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Floating Points - Future Soul from Sun Ra to Madlib selected by Djouls
Monday 24 January 2011, 15:12
Floating Points - Future Soul from Sun Ra to Madlib (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2011-01-24 Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has been shaking the electronic music world for two years now, through a string of releases and remixes... His smooth, dusty, soulful House sound, his techno-disco-boogie bubblism are rather Detroit-flavoured, while his samples are craftily cut into heavy bumping crunch-beats, paying respect to the lineage from Sun Ra to Madlib and onwards... This is future soul at the edge of modern British music! Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has been shaking the electronic...
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - Into The Wind + Free Shawn Lee 'Inspirations' Mix
Tuesday 26 January 2010, 22:35
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - Into The Wind
(CD/LP) Ubiquity Records UR263, 2010-01-26
Into the Wind by Guzheng performer Bei Bei He and Ubiquity producer Shawn Lee marries a unique blend of ancient tradition with studio trickery. This uplifting, genre-bending sound clash, recalls the afro centric harping of Dorothy Ashby and hypnotic spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane. With Lee adding equal doses of hip hop, electric jazz, and soul sensibility to the backing tracks, the captivating sound of Bei Bei's Guzheng comes alive on peaceful mellow joints as much as it does on Kung-Fu flavored funk tunes.
Also, check out this Free Shawn Lee Inspirations Mix taht you can download on ubiquityrecords.com/radio/ShawnLee_InspirationsMix.mp3!!
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - Beauty and The Beats EP
Tuesday 08 September 2009, 08:45
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - Beauty and The Beats EP
(10") Ubiquity Records UR259, 2009-09-08
New music by Gu Zheng performer Bei Bei and Ubiquity producer Shawn Lee marries a unique blend of ancient tradition with studio trickery and spiritual jazz. This uplifting, genre-bending, soundclash recalls the afrocentric harping of Dorothy Ashby, the hypnotic style of Alice Coltrane, and the organic electronics of Four Tet and Quantic. The Beauty and The Beats 10" EP will feature Georgia Anne Muldrow, a heavyweight cover of the Billy Paul soul opus East, and a Floating Points remix.
Note : Bei Bei wrote to us on FaceBook, asking for support. Alas - no promo on this one, meaning we haven't been able to listen to it yet. If anyone's got a copy please share with us. We're in contact with lots of radios and DJs who would love our advice...
