Dj Clif
Melting Pot

It was only back in 2020 that Holy Hive quietly dropped one of our favourite albums of the year - the stunning debut Float Back To You. Now, one of the many jewels in the Big Crown label returns with another full length of gorgeous falsetto sounds, gentle soul and beachy escapism. Their signature mix of heartbreaking Americana, blue-eyed soul and downbeat pop all colours this superb collection, with airy vocal deliveries believing the meaningful word play. Sounding something like Fleet Foxes on holiday somewhere hot and getting high, this is another classic.

As a fine collector of Jazz-Funk and Fusion for many years, Charles Maurice selected some of his favorite forgotten productions, as he previously did for the AOR Global Sounds, French and Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds compilations series.This time, recordings come from Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand, Uruguay, Spain and France, from artists and bands mostly known in their local scenes. You'll hear here the best elements of the Fusion and Jazz-Funk genre: breezy vocal arrangements reminding Flora Purim in Return To Forever or George Duke's albums, sweet and virtuosic Fender Rhodes (kind of common thread of the comp), melodic spiral-shaped fuzzy synthesizers leads, or irresistible basslines, altogether bringing a unique groove to life.

11 tracks from Brooklyn-based rapper Justo The Mc with Remulak on production.Featuring guest appearances from Van Ward, DJ Jazz T, DJ Madhandz, Don Casper & Eddie Skratch.

Fantastic Proto-Zouk from Georges and Pierre-Edouard DecimusNSI (New sound From the Islands) is a concept launched by the Decimus family, and the album was released at the end of 1981, at the same time as Kassav's Album "N'4" with the singer Jocelyn Moka.