I saw Omar at the Jazz Cafe only a month ago at gig put on for the release of his new album ‘The Man’. He performed some oldies and some stuff off the new record, all of which evoked bless vibes.
It was nice to see the family present at this show as Omar’s little sister was one of the warm up acts and his brother, Grammy winning producer Scratchy Professor featured twice throughout Omar’s own setlist.
The other warm-up act was Ego Ella May who performed four tracks off her ‘The Tree’ EP. These tracks were presented in very a stripped back way and despite this I was so taken by Miss May’s voice that I bought her EP at the end of the show.
On listening to the EP at home I was delighted to find the tracks were bathed in atmospheric Jazz-Hop sounds, which were additionally scented with Neo-Soul vocals. An EP such as this could serve in the ablutions of the mind. Well worth a listen and even more deserving of a purchase, the likes of which can be done on her Souncloud and band camp page.
http://egoellamay.bandcamp.com
Maddslinksy’s remix of ‘The Man’ is perfect a accompaniment to the blazin’ weather we’ve been enjoying recently – or if you’re like me, and want to shake a leg even when it’s -1 & Hella’ foggy it simply is something to throw on to cut some shapes to.
Omar’s ‘The Man’ album is a great listen and in his years out of music not a single backwards step has been taken. Buy it you’ll see what I mean, it’s available on iTunes, CD & Vinyl.
Around this time last year Omar teamed up with Grime legend Bashy and the pair of them came up with this summer cruiser’.
Autochthonal Cadences 