At the urging of the homie Zaid, I finally got around to checking the streamed audio of the forthcoming Mr. Peabody Records/BBE compilation, and it does not disappoint. The Martin L. Dumas, Jr. track, "Attitude, Belief and Determination," is particularly genius, sounding something like the best melodic elements of "Sun Goddess" and "Always There" combined in one mega nine-minute spiritual disco/soul extravaganza. Beautiful.
I never knew much about the Mr. Peabody folks other than whatever I could glean from occasionally eyeing their high-end ebay auctions. This little EPK fills in some of the blanks (pretty gangsta that they use Junei for the opening music bed):
RSOC doesn't come out till the new year - thus perhaps fortuitously depriving some of us of another chance to buy things for ourselves during the holiday season when we should be buying things for our loved ones. As indie Chi-town modern soul/disco goes my knowledge is largely limited to some of the more readily available stuff from this comp (Expo, Cheryl Berdell), or classic heatery like Mid Air and Starvue. The latter's "Body Fusion" has been anthologized/reissued a gang of times. But here's an intriguing lovers rock version that hopefully you haven't heard. Not as great as the OG admittedly, but still a cool curiosity. Enjoy!
RSOC doesn't come out till the new year - thus perhaps fortuitously depriving some of us of another chance to buy things for ourselves during the holiday season when we should be buying things for our loved ones. As indie Chi-town modern soul/disco goes my knowledge is largely limited to some of the more readily available stuff from this comp (Expo, Cheryl Berdell), or classic heatery like Mid Air and Starvue. The latter's "Body Fusion" has been anthologized/reissued a gang of times. But here's an intriguing lovers rock version that hopefully you haven't heard. Not as great as the OG admittedly, but still a cool curiosity. Enjoy!
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