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MODLP 101LP
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$28.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 11/15/2024
Love Is... Infinite is the debut album from Dallas soul artist Gypsy Mitchell. Born in 1952, Gypsy co-founded the legendary gospel funk group The Relatives (Heavy Light/Daptone) in 1970, then spent the following decades on the Chitlin' Circuit playing guitar alongside R&B and funk titans such as Buddy Ace, Johnnie Taylor, The Bar-Kays, and Joe Simon. Gypsy's raw vocals evoke Bobby Womack and Darondo, his guitar Nile Rodgers and Ernie Isley, yet this isn't a reheated retro number but ten deeply personal 30th-century soul songs from an authentic Texan artist who manages to blend vintage, modern and interstellar sounds in the most natural way. Guests include Houston rap legend Paul Wall, Hi-Rhythm keyboardist Archie Turner, and arranger Pete Lanctot (Aaron Frazer, Durand Jones & the Indications). Lovingly produced by Zach Ernst and Matthew Strmiska (Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears), Love Is... Infinite is a refined, quintessentially Texan record that blurs the boundaries between vintage soul and contemporary psychedelic and breakbeat sounds. Despite all this, the album's grace lies in the brilliant songwriting and musical knowledge of an artist devoid of cynicism and calculation, who just says what he has to say.
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Legendary New York emcee Kool Keith adds another chapter to his long career (Ultramagnetic MC, Rhythm X, Dr. Octagon, Big Willie Smith, Sinister 6000, Tashan Dorrsett), releasing a full-length collaboration with long-time Memphis producer Mr. Sche. This album recalls Keith's successful transplant to the West Coast in the mid-1990s, when he recorded the classic Sex Style album and name-checked Bay Area rising star E-40, among others, deviating sharply from the firm "East Coast" tradition he was instrumental in defining as a member of the Ultramagnetic MCs. This time Keith shares the spotlight with Mr. Sche, better known for work with "Down South" artists such as 8Ball, Al Kapone, and Immortal Lowlife. The pairing works, with Keith's leftfield references (tank tops, Samsung Galaxy phones, space travel, robots, invertebrates, Jesse Helms & Star Wars), meshing well with Sche's synth-infused, soulful, southern beats.
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