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Featured Photographers Maxime Francis Giovanni Calia Samir Belhamra Edgar Chomba Nancy Borque Malcolm Garret Leon Macapagal A N D
M A N Y
M O R E …
Good Energy: Eros Guide Volume 1 (review by Jhantu Randall)
PINTY Flamingosis Craig Marker
Meet Indie Pop/Rock Musician "Azwel" from Commack, New York thawilsonblockmagazine.com
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CONTENTS ➢
Stream & Purchase "Patina" album b y Moka Onl y
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I Want to Ta Ta You Bab y - Johnn y Guitar Watson
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Smoke y Robinson - Quiet Storm
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Don't Ask My Neighbors
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The Jones Girls - W ho Can I Run To (12" Mix) (Sla...
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Zoom - Love Seasons
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Listen to "Back To The Drawing Board" album b y K -P...
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Jackson 5 - Good Times
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Michael Henderson- In The Night Time
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Heatwave - Star Of The Stor y
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Heatwave - Ain't No Half Ste ppin'
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Mar vin Ga ye trouble man
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Zoom - Commodores
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Summer Breeze - The Isle y Brothers
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Earth Wind & Fire - Devotion
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Imagination
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The Jones Girls - I Just Love The Man
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Listen to "Fall of Oceans" album b y Silent Island
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Meet Indie Pop/Rock Musician " Azwel" from Commack,...
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Listen to "I Love You Like A Brother" album b y Ale...
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Good Energ y: Eros Guide Volume 1 (review b y Jhantu...
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John Singleton, from a Fan's Perspective (b y Jhant...
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Stream & Purchase "City Limits" album b y PINTY on ...
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Stream & Purchase "Bright Moments" album b y Flamin...
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ConFunkShun-Loves Train
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Peaches and Herb - For Your Love.wmv
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Jermaine Jackson - My Touched of Madness.
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Listen to “It Ain’t Fair” b y Craig Marker on Sound...
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Cause I Love You - Lenn y Williams
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Mar vin Ga ye - Come Live With Me Angel
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Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Extended) I'm Weak For...
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Teena Marie - Now That I Have You
NEW ARTIST ON THA BLOCK!
Meet Indie Pop/Rock Musician "Azwel" from Commack, New York
Azwel is a project that involves songwriter Jason Perrillo. For the past 10 years, he has been recording and producing his own independently released albums in his home studio in New York. He describes the music as interesting melodic, catchy pop with songs that are influenced by various styles of music. The sound is often compared to 70's-90s brit pop/rock artists. Known for being an extremely prolific and busy writer, Jason releases at least one album per year and sometimes more.
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Listen to "Back To The Drawing Board" album by K-Prez This will be my first body of work in 2 years. Salute to everyone that played a part in this. I've went through a lot to make this one happen but it's almost time! If you rock with me, you know how I give it up! â?
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Stream & Purchase "Patina" album by Moka Only
Bless up, y’all. Here we go once more. Time travels and the mind rambles. The soup don’t come from a can and words just evade your optic sensors, so in a nutshell, smoke this and take it easy. These tracks were created between spring 2018 and September 2018, with the exception of ‘Swift as the Breeze’. That one was made during the Concert For One sessions in spring 2017. A lot of patient waiting and soul gyrating. Do you ever put coffee in a thermos and just go into the woods? I would. Feel the evolution and at the same time embrace the nostalgia. The music develops a golden patina over time. Some prefer this over whatever current, shiny audio trinkets rattle in a most ephemeral manner. Me? I’m Kareem Serene. I do the long play. It just has to be that way. Darryl Rodway once said to me “hey Moke.. how come you never wear Napoleon Dynamite type of boots for an album cover shoot?” I simply replied, “horsejazz, D…who better to do what I do better?” Darryl had no option but to concede to an agreeing nod. URBNET knows what type of a ride we are on. Like a slow, lumbering, freight train, on maintenance-deferred trackage. It may not be glamorous but darned if the sonic din doesn’t make a few dogs howl. And with that, we now present Patina. (For ages 8 and up, no assembly required, batteries not included).
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Listen to "Fall of Oceans" album by Silent Island
Alex Lahey likes to keep it real. The 24 -year-old Australian musician takes her rise up the ranks from music student to ‘an ar tist with one of the most highly anticipated debut albums of 2017’ in her stride . Lahey sees her life as ordinar y: “I fall in love , I have a family, I go out with my friends , I like to have a drink.” However, most people can’t distil those universal experiences into wr y, punchy indie -rock songs - three minute odes to millennial angst and all the complicated feelings that come with it. Alex Lahey can. ‘Love You Like A Brother’ is proof.
