Various - Eccentric Soul: The Forte LabelFrom 1967 1980, Kansas Citys Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement beehiver y from The Ray Ons and Four Darlings, funky soul from Gene Williams Lee Harris, Louis Chachere, and The Fantastiks, downtempo disco ballads from James Whitney and Sharon Revoal, and the newly independent work of James Browns former Soul Sister #1 Marva Whitney. Compiled here are 28 of the labels enduring sides, contextualized with

The collection features internationally acclaimed artists such as Haruomi Hosono

Of this stretching out

the band has refined a hypnotic sound at the juncture of minimalism

Forgotten Ground

“It was not something I anticipated

the flowering land

echoes of the colliery bands of old

This is their chance

nothing on 'La Varieté'

but the end result illustrates splendidly how The Wedding Present have adapted to the impact of COVID-19

including myself

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