late 80s/early 90s uk streetsoul (bass and breakbeats and r&b vocals)

when I saw this thread Loose Ends came to mind immediately but I couldn't remember any of their songs so wasn't sure if I was on the right track

Hanging On A String is the obvious one and that exact same drum pattern appears in about half the clips i posted above tbh

thanks for posting these Herb. I started buying UK Soul 12's and comps from 1992 onwards so missed some of the earlier ones. Occaisional trips to Unity and Blackmarket records armed with lists from Blues and Soul magazines and scraps from Kiss FM.

Bygraves - Do the Right Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lwt1qzypBQ

When I first saw this thread the first thing that came to mind was Sweet Harmony by Liquid, but the more I listen to these the more I feel like it marks the end of this subgengre, so not what you're looking for at all. Is that right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4B8uo55nU

Everis - Love Has Arrived

Sweet Harmony was 1992 so I think was concurrent with the early 90s UK soul scene. It was one of the UK Hardcore chart hits so v. popular whereas I think the UK Soul wasn't covered on most commercial radio stations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX86JQGz7Dc

Projection - Lovestruck

Can this one go in here.. SUAD / heavy on the breaks.. Nicolette - Waking Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Tu14joqyqP4

? and then Peter Bouncer - Love is All We Need

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIjouEiwgKI

NickB doing sterling work in this thread, that Everis is divine and he is practically giving away the track in the comments too

https://soundcloud.com/soft-rocks/piers-soft-rocks-promises-high-notes

a mix of this stuff posted at Test Pressing a few days ago, includes some stuff posted here already

really enjoying the new Smith & Mighty compilation of unreleased material, even if one of the tracks is a bass-heavy take on the funeral march

i'm listening to an old Mike Woods Legends warmup mix and it fits this thread to a t!!

Link us up please?

here you go, it was posted on the now defunct cosmicdisco.co.uk blog

https://www.mediafire.com/file/9h2u9nbzjcixzbz/mike_woods_legends_tape_1_classics_march_2011.mp3/file

ty

also ty boxedjoy for the soft rocks mix, missed it first time round

yes this Mike Woods mix is exactly the thing, Pleasure's "Please" near the start is another favourite

Latest Trushmix has definite 90s UK street soul vibes, good times!

https://soundcloud.com/trushmix/trushmix-135-amichay-matyas

this beauty was on nts this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrl7wD4gojk

Wildcat & Denise Lee - Personal Reasons (Urban Recycle Mix)

also i just remembered that i saved all this from the nts chat cos it looked interesting but i was too busy to read it at the time:

Wed Mar 27, 12:35:19pm

rufdug: this goes out to discogs user "SpareGrooves" who said "Crazy priced obscurity, this would not fill the floor or even warm it up - Many better grooves out there for £2 !"

Wed Mar 27, 12:36:17pm

rufdug: Bô'vel - Check 4 U

Wed Mar 27, 12:36:33pm

rufdug: yeah get on the reissue, heavy remaster and nice price

Wed Mar 27, 12:36:37pm

anon8597: on Be With Records

Wed Mar 27, 12:36:52pm

anon8597: Now someone reissue the Harlem Gem stuff please

Wed Mar 27, 12:36:53pm

xJolo: mix

Wed Mar 27, 12:37:09pm

rufdug: I can't lie I did it in ableton this morning eating an omelette

Wed Mar 27, 12:37:19pm

rufdug: dont hate me

Wed Mar 27, 12:38:11pm

dburch: what omelette

Wed Mar 27, 12:38:16pm

rufdug: 2 eggs

Wed Mar 27, 12:38:26pm

rufdug: salt, pepper, chilli oil

Wed Mar 27, 12:38:45pm

dburch: chilli oil with an omelette, might try that

Wed Mar 27, 12:38:49pm

rufdug: yeah u got to

Wed Mar 27, 12:38:53pm

rufdug: sriracha is banging too

Wed Mar 27, 12:39:41pm

bramsan: great

Wed Mar 27, 12:41:34pm

lobotomyweekend: define "street soul"

Wed Mar 27, 12:41:44pm

rufdug: oh mate

Wed Mar 27, 12:42:03pm

rufdug: can I define balearic instead?

Wed Mar 27, 12:42:13pm

lobotomyweekend: i can't fathom it out u just feel it

Wed Mar 27, 12:42:20pm

rufdug: yeah u know

Wed Mar 27, 12:42:35pm

rufdug: well to me it's cheaply made UK RnB from early 90s

Wed Mar 27, 12:42:43pm

bramsan: Relatively cheep instruments?

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:06pm

rufdug: like producers in the UK were hearing early house, hiphop, beginnings of new jack swing and contemporary RnB from the US

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:09pm

rufdug: Boogie and Soul

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:16pm

rufdug: and they were DJing them at parties in the UK

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:17pm

lobotomyweekend: kinda bass driven

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:20pm

thisismyjames: @rufdug can we have the ruf dug definition of balearic too please?

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:31pm

lobotomyweekend: rare helps

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:31pm

rufdug: and so then its inevitable that they're gonna try and make their own tunes

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:33pm

joonis: i need somebody too !

