Introducing: A Race of Angels

Broadcast No. 1 is one of the first albums in a long time that pretty much blew me away. It's totally original and defies any classification.

Both epic and understated, the music of A Race of Angels is hard to pin down...it has to be heard...or rather, experienced. It's soulful, emotive, electronic, organic, thought-provoking, and above all else, completely unique.
The debut release Broadcast No. 1 is now available via Luv Classics. Promos will be in your hands shortly.

LA dwellers can witness A Race of Angels live in-person Friday, June 24th @ Little Temple Bar, 10:30pm
See the flyer below.

They are also opening up for Meshell N'degeocello on Monday June 27th @ El Rey, 8pm

To preview the music, please visit: http://www.araceofangels.com/
[once you enter the site, click the black box on the bottom right to navigate to the music samples page]

PRAISE FOR A RACE OF ANGELS:
"Peace, love and soul...channeling Motown, folk, and just a dash of Soul II Soul. Deliciously uplifting....A Race of Angels is truly a race unto itself." -- XLR8R magazine

"AROA makes soul music with reckless abandon. Their approach is alien and refreshing to the world." -- Garth Trinidad

Verve Remixed 3 Video

Check out the video for Adam Freeland's "Fever" remix taken from Verve Remixed 3.
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/player.aspx?fid=1114&ftyp=3&pgid=7&hid=11206

Mark De Clive-Lowe Contest

Want to get your hands on a copy of Mark De Clive-Lowe's excellent broken beat / nu soul album "Tide's Arising"? Click HERE to enter to win a copy of the cd.

DOWNLOAD "Slide feat. Bembe Segue"

PRAISE FOR MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE
"...the man behind a million great tunes" - Gilles Peterson/Radio 1 Worldwide [UK]
"Firmly at the front of the nu-skool jazz and beats movement" - The Times [UK]
"Call it nu-jazz, call it nu-house, call it future-jazz, in fact call it what you want, I'm sticking with the words awesome and genius" - Wax Magazine [UK]
"Nothing but quality. MdCL's future-soul is taking us deep into the 21st Century for real ..!" - Bugz in the Attic [UK]

Telepopmusik - "Into Everything" Video

Telepopmusik's excellent "Angel Milk" album drops June 21st on Capitol Records. The first video from the album is for the track "Into Everything" - see below. Hopefully we'll get a full album review up shortly, but this will give you a pretty accurate taste of the album which is dreamy, melodious, and accessibly electronicy.
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RIZE Soundtrack Release Party - June 18th, SF

RIZE Soundtrack Release Party - June 18th, SF

Saturday, June 18, 2005 @ Dolce
7:30 - 10:30 pm
440 Broadway Street, SF, CA
Peforming will be Flii Stylz
DJ E-Rock holding down the ace's and deuce's...
$15 @ the Door
view the trailor to Rize here

For more info, and guest list requests, please visit THE PACIFIC STANDARD BLOG
Click HERE for more info on the movie

Mark De Clive-Lowe Tour Dates

June 17th – Bossa:Nova @ Zanzibar – Los Angeles
June 18th – Agenda Lounge – San Jose
June 19th – Mighty – San Francisco
June 20th – Joe’s Pub – New York
June 21st – 5 Spot – Philly
www.markdeclivelowe.net

The Rurals "A Rural Life" (Peng Records)

The husband and wife couple of vocalist Marie and producer/DJ Andy Compton have been making music together for 10 years now. Based in the English countryside the two have for the most part stayed true to their distinctive, organic deep house sound that melds live instrumentation with electronic elements. A Rural Life is their eighth album and while the duo does little to broaden their musical horizons, the results are as comfortably sweet and soulful as ever.
Smooth downtempo numbers like “Pleading With You” and “Relax Your Soul” serve to vary the mood and add texture to the tone of the album, but as always, it’s the sweet, jazzy, deep house tracks that steal the show. Songs like “Sorry”, “Complicated” and “Addict” with their rich basslines and soulful vocals epitomize the Rurals’ sound and are the real substance of the album. Another classy, if not adventurous, outing from the Rurals.
www.therurals.com