My Top 5 Summer Soul Chart ...

There are so many good independent and authentic soul records out there in particular from UK artists. In fact so much, which has inspired me to compile a Top 5 chart. 

Keep an eye out on Blue Lab Beats, Nk-Ok and Mr DM, two guys from North West London ahead of their time influenced by jazz and hip hop. 

BBE have delivered a broken beat gem from North West London DJ Ziggy Funk. It's reignited my love of the broken beat sound, set to be one of the big tunes of the year. It's my One 2 Watch. 

Also great to see the return of Leroy Hutson with his forthcoming anthology which features two unreleased gems forthcoming on Acid Jazz. 

One 2 Watch - Ziggy Funk - Boxer's Fracture - New - BBE

Buy / Stream the album: https://bbemusic.lnk.to/boxerfra Ziggy Funk returns to BBE with his debut solo album, 'Boxer's Fracture'. An accomplished DJ in his own right, Ziggy makes up one half of Rhemi, the London production outfit currently riding high on the Soulful House scene thanks to stellar collaborations with Joey Negro, Louie Vega and Opolopo.

5 -  Eric Roberson - Lyrics of Pleasure featuring Will Downing - taken from the album Wind  - Dome

New song "Lyrics of Pleasure" featuring Will Downing available on WIND EP released July 21st. Available at www.ericrobersonmusic.com, iTunes, Google Play.

4 - Zepherin Saint feat Sara Divine - Hurry - Tribe Records

A long awaited collaboration between Sara Devine and Zepherin Saint took place in 2016 and this is the result. We look forward to being able to share the full version with you. Stay tuned to the Tribe channel for more info.

3 - Blue Lab Beats - Keep Moving - Believe Recordings

New track from Blue Lab Beats called 'Keep Moving' (Feat. Nubya Garcia) taken from the Freedom EP. Pre-order: https://bluelabbeats.lnk.to/Freedom Connect with Blue Lab Beats: https://soundcloud.com/blue-lab-beats https://www.facebook.com/BlueLabBeats https://twitter.com/bluelabbeats ☞ https://twistedsoulboy.com ☞ https://soundcloud.com/twistedsoulmusic ☞ https://www.mixcloud.com/twistedsoulmusic ☞ https://twistedsoulmusic.tumblr.com ☞ https://twitter.com/Twistedsoulblog ☞ https://www.facebook.com/twistedsoulmusic * I do not possess Copyright this song, and not fund the creation of this song.

2 - Sir Piers - Long Distance feat Frank McComb - SO-UK

1 - Leroy Hutson - Positive Forces - Acid Jazz

Released in 2017 https://soulbrother.com/shop/positive-forcesall-because-of-you-inst/

Hear the chat in full this Sunday 3rd of September on the BBC Soul Show from 4pm on BBC Three Counties, BBC Radio Northampton, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio Norfolk, BBC Radio Suffolk and BBC Essex. Click here to listen live - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05cp422