Yeah, it's a great album...definitely different from his older stuff, but I
like the direction he is heading in. I picked up my copy in the U.S. from
http://www.dustygroove.com
They have it on both CD and LP for a great price...less than $15 bucks, I
believe...
>From: Mark Allerton <Mark@warmspot.cix.co.uk>
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: [acid-jazz] Cam's "Soulshine"
>Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 01:05:15 -0700
>
>I haven't seen (DJ) Cam's "Soulshine" mentioned anywhere, but I
>checked it on on a listening stand** on saturday and it's barely
>been out of my player since. Very smooth, soulful & funky
>production, mostly downtempo with some house stuff creeping in.
>Nice horn arrangements throughout and some very tasty bass playing
>on three of the tracks. The highlight for me so far (and probably
>the track that made it an instant purchase) is "Love Junkee"
>featuring Cameo. Yes, _that_ Cameo. While the vocals are
>unmistakably Larry & company, the track actually sounds quite
>Donald Fagen-ish, which with the horn section and the
>aforementioned tasty bass playing comes together very nicely
>indeed. There's one slightly duff moment on the album, "Condor"
>(apparently a Dave Grusin tune) and I think six interludes is
>probably three too many, even if they're quite good. At least
>they're not skits. Overall this is a very nice album, and it has
>Donnie guesting too. What more could you want?
>
>**BTW, if you are in Vancouver, you should check out the expanded
>Zulu Records on West 4th. This was always a nice shop, but now they
>have double the floorspace and a bunch of funky homebrew 25 CD
>listening stands, with a lot of interesting stuff on them too.
>
>..Mark..
>
>
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