Sunday Afternoon Easy Listening

Bored on a Sunday? Well that's what prompted Phil to jump on the decks and throw down some of his current faves for Sunday afternoon sessions...

Ashley Beedle edits, Ben Smith covers of Crazy P, deep soul vibes from Steve Spacek, choice joints from Joyce Cobb, Bill Withers, Terry Callier plus loads more make for a lazy afternoon of music...

Slight technical issues at the start, but all smooth after that...


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The White Elephant Sessions

Some months ago in this very blog we posted some details about White Elephant and their forthcoming 10" on the Redux label, remember...? If not, you can find it HERE

Well in a nutshell we were babbling on about how bloody marvellous it was and you should immediately rush out and purchase it, well did you...? 

OK, so it now looks like some kind of album project is under way, we think that is also bloody marvellous...

Our very own Phat Phil was partaking in a few real ales with Benjamin Smith of the W.E. outfit a few weeks ago and he hinted at pulling together some kind of studio insight session, and by crikey, here is it is... Some lovely music from Chris Todd, James Baron and Benjamin Smith plus some tomfoolery from the chaps in the studio.

NuNorthern Soul Podcast Session #30 - Guest Selector Benjamin James Smith

We open our musical minds, arms and ears and welcome Benjamin James Smith into the NuNorthern Soul collective as he presents us with an incredible musical journey for your listening pleasure. From Jazz through to Folk, Dub, and Balearic, this really is a musical adventure of the highest order.

For those of you who may be new to Ben Smith, let us paint the picture. A multi instrumentalist, composer and producer, Ben has been involved in several projects over a good few years that have been firm favourites of the NNS team. From FUG to Akwaaba, Smith and Mudd and his latest collaborative project with Chris and Jim from Crazy P, White Elephant...

Right then, onto the main event.

You can check out Ben's selection via Mixcloud below or subscribe to the NuNorthern Soul podcast via iTunes HERE

For more information on Ben, check out his website Benjamin James Smith

White Elephant 'Sir John' REDUX records

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White Elephant

Its not often we are completely bowled over by a piece of music, well today was one of those completely bowled over days.

With the current trend of Balearic crossing over to every aspect of clubland, TV and general day to day life, this piece of music could easily be lumped into that category, but let us not forget, lots of Balearic is actually bloody bollocks, by crowning something Balearic does not mean it is is good... Sorry, mini rant over...

This however, is bloody good, nah, in-fact its bloody amazing. Its the work of Benjamin Smith of Smith and Mudd fame,  Jim Baron and Chris Todd of Crazy P, its a meeting of musical minds with dramatic results.

This lives on a 10" vinyl release, and has been presented to the masses by those lovely chaps from Redux. They have even pulled in the remix skills of Mark E to work the track up for a chugging dance-floor groover

This truly is a piece of music worthy of being committed to vinyl and we here at NNS HQ advise you track it down from your local vinyl emporium and purchase.

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