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Everett James
12+ albums
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Everett James: On the One Everett James is the new impresario of electro funk, heralding the return of sincerely raw and passionate, vintage-futuristic music. Like early 80s dance jams, his head spinning rhythms are accented with synthesized melodies that sparkle through struggles for personal freedom with love drunk optimism. By summoning his stylistic ancestry, Everett James offers an over-saturated digital world with music that is as straight forward as it is ambitious. A self contained composer of acoustic and producer of electronic music, James is responsible for the full instrumentation and production on his latest project Life. This twelve track album drips with syrupy southern bass lines of the Cameo era, lustrous guitar thrashes of Metallica, elements of Latin jazz, and a soulful vocal style most accurately placed in the 1960s. In Life Everett James introduces listeners to his diverse approach to music making by offering them a slice taken directly from his personal journal. He plans on re-launching and promoting the project in an extended stay in Europe within the next year. “Asheville, [North Carolina] is a musically eclectic, though small city,” says James. In the days of his youth, his hometowns disconnect from the stream of pop music provided the perfect incubator for his talents. Born into a musical family, Everett learned to project his voice from his sister and father who played in various bands to help support the family unit. He matured during hip
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albums
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Gilles Peterson presents Brownswood Bubblers Eight
Metamorphosis
Life
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Brownswood Bubblers Eight (Gilles Peterson Presents)
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Gilles Peterson presents: Brownswood Bubblers Eight
The Enigma
Brownswood Bubblers Eight
Sexy Sexy
Shot Through the Heart
The Beatdown Vol 2: Black President
The Beat Down Vol 1. Interview Sessions
80's Baby