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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
THAT SOUND (Quantic Soul Orchestra Mix)
Ohmega Watts
That Sound / The Treatment 12"
Ubiquity : 2005
LET MY PEOPLE GO
Darondo
197?
available on
The Shape Of Things To Come
[Buy it]
GROOVIN' ON SUNSHINE
OUTRO/DREAM ON
Ohmega Watts
The Find
Ubiquity : 2005
[Buy it]
Those of you lucky enough to have visited Soul Sides last week would have downloaded the sublime soul tearjerker "Didn't I" from the obscure Bay Area singer Dorando.
If you missed it, its available on Gilles Peterson's Digs America: Brownswood U.S.A.
I wasn't having much success googling Dorando. This may have had something to do with the fact that his name is actually "Darondo", and a typo switched the A and O on the original "Didn't I" 45.
It appears Ubiquity is set to release a Darondo disc in the coming months. In the meantime, I found another song of his on a new compilation Ubiquity has put together for download only: The Shape Of Things To Come. Preview and download the ones you like at iTunes, or better yet, eMusic. It seems Ubiquity's plan is to release these e-mixtapes quarterly.
"Let My People Go" doesn't have that great weightlessness about it that "Didn't I" does, but its a fine song nevertheless, one practically drowning in its own bass.
The Shape of Things... compilation is incredibly ecclectic, but solid from front to back. There's something new, something old, something borrowed. On the borrowed tip, Nino Moschella has a nice neo Prince/Stevie Wonder thing going on. It's more successful than Shawn Lee's "La Ballade De Mela" which sounds EXACTLY like Pink Floyd covering Lionel Richie's "Hello."
Other standouts include Breakestra's "Family Rap" and "How Do You Really Feel (Cut Chemsit Atkins Edit)" and Radio City's blustery instrumental "Prophets."
But the track that leapt into my brain and doesn't seem to be in an hurry to leave, is Quantic's superperky remix of Ohmega Watts' "That Sound". It recalls for me KMD or The Pharcyde. Days when rap shucked and jived and wasn't afraid to have some fun.
Ohmega Watts is a Portland, Oregon rapper by way of Brooklyn. His 2005 release "The Find" proves him to be a conversant and versatile talent. He shows a preference for using real instrumentation where possible, and favors jazz-funk arrangements, as evidenced on the Pete Rockesque "Outro/Dream On."Labels: James
posted by James
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