"Tawiah - Watch Out". This one’s been a favourite of our favourite BBC DJ’s Gilles Peterson and Benji B. New Soul (not Nusoul) which has more affinity with true Soul than with RNB. Ethereal (if that’s a word) music that touches the Soul. In other words what music should be to be titled with the big S-word. Check it out on her Myspace. It’ll get a proper release on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Bubblers 2 compilation.

Still in a big Gil Scott-Heron period. Check his live version of “Home is where the hatred is”. The original is on his masterpiece ‘Pieces of a man”. Absolute classic of the highest order that LP. Superb in its entirety but that song still stands out for me. This one goes deep. The live version on “It’s Your World” is more uptempo, more grooving. Still rules though. As did Masters At Work think when they sampled it to transform it in one of the illest House joints around.

Getting deep into Donny Hathaway too. You have to check “Extensions of a man”. One of the greatest albums I’ve heard. So deep. If you’re searching for his work, please check his “Live” album too. Best live album I know. The version of “The Ghetto” on it always blows my mind. Even the crowd is of the hook on it.