Urban Dwellers
Shop Worn Angel
© 2002 Daisy Dog Productions (801647890128)
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The chilled-out lounge sounds of the Urban Dwellers combine funk, soul and jazzy grooves interlaced with distinctive vocals from Sarah Weller.
tracks
- 1 Lover Man
- 2 Le Croisic
- 3 On The Street Where You Live
- 4 Russian Roulette (dulcimer Mix)
- 5 Trust Me
- 6 Shop Worn Angel
- 7 Driftin
- 8 Inner City Blues
- 9 Theme De Zig Zag
- 10 Baby I Don't Know Where Love
- 11 A Timeless Place
- 12 Always
- 13 Le Croisic (crystal Stars Mix)
- 14 Russian Suite: Roulette
- 15 Russian Suite: Lullaby
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Sit down, relax and let all your worries drift away with the warm inviting sound of the 'Shop Worn Angel', the debut album from Urban Dwellers. The sounds at work deliver a mix of jazz, funk and soul that perfectly melt together to create a collection of distinctive tracks all wrapped up with the stunning vocals of Sarah Weller. The album contains classic standards such as Marvin Gaye's 'Inner City Blues' and Nat King Cole's 'On The Street Where You Live', all beautifully constructed and dripping with feeling. Original material is particularly strong and shows what talent this band possesses. Listen to 'Russian Suite' and try not to be moved or feel the jazz funk vibe of 'Baby I Dont Know..' featuring Arthur Collins. All in all this is an album of stark beauty and one that should be listened to by those with even a passing interest in contemporary jazz, folk, and soul. 8/10. Gavin Wilson (BBM April 02)
The Urban Dwellers were formed from the three existing members of the Jazz Vandall's, as the music was moving away from instrumental house into something more vocal and rooted in jazz and chilled out beats. Sarah Weller joined the Jazz Vandall's in 1996 with the album 'A Change In Jazzitude' but it was the following album 'Freshly Squeezed' that caught the attention of Hed Kandi boss Mark Doyle who promptly put 'Beyond My Imagination' onto Serve Chilled. After seeing Sarah sing her version of Lover Man at the Perrier Young Jazz Awards he commisioned a Jazz Vandall's version of it for Winter Chill. This track was picked up by the ITV network and used to trail Peak Practice over the christmas and new year period of 1999.
It was then that Mark Doyle suggested that the Urban Dwellers should record a whole album of similarly styled music. The first track to come from the Urban Dwellers was featured on jazz fm's label on an album entitled 'Spirit Of The Street - The Very Best Of Inner City Cool' with a cover of Marvin Gaye's 'Inner City Blues'. A new darker mix of Lover Man was recorded for Hed Kandi's Deeper compilation which was promptly picked up by US record label owner Scott Richmond from Satellite Records, New York, remixed by Satoshi Tomie and Blackwatch and has been released on two 12" April 2002 worldwide, picking up support from John Digweed, Sasha, Rowan Blades, Parks & Wilson, Hybrid, and Sander Klienenbergand BBC radio 1's Pete Tong. It has already been licensed to several high profile compilations such as Telstar's White Label Euphoria, Dave Seamans Global Underground in Melbourne and Hed Kandi's Deeper 01/02.
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Masterstroke
author: DeviantManTake the idioms behind the FUGEES remake of "Killing Me Softly" used as a basis for some original and smooth hip-hip, film jazz grooves all laced with the soulful vocal presence of Sarah Weller, and this is the result. An incredibly cool & chilled album!