The new, in fact as yet unreleased Str4ta album, Str4tasfear (
Amazon pre-order) just landed. I managed to snag one of 100 numbered limited white label pre-release copies from Bandcamp (I got #50). It’s a 2x45rpm album and more of the 70s-80s infused jazz-funk we expect from Giles Peterson and Jean Paul “Bluey” Maunick. Funky as a truly funky thing and sounds both retro and fresh. Great fun. There is certainly a ‘sound’ of covid/post-covid London that harks back to 70s and early-80s club grooves, very evident in Kokoroko, Nubya Garcia, Nubian Twist, Emma Jean Thackray etc. I’m liking it a lot. The ‘retro’ thing is like that on say Air’s Moon Safari where you know its ‘retro’, but you can’t pinpoint anything that sounds exactly like it! Learning from and respecting the past without plagiarism.