Brownswood Bubblers provides a platform for unsung heroes and emerging talent from the Worldwide underground. The series distils the stream of exciting new artists that have become semi-permanent fixtures in Gilles’ playlists and DJ sets of late to create a suite of perfect bumps.
The much loved broadcaster / record collector / DJ Gilles Peterson celebrates the tenth volume in his “Brownswood Bubblers” compilation series, recruiting yet another sterling cast of fresh talent from around the world.
Opening proceedings on a tender soulful tip is Philip Owusu, an exceptionally gifted Danish singer-songwriter showcasing his brand new solo material. Following up, Reginald Omas Mamode IVth flexes a style that recalls Sa-Ra Creative Partners as much as the wonderfully ramshackle productions of his brother Mo Kolours.
Elsewhere, the incredible ESKA demonstrates why she’s one of the
UK’s heavyweight musical talents via ‘Gatekeeper’; Bullion and Jesse
Hackett (of Elmore Judd / Owiny Sigoma Band fame) form a killer leftfield
synth-pop alliance under the moniker Blludd Relations; Moodymann and Paul Hill
rep the Detroit connection via ‘Need Me Some U’; and São Paulo’s João
Sobral works the Brazilian electronic-folk angles. Latterly, LA’s Contact
Field
Orchestra and Brownswood’s own William Adamson plunge headlong into spacious
dub territory before German duo Grandbrothers close the album with ‘Ezra Was
Right’ – an epic jam routinely employed by GP as his last tune in his DJ
sets – built on multi-layered organic piano textures and a marching 4×4
groove.