Can’t stop, won’t stop… our Bubblers series trundles cheerfully onwards with Gilles at the helm, curating the seventh volume in this fondly regarded set. It’s a typically diverse selection of rough diamonds plucked from the stream of amazing music that winds its way through Brownswood HQ: UK beatnut Jon Phonics opens proceedings with a glittering 80s funk bomb; Tanya Auclair lays raw vocal harmonies upon sparse, rickety drum structures, nestling comfortably in the nook between the electronic and the organic; our own jazz prodigy Zara McFarlane draws inspiration from the late, great Harry Whitaker on ‘Waking Sleep (Thoughts)’; and there’s a nod to vintage Badu-esque soul via the effortlessly graceful Ntjam Rosie. Veering into hip-hop territory, Tall Black Guy, Chris Turner and Jesse Boykins (featuring MachineDrum on production duties) provide the requisite bump, whilst Cubic Zirconia’s ‘Night Or Day’ finds Tiombe Lockhart and Bilal duetting on a deliciously loose-fitting techno jam. Bringing up the rear, Ratcliffe (half of UK institution Basement Jaxx) unleashes the sonic equivalent of a Hudson Mohawke / Aphex Twin collabo – deranged hypercolour pop of the highest order.

Brownswood Bubblers Seven

01. Jon Phonics - The One
02. Tanya Auclair - Thrum
03. The Stepkids - La La
04. Stealing Sheep - Shoot The Ducks To Win
05. Zara McFarlane - Waking Sleep (Thoughts)
06. Ntjam Rosie - In Need
07. Cleveland & Ahmed - Sensitive
08. Obenewa - Make It Better
09. Ivy Chanel - Wind Blows (Samba/Soul Remix)
10. Tall Black Guy - Water No Enemy
11. Chris Turner - Liquid Love
12. KING - Hey
13. Jesse Boykins III - B4 The Night Is Thru
14. Cubic Zirconia - Night Or Day feat. Bilal
15. The Park - Belleville
16. Ratcliffe - Mindset

Former Bubblers... Flying Lotus, Oumou Sangare, Shawn J Period, Mayer Hawthorne, Ghostpoet, NSM, Lone, Javelin, Floating Points & Fatima, Shafiq Husayn, New Look, Dam Funk, Tawiah, Jamie Woon...

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