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

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

this is a bit rough tbh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ji4ce19zQ

Raw To The Core - See It In Your Eyes (Junglist Mix)

and i can't figure out whether this is genius or a complete travesty (someone's just added a drum track to an Inner Life a cappella)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLJgUY0y2VQ

HMD - Your Love

always a joy to see NickB bump this thread!

Off Peak - Baby It's You
this one is an absolute joy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig8oc02Enp8

here's another one from Raw To The Core

some other bits I've been enjoying recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwf0qRlcTrk

Nu-Vizion - What You Won't Do For Love

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

Fyza - Poetical Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMi-9Zg61rc

Gary Taylor - Don't Be So Distant

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

Soul Connection - In And Out Of Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zyZp2Cd2HY

Maureen Mason - If This Is A Dream

a few more -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mM4Kaa43r4

Love & Laughter - I Surrender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDPe7tZ1qCg

The Chimes - Stronger Together (Red Zone Mix)

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

Caron Wheeler - I Adore You (Dance Hall Remix)

excellent - will check those later! love that soul connection one though

some more toyin agbetu in his nemisis guise which was more of a house-leaning thing than soul connection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUmr_RFPzg
nemisis - the way love is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmBYhPeEJms
nemisis ft rosaline joyce - heartbreaker

i do have a soft spot for his dodgy vocals, always makes me think of ar kane

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

that's truncated by about two minutes, worth seeking out the full track

Nice thread

Here's one I just put up

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Admins please delete last 2 posts..I can't seem to embed a video!??

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

You just need to post the YouTube link without any code and it should auto embed

Xp ah you got it!

Ok, sussed it

Few more..
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One of my all time faves next...

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