Brownswood Bubblers

“Brownswood Bubblers provides a platform for unsung heroes and emerging talent from the Worldwide underground. The series distils the stream of exciting new artists that have become semi-permanent fixtures in Gilles’ playlists and DJ sets of late to create a suite of perfect bumps.”

Five volumes deep and counting, Gilles’ journey through the worldwide underground continues. The inaugural Bubblers saw the likes of Colonel Red, Iman and the mighty Simbad cosy up to beat conducting supremos Shawn J Period, Morgan & Steve Spacek and Eric Lau. DAMN! Chapter Two uncovered the crackly genius of Flying Lotus, Jamie Woonand showcased the irrepressible IG Culture in his New Sector Movements guise, whilst the third installment highlighted the talents of Bullion, DJ Day, Stacey Epps and Emanative feat. Ahu. Last year we brought you volume four, kicking off with the honey-coated Motor City soul vibes purveyed by Mayer Hawthorne on ‘Maybe So Maybe No’ and weaving a path through to Lone’s lush, widescreen beatscape ‘Sea Spray’ via Oumou Sangaré’s soaring African melodies, Maryland beatmaker yU’s coarsely chopped hip hop soul and the rich sub low cinematics of Floating Points. Jazzanova’s Alex Barck proclaimed it simply the best Bubblers to date and the plaudits came thick and fast.

Barely has the dust settled on GP’s last triumphant selection then and here we are with a brand new chapter in the Bubblers saga. Volume Five drops with a hefty thump on 8th March, bursting at the seams with the finest flip-flop, sweet soul, gorgeous downtempo ditties and assorted exclusive Worldwide jams. Electric Wire Hustle kick off proceedings with the anthemic ‘They Don’t Want’; Ragen Fykes (with devonwho on the boards) leads the charge from LA’s beat generation, ably supported by Sa-Ra’s Shafiq Husayn, Tokimonsta and Suzi Analogue collaborating as Analogue Monsta. Delivering an earful of brand new, unsigned music, Ron Basejam contributes a wonderfully loping jazz marvel, Nailah steps up to the plate and shows off her amazing vocals and Trilogy introduce themselves via a slice of spine-tingling, gorgeous electronic soul. All this and we’re only just scratching the surface!

Journalistic folks, you can grab the press release and the packshot for ‘Brownswood Bubblers Five’ right HERE. The album drops on 8th March 2010.