#frootful

[angelloverde]

Bonus Track

Frootful - Them Blues

[cloudsaddiction]

Dance away the pain.

[somedopamineforyou]

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I am not sure how I discovered Frootful, but I am really glad I did.

Some info taken from his website:

Frootful is the name that illustrator and musician, Nick Radford, works under. Creativity is often referred to as being ‘fruitful’; his name reflects this while acknowledging the roots and influences that inspire his work – looking back to move forward.

Being something of a throwback chump, these roots tend to be placed sometime between the late 50s and early 60s – be they the limited colour palettes of traditional screenprinting and lithography techniques, jazz and soul album covers, or the music itself from this era.

Nick has been working professionally as an illustrator since graduating with a BA (Hons) Illustration in 2000. He started knocking about as a fledgling musician long before that, until a recent signing with Freestyle Records gave him the opportunity to step things up a gear. His music and illustration both inform each other, taking on the minimal approach that less is more and using similar influences to produce something classic yet contemporary.

[fred-d-old]

Frootful Soul

Check also Frootful's fabulous new album "Heavyweight" at: http://www.frootful.co.uk/heavyweight

[fred-d-old]

[sinnorita]

feelin this

[burlveneer-music]

Frootful "The Road" feat. mazen Bedwei (snippet) - new funky soul from Freestyle Records. I could probably live on a musical diet of Freestyle, Tru Thoughts, and Ubiquity. Preview B-side "Benedicts Boogaloo" below.

Frootful return with a fantastic two track 45 taken from Heavyweight - the follow up to their eclectic 2011 debut long player 'Colours' (a former Jazz FM Album Of The Week). The Road features UK soul vocalist Mazen Bedwei, who first featured on a Freestyle release when singing on Nick Van Gelder's 'Something's Gotta Give' on the compilation 'Sounds From The Soul Underground'. The Road is a bright, breezy and uplifting soul groove, that has something of a late 60s feel, where shimmering horns underpin Mazen's Curtis Mayfield inspired vocals and Frootful main man Nick Radford's tasteful guitar picking locks down this sweet summer sound. On the flip, the mood is altogether more greasy; Benedicts Boogaloo is a gritty soul-jazz work out that's been double dipped in the funk. Nick gets the chance to display his guitar chops wonderfully, the bubbling bass line is unrelenting whilst a dirty, distorted organ grooves out to a stunning climax! This is a mere a taster of what is to come from the new album, Heavyweight, this 45 giving just a hint of the musical delights contained within.

[malkifunk]

5 Frootful - Soul Clap [Freestyle Records] (by FreestyleRecordsLtd)