Hurry On Now featuring TM Juke
Alice Russell
Under The Munka Moon, 2004
I’m guessing that (for my readers who are not familiar with Alice Russell) I may be able to pass this song off as a something from the 70’s, mainly on the strength/depth of Alice Russell’s voice (and the low-fi flourishes of the production).
As usual, I am playing a little bit of catch up (I heard her 2nd album 1st) but Alice seems to have quickly become the UK nu-funk scene’s first lady. This album, her first, is a “retrospective of her finest works to date” (with the date being 2004). “My Favourite Letters” (her second album) followed last year but the thing that has really solidified her hold on the scene is her guest appearances. She’s appeared, most notably on records by Quantic and the Quantic Soul Orchestra, as well as tracks with Australian funk group The Bamboos, TM Juke (collaborator on the above track and the producer of her second album), and Natural Self. Those are the ones I’m aware of but I am sure that there are many more.
The low-fi sound of this song is actually atypical of her work which usually finds her on more upfront (and uptempo) grooves but she is clearly equally comfortable in this more relaxed mode. There is a video “Hurry On Now” here.
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