{"product_id":"various-luke-una-presents-e-soul-cultura-vol-4","title":"VARIOUS - Luke Una Presents E Soul Cultura Vol.3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - Black vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with OBI strip + insert. The third volume in Luke Una's cherished \u003cem\u003eE Soul Cultura\u003c\/em\u003e compilation series on Mr Bongo. A tribute to the dancefloor and its ability to spread love. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith two deeply cherished compilations already in the bag, \u003cstrong\u003eLuke Una\u003c\/strong\u003e steps up\u003cbr\u003efor the third volume in his \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eE Soul Cultura\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e series on \u003cstrong\u003eMr Bongo\u003c\/strong\u003e A love letter to the dancefloor and its power to unite people from all corners of society amid growing division and extremist politics. Genre-spanning in nature, the 15 tracks travel between cosmic soul, boogie, proto- house, slo- mo technoid grooves, drum machine afro, astral bass-bugging futurism, jazz funk, dance, and disco. Each having the ability to move the body as much as the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his formative years in Sheffield to co- founding Manchester's much- fabled\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElectric Chair\u003c\/strong\u003e with \u003cstrong\u003eJustin Crawford\u003c\/strong\u003e, through to helming the iconic LGBTQ institutions\u003cbr\u003eof Homoelectric \/ Homobloc, Luke has spent 40 years immersed in dance music. His\u003cbr\u003elatest outlet, \u003cem\u003eE Soul Cultura\u003c\/em\u003e, has grown from a label to a globe-spanning events series\u003cbr\u003ewith Luke holding residencies and embarking on tours across the world from Japan\u003cbr\u003eand Australia to America and Europe. \"For me, the dancefloor was never about a onedimensional, thudding, 130 BPM beat only. It's a much more dynamic, broader vision\u003cbr\u003ethan that. I cut my teeth in an era where a 100 BPM record had as much impact,\u003cbr\u003eexcitement, and energy as a 134 BPM dancefloor jazz funk or techno record\", Luke\u003cbr\u003ementions. \u003cem\u003eE Soul Cultura Volume 3\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect embodiment of that notion: \"It's\u003cbr\u003eabout four decades in the trenches playing dance music, the late- night afters, the\u003cbr\u003eshebeens, the basements, warehouse parties, the eight-hour journeys in East London,\u003cbr\u003ethrough to festival sets at Houghton and We Out Here. It's music unconstrained by\u003cbr\u003egenre or tempo and more about making your body move\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this isn't simply a collection of disparate dance tracks; they carry meaning and\u003cbr\u003esoul. \"It's less about escapism, more about reconnection. My experience of post-covid\u003cbr\u003ehas been the coming together of all the clans in various clubs and gatherings. A\u003cbr\u003ereaction to a very toxic world out there, where the aggro rhythms of division have\u003cbr\u003esought to divide us, and people don't meet as often. The coming back together faceto-face in clubs has encouraged a real love in the air, there's a real togetherness and\u003cbr\u003ecollective spirit\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpening up the compilation is a track that channels that very message, the\u003cbr\u003etranscendental, soul-rousing \u003cstrong\u003eHarris \u0026amp; Orr\u003c\/strong\u003e '\u003cem\u003eSpread Love\u003c\/em\u003e'. 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