Last week got two emails, one from our friend Jonathan Radford aka Diesler, about a new remix he’s done. It’s a driving deep house remix to Unforscene’s vocal piece called “Dangerous“. Catchy tune, very radio friendly and moving not like his regular latin tinged nujazz stuff. On Tru Thoughts. His live band members, have a 7 piece funk band called 6ix Toys and they’re now signed to First Word, watched them live and the lads sure know how to rock a party!

The second email was from Waxpoetics, informing us about a lovely remaster project they’re releasing on July : Melvyn Price’s 1974 album “Rhythm and Blues”. Percussive and soulful jazz just the way it’s supposed to be! Give us more of this anyday!

In the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Price set sail for Sweden where he immediately began gigging with Scandinavia’s jet-set jazz musicians. Although Price had cut his teeth in Motown, the folk explosion of the mid-’60s and Afro-Cuban music’s increasing visibility were both making major impacts on Price’s musical leanings. In 1974, after a pair of primarily percussive albums intended to aid dance instruction, Price composed and recorded his masterpiece, Rhythm and Blues, released on his own Meldor label. The music was simple, yet inspiring, pairing Sweden’s disciplined session players with imported Latin-American percussionists. Rhythm and Blues was never widely distributed abroad, and has, in recent years, fetched top dollar at auction.

Unforscene - Dangerous (Diesler Club Remix)
Melvyn Price - Behind Kungstradgarden