Midnight Soul

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 12, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Kinkysweet
• ASIN: B0007TV66G
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Roy Ayres ft. Erykah Badu – Everybody Loves The Sunshine

2. Alison Crockett –U R (Yam Who? Remix)

3. Unforscene – Don’t You Worry

4. Faze Action – We Don’t Know How (Fink Remix)

5. Greyboy – Genevieve

6. Platinum Pied Pipers – I Got You

7. Crazy Penis – 3 Play It Cool

8. Roy Davis Jnr – Slow It Down (For The Steppers)

9. Yam Who ? – Star of the Story

10. Fat Freddy’s Drop – Bluey

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Disc: 2

1. Peter Malick ft. Norah Jones – New York City (DJ Strobe Brooklyn Vibe Mix)

2. Boca 45 ft McKay – In The City

3. Mark Rae – Reach Out For Me

4. Alice Russell ft. TM Juke – Hurry Home

5. Fertile Ground – Live In The Light

6. Lizz Fields – When I See Love (Ty & Drew Mix)

7. JT Donaldson – Trust Me

8. Only Child ft. Amp Fiddler – U Bring Me Vibes

9. Mark De Clive-Lowe ft. Capitol A – Travelling

10. Renaissance – Do It To It

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Count on Midnight Soul becoming the set that nudges the experimental Kinkysweet label into the spotlight, because records this artfully compiled and sequenced sizzle through the underground circuit swiftly. West Coast DJ Tom Thump gets the mood exactly right: On each of two discs, he hauls out the big guns first (jazz legend Roy Ayers with Erykah Badu for the trance-inducing "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" and Peter Malick with Norah Jones for the moody "New York City") then, using lesser-known artists, smoothes out an aural curtain that insists on being kept closed. Tight. This is music to rub elbows by at the chicest house party in town, or to sip martinis to with somebody you shouldn't at the titular hour—the vibe is urban hush-hush, and everybody, former club kids who have hung up their dancing shoes for apartment life especially, ought to be in on the secret. --Tammy La Gorce

Product Description

Each track on Midnight Soul is infused with a passion and emotion found rarely in the electronic music world. It's essential at home listening for two in the modern metropolis.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent selection of house/electronic soul, August 14, 2005

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S. Ganguli (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Soul (Audio CD)

Don't be put off by the 'sexy' cover art. This is NOT another of those smoothed out 'lounge' mixes of bland & forgettable downtempo house. This is soulful stuff. But you can see that from the tracklisting: kicking it off in high style with Roy Ayers (& Erykah!), Detroit soul from the likes of PPP & Amp Fiddler, quality SF stuff from Greyboy & Kaskade, the UK broken sound..

I bought this straight from Tom Thump's hands in a store on Haight on Saturday. So support the good stuff, and the good guys. B/c not only is he a quality selector, but he's a nice guy as well. If you can't disintermediate like that by tracking him down in SF, buy it here..

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Splendid. Soulful. Blissfully Sexy., July 7, 2005

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andrewizm "aNdReW" (slc, ut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Soul (Audio CD)

Compilations this tightly produced, mixed, and arranged very rarely come along. What are a rare find to have the likes of Alison Crockett's "U R," Fertile Ground's "Live in the Light" and Only Child's "U Bring Me Vibes" all included on this record. And you cannot go wrong with anything that includes the "vibe-father" Roy Ayers. I think the only other compilation that comes close to this album is Nova Soul Vol. 2; Otherwise, I highly recommend this one, particularly if you are the type who revels in turning up tasteful music really loud while coasting down a city street with the windows down as passers-by try to listen with envy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Three and 1/2 stars for a disc that mostly works, July 8, 2006

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Scaliwag (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Soul (Audio CD)

I love Roy Ayers, I love Erykah Badu, and Ayer's "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" is a particular favorite of mine so I was surprised that I wasn't strongly moved by the version on this CD. That feeling of vague disappointment carries for me through much of the first disc, which has some strong tracks (Alison Crocket's U R, PPP's I Got You, and Fat Freddy's Bluey) mingled with others that don't take me anywhere new or different. Whereas the first disc has more of an electronica/soul vibe to it, the second disc leans more towards acid jazz/neo-soul and for whatever reason it works better for me. It's much more cohesive. I give the first disc three stars and the second disc four - hence three and a half. I have zero complaints about the second disc. If you program out the duds on the first disc, you'll end with a compilation that makes for nice "let's get to know each other better" listening. Play it at your next shindig, whether you've got 40 people chillin' at the BBQ on your back patio or an evening party for two with someone you consider fffine.