Without even releasing a record, Peckham based DJ & MC Pinty has quickly become the talk of the town. ‘Tropical Bleu’, the lead single off debut EP ‘City Limits’, was produced by Archy Marshall - or King Krule - under his DJ JD SPORTS alias . It boasts the hallmarks of Marshall’s woozy production coupled with Pinty’s MC-led approach to the dancefloor. ‘Tropical Bleu’ is a jazz -tinged broken beat roller which sees Pinty gliding effor tlessly backwards into the rat race . Given the fluid approach to genre and it’s grounding in Peckham’s vibrant musical scene , Bradley Zero’s Rhythm Section International is the rightful home for ‘City Limits’, which traverses hip hop, house , UKG, jazz and darker electronic sounds with ease .
Good Energy: Eros Guide Volume 1 (review by Jhantu Randall)
The term “Good Energy” has been
From adopting the name “Good Energy”
around forever but coined by the rapper
as a moniker to changing up…or rather,
Danny Moses who adopted not just the
expanding upon the style which he first
name but the concept itself. Running on a
become known for. In an era where music
personalized concept that derives off the
itself has no defined sound, it’s up to each
idea of balance, he shares its message
creator to carve a place where they stand
through the tracks in his catalogue. Never
out amongst an overcrowded landscape.
coming off as preachy, the music shares both the good and the bad, along with
Now, right off the top I’m not a fan of
sprinkling little hints of game that the
this new so called re -emergence of R&B
listener can pick up on if they’re aware of
as I feel the lack of actual singing makes
what they’re listening for. I’ve heard
the whole thing disingenuous, but with
some songs from Danny Moses before, if
Good Energy’s Eros Guide Vol 1, I stand
fact I still recommend his album
corrected only due to the fact that the
“Dannimals,” but I always look for growth
artist himself stated it was sort of an R&B
within artists and Danny has shown it.
and Rap fusion.
Under that framing I was able to go in as
others would have to grow on me through
unbiased as possible and genuinely give
multiple listens but their vibe would have
this project a true listen. Without
to match one that I was currently
contemporary singing, it’s a specific vibe
experiencing. That moment could happen
I look for in R&B that separates it from
but it would have to happen
mellow Hip-Hop, although feeling and
spontaneously. Don’t let any of that stop
introspection are a good thing regardless
you from checking this out for yourself as
of which form they may come.
I do think that it could get a lot of spins during the summer with the best
“Ride 4 Me” starts this album off
potential being after the 4th of July and
with a sound that is distinct to the West
further towards August. Those months
coast, heavy bass and soothing melodies
are when I think these songs would
do create a vibe that I tend to gravitate to
resonate the most. It’s an ambitious
when I hear it. The vocals blend well and
project that doesn’t come off as trying to
although not singing entirely, the flow
be something it isn’t, Danny Moses
matches the bpm and comes together. The
pushes the entire concept of Good Energy
entire album sticks to that mellow vibe
that flows continuously throughout the
that captures the summer season, that
playlist without it coming off as an
matched with a pleasing cadence allows
imitation of a Drake idea or any of the
the listener to take in the lyrics and let
other countless faces in the crowd solely
each word make an impact upon them.
due to the content in which he uses in his
That last sentence reigns true more
songs. So if you’re ready to add to your
specifically for “By the Hour” Featuring
summer’s soundtrack, Good Energy Eros
Born Gifted, “Please Don’t Try to Play
Guide Volume 1 is available on iTunes
Me,” “Ride With Me,” and “For the Love
now.
of Money.”
Not saying that the other tracks are fillers by any means but if I were to pop
this into my system and play it for the first time, those 5 tracks would be the ones that stood out immediately. The
Read More by Jhantu Randall
This album is a continuation of the hip -hop/funk hybrid sample based music that I've been making for the past few years . Hope you all can find your own "Bright Moment" in these tracks . Big ups to The Kount, Birocratic & Tom Ribbons in being an instrumental par t in helping to create this album with me . And to ever yone else who continues to suppor t what I do, thank you so so so much. I owe you a bodega sandwich sometime . Ar twork by Milan Ozegovic: www.behance .net/milan_ ozeg765f - ar tists sampled on record: Herbie Hancock, Wilber t Longmire , Arnold Blair, O Ji Ji, The Jones Sisters , The Independents , Tito Puente , Side Effect, Aura, Yuji Ohno, Andrey Petrov, The Charmels , The Lyman Woodard Organization, Willie Hutch, Ar t Webb
Listen to “It Ain’t Fair” by Craig Marker
"It Ain’t Fair" is inspired by a friend of Markers and is a stor y of resilience and resolve that says adversity doesn't need to define us . Marker went through college with him without knowing the friend's entire experience , which made it easy for Marker to come to his own conclusion about his friend's actions . When his friend eventually told him, the Seattle musician was inspired to share his friend's stor y. Marker says it was a big reminder and revelation that someone’s stor y is more than meets the eye .
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