Jessie Ware

Hearing the new Jessie Ware release left me speechless the other night. After Julio Bashmore (the original producer) posted the video on facebook,  I found myself with stuck with a load of unanswered questions. You see, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what exactly the Brixton girl has (or combination of things she has) that makes her quite so special, and still can’t. This intrique bordered on obsession for a while and led me to watch the video on repeat for about an hour. It was a good hour.

Based on the few tracks I’ve heard so far (and I’m going to try and not generalise here), I’d say that she’s a mixture between Sade and Katy B in her style – comparisons I’m sure she has heard already; but then there is something additional to her, which as I have said, I havn’t quite conluded what yet. She has already featured on tracks with SBTRKT and Sampha (another excellent track, which you can stream below), which suggests that her voice is as fantastic as it is versatile, whether it be harmonising over dubby house beat or crooning over an 80’s style ballad.

Anyway, this brilliant Disclosure remix just dropped on Annie Mac’s show a couple of hours ago.

To be honest, all three tracks are brilliant.

Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure Remix)

Jessie Ware – Running (Original)

Jessie Ware & Sampha – Valentine

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Booddha

Booddha (aka Niels van der Donk) hails from Amsterdam, and creates the kind of minimal-house inflected dubstep that’s been pushing it’s way to the forefront of the bass music scene, especially in the UK and Europe. Taking influence from some of our favourite acts such as Gold Panda, Sepalcure, Joy Orbison, SBTRKT and Zomby, his latest effort comes in the form of superb future-garage jam “Bellybutton Boogie”. It contrasts nicely with his earlier work, such as the brilliant title track from his upcoming EP “She Was Lost”, which is darker and more akin to the sound of Burial. The 5-track EP will be released for free at the end of January on his own label, Vresh, and snippets of the tracks are available on his soundcloud. Vresh also runs as a music blog and is well worth checking out. We’ll keep you updated on when the release is available, but for now enjoy these…

Booddha – “Bellybutton Boogie”

Booddha – “She Was Lost”

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