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Unsplash To celebrate the first week of summer we are going to make a smooth sailing trip across deep seas with a warm summer breeze in the sails. Enjoy! The tracks by Courtial, Carol Dionne and Stylus are from the new compilation Under The Influence Vol.6, which is out on Z-Records. It is the first compilation British DJ-duo Faze Action have been made for quite some time. The two brothers have dug incredibly deep, selecting tracks ranging from afro, italo, soul, funk and disco, with many of the vinyl going for hundreds of euros on the market! They have also edited some of the tracks exclusively for the album. Tracklist: Nick & Samantha – Summer Breeze (2018) Carol Dionne ‎– I'm In Love With You (1981) Courtial With Errol Knowles ‎– Love Nevermore (1976) Shirma Rouse – Bridge Over Troubled Water (2012) Earth, Wind & Fire – Devotion (1975) Minnie Riperton – Our Lives (1974) Everything But The Girl – Troubled Mind (1994) The Staple Singers ‎– Let's Do...

Again music from and inspired by the 1980s! The tracks by Beverly Girl and Chromeo were released last week. Enjoy this new episode of Eddy's 80s Grooves ! When singer Phyllis Hyman (picture) had completed her LP Sing a Song in 1978 and readied it for release, her record company Buddah went bankrupt and was taken over by Arista. Head of office Clive Davis labelled Sing a Song “uncommercial”. The album was scrapped and released as the retooled Somewhere in My Lifetime the same year. In the meantime she recorded You Know How to Love Me . It became Phyllis Hyman's most successful album and was carefully tailored to become the artist's crossover breakthrough, with prolific producer/songwriters James Mtume and Reggie Lucas (who recently passed away) on board. One of the following albums was Can’t We Fall in Love Again , which contained You Sure Look Good to Me , a little bit reminiscent of the Pointer Sisters' hit He's So Shy . Although Phyllis Hyman was very succes...

Joan Smalls Instagram The opening track is by Munich’s new soul sensation Pho Queue. Their musical journey started in a local Vietnamese restaurant. While waiting in line to order their pho (Vietnamese soup) to be exact. Enlightened and inspired by the taste of their pho, Felix Kirner and Adriano Prestel decided to head to the studio. Since then they repeated this ritual at least once a week. The result? A fresh and tasty combination of electronic music and soulful vocals. They dropped their long awaited debut album Sweet on Tokyo Dawn Records last week. It’s the perfect soundtrack to the summer of 2018! After serving in the Vietnam War with the Marines, G.C. Cameron joined Motown act The Spinners as lead singer. He sang both lead parts on their first big hit, 1970's It's a Shame , co-written and produced by Stevie Wonder. He remained with Motown as a solo artist when The Spinners left the company in 1971. Although Cameron was not a major-seller for the label, he did have...

Unsplash Do things look better in the morning? That’s what’s this cloudcast is about. One of the tracks is a remix I made of Coffee by Scavenger Hunt. To the original vocals I added a beat, synthesizer and a piano solo to complete my Early Break Remix . Enjoy! When his golden days with the Four Seasons seemed to be over, Frankie Valli recorded When The Morning Comes for Motown around 1972. For some reason it was never released in the United States and Frankie Valli left the famous music factory soon afterwards. But by the mid-seventies another Motown recording The night was successfully picked up by the British northern soul scene and at the same time My Eyes Adored You became a big hit on the new Private Stock label in the United States (a song that Frankie Valli had bought back from Motown). Motown wanted to earn some money from this sudden and unexpected success and came up with the album Inside You with Frankie Valli recordings from his Motown days. Later in the decade ...