The City – Session Victim & Erobique with Jamie Lloyd

Session Victim and Erobique join forces once again for a beautiful cover version of Mark Almond‘s “The City” starring Jamie Lloyd’s enticing vocals and featuring Linnart Ebel on rhythm guitar.

Ever since Hauke Freer stumbled over Mark Almond‘s final studio album Other People’s Rooms at Montreal record store Death Of Vinyl a few years ago, the pair would regularly finish DJ nights with this 1978 recording of their hit single “The City” – and since then, the idea of recording their own rendition had been tossed around frequently. Carsten “Erobique” Meyer was not the first but really the duo’s only choice to see this through and well, just listen to the impeccable Rhodes/Clavinet combination he came up with.

However, it is Sydney’s Jamie Lloyd who steals the show and takes the song into his realm, putting his very own stamp and character on this certified classic. Long time collaborator Linnart Ebel completes the band with his ever subtle rhythm guitar. The two, three, four, five man house, not house band branches out for all the right reasons and this is the result.

Released September 24, 2021 listen / buy via Bandcamp here or via player below…

SONLIFE – The First

Out today on Chris Coco’s Disappear label is SONLIFE‘s beautiful single ‘The First‘. A beautiful, shimmering slice of soulful, jazzy electronica. It’s delicate shuffling beats and emotive piano make it perfect headphone listening, it’s an essential addition to any poolside or beach bar playlist this Summer and an exciting taster of the forthcoming album from this South London producer. Out now via Bandcamp, see link below…

Space Inside by Gene Pool

‘Space Inside’is the new album from Brighton’s cosmic messengers Gene Pool, have a listen and get along to their Bandcamp page and buy a copy asap it’s a banger!

‘Faced with a deadly storm brewed by an angry ocean, ‘Space Inside’ is narrated by inhabitants of a world realising the truth of their own inevitable doom. Taking the things they learned from their experiments in ‘Kill the TV’, Gene Pool weave a dark, twisted story, seething with a newfound musical intensity and ambition.’

Mahavishnu Orchestra – Meeting Of The Spirits/You Know You Know – Live

Meeting Of The Spirits/You Know You Know – The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Live at the BBC 1972, look at this line up…

John McLaughlin – guitar
Jan Hammer – keyboards
Jerry Goodman – violin
Rick Laird – bass
Billy Cobham – drums

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-mclaughlin-on-his-final-u-s-tour-revisiting-mahavishnu-orchestra-117259/