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Around7 - Strictly Business (Teaser) [Robsoul Jazz]

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Channel: Phil Weeks · 2013 · Music

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Taken from his upcoming album "Soul On Wire" (25th October 2013)
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Around7 follows up his 7 track mini-album debut 'Back To Basics' from March, with the full length 'Soul On Wire LP'.  The album features 17 tracks of the laid-back jazz, hip hop and broken beats that found him so many fans last time around.  Once again, the album is released on Robsoul Jazz, an offshoot of the well-established Robsoul Recordings house label run by Phil Weeks, and treats the art of sampling as it's mantra.  Hip Hop influences such as J Dilla and DJ Premier are in heavy evidence, alongside the jazz of Miles Davis, Bill Evans and the legendary Blue Note Records. The 'Soul On Wire LP' will be released as a two part vinyl set, followed by the full digital album.

Around7 states that, "The aim of the tracks is to sound acoustic through the use of the jazz samples, but underpinned by rough old school hip hop beats.  The sample usually forms the starting point for each track.  Increasingly, I like to edit the track in a natural feeling - I think this the part that jazz has in my music, improvising with samples like a musician with his instrument."

Hailing from Paris, Around7's music career began as a bassist and trumpet player in a jazz/funk band.  After learning to play keyboard and discovering the Akai MPC sampler and software such as Cubase, he merged all of his skills together to create his own tracks based around live instrumentation and samples.

Praise for Around7's debut album 'Back To Basics' included:
DJ Mag: "Smoky, jazzual lounge action par excellence"
GScene: "Feels good on a Sunday afternoon with it's old school feel, but them rough drum samples can kick you up the arse on a Saturday night too. Delicious!"
Rough: "A chilled and ambient record, Back To Basics is the perfect soundtrack to your summer"
Magazine Sixty: "Back To Basics is essential listening morning, noon or night."
SoulM8: "A laid back, new kind of jazz sound which is well structured and is very clever and well put together piece of work which works well on many levels" 

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