3 Amigos ft. Dawn Tallman - We Are One (Love, Faith and Trust)

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Written by Tk

Granted, this little soulful number won't appeal to everyone. But it sure is upbeat. Featuring the Diva-like high-tones of Dawn Tallman, "We Are One" has distinctive keyboards, and a thumping beat. If you are after intellectual stimulation in songs' lyrics, this is not for you. The chorus-line, "We are one (love, faith and trust)", is about as deep as it gets. And the tune is not quite thumping enough for the dancefloor.

Yet, there is something about it that appeals. It would be perfectly at home on a Back to Mine compilation, or pumped to high-volume on a sports-car cruising around the Balearic Islands driven by a victim of a mid-life crisis.

6.5/10

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VA – Smoove pres: MO’ RECORD KICKS: Act II

This latest collection from label Record Kicks is easy on the ear.

If it doesn’t have you dreaming of better days in the snap of a second, there is something wrong with you. This record is an aphrodisiac for the modern workplace.

From "The Young Patter" by the Baker Brothers and "Prophets Bound to Christ" by William Joseph Fowler & the Disciples, DJ Smoove mixes up a storm on record Act II. With the types of sounds that would be at home at a funk club in the funkiest of cities in the funkiest of countries, there is no denying that DJ Smoove is, for want of a better description, a cool cat.

A particularly favourite track of this reviewer is "Rags to Riches" by the Liberators, a fresh afro-funk act hailing from Sydney, Australia. The track is so rich with the sounds of Africa, it is a wonder it was not produced in, ummm, Africa.

The Diplomats of Solid Sound have been on my radar for a while, and so have Lack of Afro. So it does not surprise me that the Lack of Afro remix of the Diplomat’s tune "Give Me One More Chance", is an outright classic.

Similarly to a lot of the new releases from the team at label Record Kicks, this is highly recommended!

Label: Record Kicks

8/10