Been cherishing two new releases from BBE Music who’ve hit my mailbox recently: Soul Movement No.1 by Canadian producer Slakah the Beatchild and the first one in a new series called Amplified presents Dirty Soul: Electric. Both albums feature deep & soulful vibes with beats, smooth singing and/or MCing, just the way we like it.

Really love this new type of urban and mostly black music, call it jazz hop, neo soul, soulhop, electro soul whatever, sceptics will surely be saying this mostly electronic version is not up to par with classics, I’d say give ‘em some time, this is a worthwhile reincarnation of the old vibes and it takes time to become a classic!. Anyways, great tracklist on the Amplified comp which features acts like Benny Sings, Coultrain, Ayah, Dj Mitsu The Beats, Bilal Salaam and more. All new names to check out for you and it’s possible to buy single tracks directly from BBE for £0.75 for both albums. 20 tracks on the Slakah release with a few skits, if you’re into Raphael Saadiq / Dilla etc. def go for it.