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Wednesday 15 January 2014

Songs of 2013 - Julio Bashmore - Peppermint

This track from Julio Bashmore surfaced in September 2013. It features the vocals of Jessie Ware, who has collaborated with him many times before, probably to the best effect on "Imagine It Was Us". This tune features her weaving her way in and out of the track, with delicate ease.

Julio Bashmore is from Bristol, which is an area that has produced a number of British dance music heroes, most notably Massive Attack, Portishead and Roni Size. The difference with Bashmore to a number of acts is that his style is closer routed to American style house music. It is still unmistakably British though. To me when I hear American influenced house it depends a lot less on the bass element than it's British equivalent. It's definitely a sexy sound and this is emphasised in this track by the fact Jessie Ware's vocals repeats "I'm hot for you, whatcha gonna do" a number of times. I love the bell sounding synth line that is featured prominently in the track too.

Julio Bashmore is scheduled to release his debut album this year after a number of underground hits. He hopefully will enjoy the success of his musical brethren Disclosure. I am looking forward to his new material this year!

Monday 13 January 2014

Javeon - Give Up

Javeon is a singer who is on PMR Records. This is the label that bought us Jessie Ware and Disclosure and you can see exactly why someone with the style of Javeon is signed to the label. It's not like he is a direct copy, but he is definitely in that family. "Give Up" has that garagey feel, with R&B style vocals.

This song came out a month ago and for me there is something of a flavour of the stuff MJ Cole blessed us with on the album "Sincere". It's got a laid-back, summer type of vibe, with classy understated vocals. It's a great song, which will hopefully be the precursor to a great album.