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:38pm

bramsan: Using the rytm composer

Wed Mar 27, 12:43:52pm

rufdug: but maybe they can only afford a drum machine and a sampler and a DAT machine and a microphone

Wed Mar 27, 12:44:06pm

rufdug: but also what you have in the UK sound is the influence of sound sytem culture

Wed Mar 27, 12:44:12pm

rufdug: so big reggae basslines

Wed Mar 27, 12:44:18pm

rufdug: and DJ culture

Wed Mar 27, 12:44:37pm

rufdug: this is like the primordial ooze of streetsoul here:

Wed Mar 27, 12:44:38pm

rufdug:

Wed Mar 27, 12:44:45pm

rufdug: a live recording from moss side in the 90s

Wed Mar 27, 12:44:47pm

rufdug: it's all in here

Wed Mar 27, 12:45:09pm

rufdug: dub sirens, rewinds, echo box, MCs, toasting

Wed Mar 27, 12:45:14pm

joonis: oh nice chat in here ruf

Wed Mar 27, 12:45:15pm

rufdug: over soul music

Wed Mar 27, 12:45:30pm

lobotomyweekend: primordial ooze i luv it

Wed Mar 27, 12:45:52pm

rufdug: don't buy into the rarity though

Wed Mar 27, 12:45:59pm

rufdug: the biggest tunes weren't the rarest

Wed Mar 27, 12:46:07pm

rufdug: PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

Wed Mar 27, 12:46:18pm

rufdug: Madonna - Justify My Love

Wed Mar 27, 12:46:23pm

rufdug: these were MASSIVE broadway tunes

Wed Mar 27, 12:46:38pm

rufdug: and if you ever pay more than 10p for either of them u have been robbed

Wed Mar 27, 12:46:49pm

anon6220: love this one

Wed Mar 27, 12:46:56pm

anon8597: those are some cracly rips on this mix
@rufdug

Wed Mar 27, 12:47:07pm

rufdug: u bet they are

Wed Mar 27, 12:47:32pm

anon6220: whats the name again? have it somewhere

Wed Mar 27, 12:47:38pm

rufdug: Mary Pearce - Love Away

Wed Mar 27, 12:47:40pm

anon8597: @anon6220 mary pearce, i think?

Wed Mar 27, 12:47:42pm

anon8597: yes

anon8597: toyin agbetu

rufdug: one of the DONS

rufdug: everyone bang his name into discogs and go hunting, its all gold

rufdug: intrigue records

Wed Mar 27, 12:49:03pm

rufdug: OK gotta dash now, time for the rest of the committee to go for it

rufdug: good times

anon8597: thx for the mix, rug

anon8597: *ruf

anon8597: keepin the street soul alive

Ruf Dug is >>>>

sometimes "Joy And Heartbreak" is the greatest song in the world

"Street Soul Brasil (1987-1995)" is probably my compilation of the year

keep coming back to this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ZxWskYzrM

Ashaye - Dreaming (Jungle Mix)

big up all the champagne crew! big up all the deejays tooooo! *oh gosh*

dreeeeeeaaaaamiiiiiiinnnnn'!

SO FUCKING GOOD!

i'm ded!

That one is proper lovely

i am a bit tipsy, but i've playing it loud on my headphones for about half an hour now and it sounds like heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG3x2cvdsrI

Elaine Vassell - Never Give Up

text + content => context

http://testpressing.org/2019/09/i-d-street-soul-august-1989/

NickB are you just always listening to NTS or are these coming into your orbit through other means?

mostly discogs digging and youtube deep dives

this is a good start point, then just explore the different labels and producers:

https://www.discogs.com/search/?style_exact=UK+Street+Soul

last couple i found through this channel, worth checking all that user's videos cos there there is some solid gold there (quite varied genres though):

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0Ol3buLFzzUijWsDwoOCA/videos

also lots of physical digging too btw, i've had some lucky finds along the way

This was alluded to up thread but not this specific track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXlmG4EMf5Y

He sounds like Horace Andy.

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9nJEqSGSb0

Sorry, they were 1 World - Down on Love (Blissful Expansion Mix) and Carlton - Come On Back.

Ooof, that Carlton track moves some molecules

Innit. It's like a proto Rhythm and Sound w/artists.

just stumbled on this - guess it must be the thing that ruffy was calling 'the primordial ooze of streetsoul'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kY2fUxBQ-E

oh christ this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gWLX-BDCKU

Marcelle Moncrieffe - Take Me There (Mix 2)

the sales history of that one is making me v. glum

https://www.discogs.com/sell/history/445680

this bygraves record is worth picking up for the odd instrumental version on the flip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyPwyQ596IM

The Bygraves - Destiny (Ambient Future)

been enjoying this one too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQ2mQRB9E4

Off Peak - Baby It's You

super classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWsXv713jZg

Perfect Taste - It's Over

this too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrc0W6PFhs

Julie Stapleton - Where's Your Love Gone (Remix)

huddersfield's finest as featured on the 'beautiful swimmers' comp:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCcZgtdJuho

Harlem Gem - More Than You Can Wish

only cost me two quid but that one's still relatively cheap atm

oof, the instrumental groove version is even sweeter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZKylPy8XM

Backatcha reissuing this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_RXgiQj65U
U-Bert & Co. - Got To Make Sure

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-_EJ__gL-z/

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/the-way-u-make-me-feel-uk-vinyl/1081205-01/

new street soul compilation coming in May. What else is going on?

This set by Om Unit is incredible:

https://soundcloud.com/omunit/hardcore-soul-a-mix-by-om-unit