Soulperfreesia - Love Won't Do Me Right (2014)

   

Soulpersona is musician, producer, remixer, arranger and founder of the Digisoul label. From the well received underground success of his debut Soulacoaster album, he has gone on to produce and release the highly acclaimed The Lapdancer, a concept album starring Princess Freesia (Lija Rolavs) as her alter ego Avalon Lexus and most recently with the album Amalgamation under the Soulperfreesia guise as Princess Freesia.
Soulpersona's production credits include Charlie Wilson, Jocelyn Brown, Jody Watley, Light Of The World and many other soulful acts. He is currently working on a brand new rare groove album for Jocelyn Brown.
Going back to Soulperfreesia, the purpose of that guise is for creating music inspired by the 70's and 80's soul, jazz funk and rare groove movement; a great example of their work is the track featured today, Love Won't Do Me Right, a great slice of  authentic 1980's-inspired soul with catchy vocals by Freesia.
Its amazing how people think  that the Mark Ronson track Uptown Funk sounds true to a 1980's soul/funk sound, when to my ears, its a homage and nothing else. A pretty decent one, but still a facsimile of the real thing. But  Love Won't Do Me Right sounds so 'right', if someone pressed it onto vinyl and stuck a fake 1980s label on it, I'd be fooled. Hell, I've listened to it several times in the last few days and I'd still swear it was an old 1980s track.
An instant classic.

- FVHK5K

The World Of Soul Music PTIV: Chile

Lingo feat. Consu - Algo Real (2011)

  

Little is known about Chilean DJ Lingo in the English-speaking part of the internet, and precious little anywhere else (unless you know different, in which case let me know). He's a DJ and producer who has put out some great R&B and hip-hop version of established tracks, as well as some original compositions, such as the track Algo Real (Something Real), featuring an equally mysterious female vocalist only known as Consu.
Lingo does by all accounts have a following in a lot of Hispanic countries, judging by his YouTube and Facebook accounts. I'm rapidly becoming a fan myself

- FVHK5K

The World Of Soul Music PTII - Mexico

Mexican Dubwiser - Trouble In My Soul (2013) &
Bad Behaviour (2014)

A producer and DJ on the Latin scene, Marcelo Tijerina aka Mexican Dubwiser hails from Monterrey but lives in Los Angeles. A lover of mash-ups and remixes, his debut release, Revolution Radio, was released in May 2013. This track, Trouble in My Soul, features the deep baritone of the late Artwork Jamal, members of Kinky, and Billy Gould of Faith No More.


 

And from his latest album Electric City, a track entitled Bad Behaviour, featuring Billy Gould, Ulises Lozano from Kinky and Myron Glasper.

Amanda Perez - Never (2001)

 

Discovered by a talent scout and signed to the independent record label Powerhowse/Silverstone Records in 2001; Perez's debut album Where U At? was released in 2002 and included the singles Never and Angel. Never peaked at no.10 on the Billboard Hot 100 sales chart, but the album itself did not see much success until it was re-released by Virgin Records under the new title Angel. The single of the same name has proved to be her most popular single to date; Angel peaked at no.20 on the Billboard Hot 100 sales chart and no.3 on the Top 40 Radio chart.
The album was produced by Mike Quinn and co-produced by Powerhowse produced/DJ Tony Palacios, from Texas. DJ Tony P. was Amanda's touring DJ during her initial rise to popularity and a former radio employee-friend of Quinn. Perez notably charted at no.7 on the MTV viewer request show Total Request Live. Perez has had moderate success since departing from the original producers in 2005; subsequently, she took time off to care for her mother who was diagnosed with cancer. In 2004 Quinn's Silverstone/Powerhowse label partnered to released her second album I Pray, this time with Virgin Records, as a joint effort.
I Pray , the title track from the album was the first single off the album, and would prove to be the last time writer-producer Mike Quinn would work with the Star from Fort Wayne on an album. The second single Dedicate (Remix) featured Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs under the direction of Quinn. Shortly after its release, Perez parted ways with her original label and the writer-producer. Amanda's next album, The Hand of Fate was to be released on Virgin under Amanda's direction, but she was soon released from her contract due to legal conflicts and Virgin's unwillingness to effect Quinn's original agreements.
In 2007 Upstairs Records released a special album, dedicated to Amanda's mother. The lone single from that album, Candy Kisses, did not break any records, but it had success on the Top 40/Rhythmic Chart peaking at no.17.
In 2013, Amanda Perez and A-Hype Records released the single Freak For The Weekend, the first single from the album Unexpected.