on RCA Records
Album release date: 15 December 2014
USA
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Elektrik Interview: OthaSoul
OthaSoul
Hello and welkome to The Elektrik Cave. How are you? OthaSoul: Opal Fruits
Elektrik Cave – As I always ask in my radio interviews, ‘What is the purpose of music?’ A very deep and philosophical question to start. However, on The Elektrik Cave blog you have no more than 10 words to answer that question in? OthaSoul: To be a constant in an otherwise inconsistent world.
EC – OthaSoul. How did you come to that name?
Jungle VIP: I released my solo tune ‘One’ which Dozer produced and had to come up with a name to release it under. Me being mix raced I had to tick the ‘other’ box my whole life and I’ve always felt like the category of music I was into fell into the ‘other’ category. When me and Dozer formed the group I realised that it applied to what we were doing so much that it just had to be the name. We’ve got that Otha-Soul in our system.
EC – How did you all meet?
Dozer Carter: Me and Jungle had a mutual bredrin, Nagre who told Jungle to holla me for beats a couple years ago. Turned out we lived in the same ends randomly. Jungle and DMobbs have known each other since back in the day and as soon as we heard his debut beat tape we knew he had to be involved.
Left to right, D Mobbs, Jungle VIP and Dozer Carter
EC – Do any of you (out of D Mobbs, Jungle VIP and Dozer Carter) have any hidden musical talents? I believe one of you may be a drummer?
Jungle VIP: Yeah, I used to play Jazz Drums but I ain’t picked up the sticks in a while. Now I’m trying to single handedly bring back the talkbox!
DMobbs: I played the violin at school, played bass in a few bands and taught myself piano.
Dozer Carter: I don’t play shit ha!
Jungle VIP: But he’s just black like liquorice inside!
EC – Haha. The video for Crip Walking on the Nightingale Floor came out not too long ago? You guys filmed that in June – what was that like? It looked like a lot of fun.
Set of Crip Walking on the Nightingale Floor
Dozer Carter: We had a good team around us for that video. Shout out to Angie Abramovich and Kat Astner! There was quite a large cast and we had limited time at the location so their planning made it easy for us. Was a sick day.
EC – The OthaSoul show on Itch Fm? What sort of music do you play on it? How long have you guys been doing that for? The best guest you’ve had on the show?
Jungle VIP: Soul Hip-hop, neosoul, boom-bap and dreamy trap! Me and DJ Chux been doing it now for about a year. Best guest so far has probably been JD Reid. Cool guy, turned out he’s from just down the road as well. Camden’s hot right now! Lock in every Friday 8-10pm.
EC – Best gig? Why?
Dozer Carter: Bestival this year was CRAAAAZY… Check the tour diary on youtube!
EC – Worst gig? Why?
Dozer Carter: Jesus, we had a gig last NYE in Shoreditch and erm… Starting celebrating a bit too early. Lucky for us pretty much everyone else in the venue was smashed as well.
EC – Who would you absolutely love to support?
DMobbs: Eric Lau could be quite sick. Too many to name, any neo-soul producers that use live bands really.
Jungle VIP: A Tribe Called Quest would be crazy. So would Kendrick Lamar. But I’d have to go for D’Angelo. Dozer Carter: Roc Marciano… Say no more.
EC – Ideal venue to do a gig?
Dozer Carter: Headlining ‘The Forum’ Kentish Town would mean a lot to us. Prestigious venue in our own manor.
EC – Next gig? Jungle VIP: Old Blue Last, Old Street, Friday 14th Nov. BE THERE!
EC – What can we expect from you guys in the next 3-6 months? Dozer Carter: Dropping our new video in the next couple weeks. Got a new album coming. Expect some crazy features!
The OthaSoul Spekial on Roundhouse Radio will be coming very soon.
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Elektrik Interview: Tom Misch
Tom Misch
Hello and welkome to The Elektrik Cave.
How are you?
Tom – Good thanks, just had a delicious lunch.
Elektrik Cave – As I always ask in my radio interviews, ‘What is the purpose of music?’ However, on The Elektrik Cave blog you have no more than 10 words to answer that question in?
