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Stu Rowe has been evolving and adapting his Lighterthief project for years now. A fluid recording project spawning some truly unique music and some rare but memorable live shows, and also a recording studio which has coalesced into a record label. And indeed a record label in the old sense of the meaning, one with... Continue Reading →
Last summer the video for Baby 126 seemed to come out of no-where, brimming with infectiousness and feel good, sun-soaked vibes. And if the concept of a Shakespearean sonnet delivered as a rapped vocal may have then been hard to imagine, this song proved that with the right ingredients - blue-eyed street soul vocals, breezy... Continue Reading →
Well, that’s 2015 all wrapped up then, and musically speaking it wasn’t half bad at all. But, what will 2016 bring us? And who will be the artists and bands to watch out for? In an attempt to answer these burning questions I dusted off my crystal ball, muttered some incantations to the musical gods,... Continue Reading →
Everyone else is doing it so why not I. This end of year round up is one based purely on statistical factors, i.e. the most reader hits on the post, the idea of my personal preference is a moot point as I tend to only write about music that I really like so if you... Continue Reading →
We were pretty excited when the full colour, hi-fidelity version of this single landed in our in box and now this mellow version live from the Lighterthief Bunker takes the tune back to basics being performed by the core in house team of Stu Rowe and Cinzano Taylor and of course Ruby herself. It goes... Continue Reading →
As the initial release from the new Lighterthief record label and as the first musical outing by newcomer Ruby Confue, Baby 126 is one hell of a statement of intent. Mixing commerciality with creativity it hopefully shows a jaded and formulaic music industry that the two are not mutually exclusive, they never have been, but maybe... Continue Reading →
With the imminent arrival of the video for Baby 126, I joined Ruby Confue and producer Stu Rowe at the Lighterthief Bunker to discuss the first single from the record label. Long term musical collaborator Ian “Cinzano” Taylor made the tea. Dancing About Architecture: So let’s just start at the beginning, I believe that there... Continue Reading →
Baby 126 sounds like distilled essence of summer, joyous dance grooves and brazen brass blend with street soul choruses and blasts of Shakespeare re-imagined as a hip-hop act to produce a brilliant and totally infectious feel good, future classic. It's warm, breezy and brilliant. As a first release from the Lighterthief bunker in their new guise as a record... Continue Reading →