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Funky Love Tonic by Dj Matman on Mixcloud

Just in time for Valentine’s day, Funky Love Tonic is a collection of old school soul, funk, rnb & jazz to get those love juices flowing! Recorded soley from good ol’ fashioned warm crackly vinyl, don’t expect crazy scratching & blends on this one, it’s all about the music….

Tracklist:

01. Lee Fields – Rapping With Lee
02. Ohio Players – Ecstasy
03. Marvin Gaye – Come Live With Me Angel
04. Foxy – Madamoiseille
05. Donald Byrd – I feel like Loving You Today
06. Chuck Jackson – Through All Times
07. Freddie Hubbard – Liquid Love
08. Tom Scott – Today
09. Norman Connors – Starship
10. Don Blackman – Holding you, Loving you
11. Faze-O – Riding High
12. Donald Byrd – Dominoes
13. Al Green – Call Me
14. The Meters – It Ain’t No Use
15. J Dilla – Nothing Like This
16. Lowrell – Mellow Right On
17. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good

Download to your computer here, or stream via the Mixcloud widget above.

Cold Legistics: After hearing some of their beats, I got in contact with Chris Brassard, one half of Cold Legistics, to get a bit of background on them and their sound. Cold Legistics started about 4 years ago, and consists of Chris Brassard & Teddy Rosenthal. Teddy goes by the name of Teddy Roxpin, lives in Boston, MA, and works with a lot of rappers in the Boston area. Chris, a native of Providence RI, currently lives in Portland Maine studying at Uni and started producing when at high school, at the young age of 15. Chris’s main influences are Dilla, Dj Premier, Pete Rock, Hi Tek, RZA, Kev Brown, and Bullion. Apart from the ‘Deeper Than You Think’ EP, Cold Legistics’ most recent release is an album released online last week called ‘Northern Star’, which can be downloaded at the link below:

Download: Cold Logistics – Northern Star

Deeper Than You Think EP: Cold Legistics uses clean, intricate drum beats and have immaculate use of sampling. Throughout the EP you can hear samples of Marvin Gaye, Gil Scott-Heron, Redman, Big L, David Axelrod and even The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, all used in moderation to compliment the beats. The album takes you on a journey through different tempos and sounds, from the laid back ‘Didn’t Want To’ with it’s Kev Brownesque guitar samples & vocals subtly echoing in the background, the Dilla inspired genius of Sampling Interlude’ and ‘I’m Gone’, to beats like ‘Coming Home’ and ‘Traffic Interlude’ which could be mistaken for 9^th Wonder produced masterpieces. This EP has a unique sound and is my favourite of what I’ve heard from Cold Legistics, but do check out the ‘Northern Star’ album too.

Download: Cold Logistics – Deeper Than You Think EP

Future Releases: Apart from future Cold Legistics releases, Chris and a crew consisting of Maine locals O*zee, Shane, Reis and Essence, will also be dropping an album soon under the name ‘In the Attic’. I’ll keep you all posted on news regarding that one.

Big thank you to Chris for help with this post.