Cool Out: A Funky Chillout Summer Session

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It’s still April, but the last couple of days it feels like summertime in the Netherlands already 😊 Enjoy this funky chillout summer session!

I told it before, Groovejet by Spiller was co-composed by Rob Davis, guitarist of successful seventies glam rock band Mud. He was the one who wrote the melody. A new slowed down, chillout mix of Groovejet by Breakbot & Irfane came out recently. The song was an instrumental track in the very beginning, then Sophie Ellis-Baxtor was asked to do vocals on it:

“I agreed to sing on the track and went into the studio with my own ideas and wrote the verses quickly. Eventually, they spliced my verses with a brilliant chorus by Rob Davis. Mine was rubbish in comparison! The track’s magic is in his chorus and Spiller’s instrumental. I was so happy to be the voice on it.”

(The Guardian)

Next up is a new part of Best Of 70s Soul!

Tracklist:

Spiller (Feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor) ‎– Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) [Breakbot & Irfane Remix] (2022)
Johnny Mathis – Summer Breeze (1972)
Stylistics – Smooth (1978)
Leroy Hutson – Cool Out (1975)
Guy Maxwell – Summer Song (1980)
April March – California Fall (2022)
Bill Withers – Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) (1972)
Average White Band – Love Of Your Own (1977)
Gene Dunlap Band – In Just A Matter Of Time (1983)
The Blackbyrds – Soft And Easy (1977)
Bridge – Stella (1981)
Jolis & Simone – Night Flight (1979)
Carole Bayer Sager – Stronger Than Before (1981)
Pointer Sisters – The Love Too Good To Last (1980)
Randy Crawford – Same Old Story (1980)
Michel Jonasz – Mini-Cassette (1979)
Rodney Franklin – Sailing (1982)
Attitudes – Sweet Summer Music (1976)
Ian Matthews – Gimme An Inch (1978)
Orleans – You’ve Been Runnin’ (1980)
Marlena Shaw – Save The Children (1972)

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