'Raios Do Sol' by Resolution 88 [Single review]

Splash Blue Music – home to The Steve McQueens and Joao Caetano – is proud to present brand new music from the UK four-piece, Resolution 88.

The band’s take on jazz–funk comes with a nice dab of broken beat thrown into the mix and the new single takes even further inspiration incorporating Brazilian rhythms as well.  ‘Raios Do Sol’ is the perfect teaser for Resolution 88’s second album, ‘Afterglow’ (due to be released 9th September), but if that’s not enough to whet your appetite, let’s see if we can entice you further…

The single and album is mastered by Bob Power, who, if you know your contemporary soul, then you know of his work with India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Macy Gray and D’Angelo’s seminal ‘Brown Sugar’ album, plus Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman (famous for his work with Morcheeba and The Haggis Horns) tackles mixing duties for the project.

And if you needed more of an incentive to check this out then you should know that ‘Raios Do Sol’ is available as a free download on Bandcamp so check it out...

'Raios Do Sol' is available to download now and 'Afterglow' is available 9th September from Bandcamp: http://resolution88.bandcamp.com/

Podcast #12: Get to Know... Stevie Wonder

Welcome to Episode 12 of our 'GetToKnow' series showcasing the work of some of our favourite producers and musicians, and this month, we visit the artist who was more than likely the inspiration to every artist we've ever showcased in this series... Stevie Wonder.

Our all-encompassing show features songs written by Stevie Wonder for other artists, other artists featuring Stevie Wonder, other artists covering Stevie Wonder, and other artists remixing Stevie Wonder. It's as all-encompassing as it gets!

Below is the tracklist for the show and we hope you enjoy the show:

'Visions' (The Randy Watson Experience Remix) - Stevie Wonder
'Expressions of Love' - Raul Midon f/t Stevie Wonder
'Girl Blue' - Mario Biondi
'Bring Your Sweet Stuff Home to Me' - The Pointer Sisters
'All I Do Is Think About You' - Tammi Terrell
'Never Give You Up' - Raphael Saadiq f/t Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton
'Get Lucky' (2014 Grammies Live) - Daft Punk f/t Stevie Wonder, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
'I Can't Help It' - Gretchen Parlato/Soul Cycle/Esperanza Spalding
'So What The Fuss' (Mario Winans Remix) - Stevie Wonder f/t Q-Tip
'Never In Your Sun' - Khari Cabral Simmons f/t India.Arie
'Perfect Angel' - Minnie Riperton
'Cold Chill' (Prince Remix) - Stevie Wonder