T – I think of it as a universal language that expresses emotion.
EC – You’re from South London, do you think that has inspired a lot of the music you produce?
T – I guess it has to an extent, as there is a lot of music coming out of south London at the moment and it does seem to have a common sound but most of the music I listen to is not massively popular in South London.. or maybe I just haven’t found the people that are into the same stuff yet. Heavily into stuff with soulful vibes and nice grooves.
EC – Some people will be unaware of this, but you don’t only produce, you also play the violin, guitar and you sing. How did you get in to all 4?
T – Well my dad kind of forced me to start the violin when I was about 3 haha.. at the time I hated it but im thankful now as i have another instrument that I can incorporate into my productions but also an appreciation for classical music which has definitely had an effect on the way I make and listen to music. Guitar I started when I was 8 cos my sister started playing so there was one in the house.. had a couple of lessons and fell in love with it very quickly. I actually think of guitar as my primary voice more than my actual singing voice cos its something I’ve done so intensely since I started. Singings something I’ve always done a little bit, but I’m trying to make my music more accessible and I think singing on my stuff can do that.
EC – You’re a man of many talents – and you’re amazing at dipping in to different genres of music. I’m super curious, where did your love for Hip Hop come from?
T – Haha thank you. Its weird cos ive always been aware of hiphop and for a long time I liked it but it wasn’t really my thing.. I think its when I started to hear to the real 90s j dilla and slum village stuff that it really opened my eyes to a new kind of underground hiphop.. and from that it drew me to a whole world of other genres like neo-soul, a lot of jazz and soul which I now try and draw from to make my music.
EC – On a different note, you’re in a band called Carmody – how did you all meet?
T – Carmody was looking to get a band together and me and her had been doing some writing together over the last 2 years or so I asked my mate Joe to play drums and Carmody got two of her friends on keys and bass.
EC – Tom and Laura Misch – You and your sister, also work together. Whats it like working with your sister? In comparison to working with a friend?
T – Ye my sister. It’s a nice thing to do and its cool to spend time with family doing something creative.. Compared to working with a friend I guess arguments are more prone haha but on the whole we get on very well.
EC – You’ve recently joint forces with Alfa Mist, will we see anymore from you guys? I must say, that 1 minute 44 second track that you guys put out on Soundcloud make me smile!
T – Glad you liked it! Ye definitely, we are both really into our jazz and hes just on another level.. And its exciting to see another producer who comes from the musician side as opposed to the production side. Also im guna be playing guitar in a band with Alfa Mist and Emmavie soon. But ye we are jamming regularly now and hopefully some projects will come up in the future.
EC – Best gig? Why?
T – I haven’t done much gigging yet.. but best gig was probably playing at ‘The Beanery’ in Camberwell. It’s a tiny cafe/bar that’s right next to Loughborough Junction and the vibes were great.
EC – Worst gig? Why?
T – One I did in a pub in Kilburn, the people were unfriendly, audience was dead and I just didn’t really enjoy it at all haha.
EC – Who would you absolutely love to support?
T – D’Angelo
EC – Ideal venue to do a gig?
T – My roof
EC – Next gig?
T – Not sure in terms of my solo stuff… I need to sort out how im going to perform my stuff because a lot of it is producing based and cant really be played live. But its something I’m working on and I might just start doing some stuff just guitar, loop pedal and voice.
EC – What can we expect from you in the next 3-6 months?
T – Hopefully lots of music and releases before I start a jazz guitar degree in September! Ive got a solo EP in the making and also a collaborative EP with Carmody.
Tom Misch
Elektrik News: D’Angelo
According to Potholesinmyblog.com, Neo-Soul singer, D’Angelo has announced that he will be releasing a live EP in the next few weeks.
The album was recorded on September 14, 1995 in London’s famous Jazz Cafe and the new album will be called ‘Live at the Jazz Café, London: The Complete Show’
It’ll feature the graceful, Angie Stone and will bring back some of those classics that were played on that beautiful night.
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