{"id":3209,"date":"2011-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/03\/01\/amalia-art-slave-tokyo-dawn-records\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T00:00:00","slug":"amalia-art-slave-tokyo-dawn-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/03\/01\/amalia-art-slave-tokyo-dawn-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Amalia: Art Slave [Tokyo Dawn Records]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having apprenticed with the likes of the band Sekoya and the soulful dance grooves of producer Opolopo, songstress Amalia is ready to spread her wings with her funk deluxe debut &ldquo;Art Slave&rdquo;. With production mainly from Opplopo excluding the remixes by AtJazz, AD Bourke and Son Of Kick, &ldquo;Art Slave&rdquo; is inspired by the 80&rsquo;s electro soul period and there are several tracks that will transport you to that era. Among the highlights are the sensuous synth-funk &ldquo;Welcome To Me&rdquo;. &ldquo;Luxurious&rdquo; will conjure memories of Janet Jackson&rsquo;s &ldquo;Rhythm Nation&rdquo; courtesy of Opolopo&rsquo;s wicked synth work. Amalia cools down just a bit and blends a little ballad into the funky &ldquo;All The Funk I need&rdquo;.&nbsp; &ldquo;Zebra Butt&rdquo; is a mid-tempo bass driven funk jam that receives an assist from rapper Probe DMS. If you can&rsquo;t live on funk alone there&rsquo;s the Opolopo Nu swing remix of &ldquo;Life&rsquo;s A Dance&rdquo; that will quench the soulful dance thirst you&rsquo;ve come to expect from her. Overall, &ldquo;Art Slave&rdquo; is an energetic coming out party for the lady with the siren voice. If you long for some 80&rsquo;s funk with a little new jack swing mixed in, you&rsquo;ll certainly enjoy this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having apprenticed with the likes of the band Sekoya and the soulful dance grooves of producer Opolopo, songstress Amalia is ready to spread her wings with her funk deluxe debut &ldquo;Art Slave&rdquo;. With production mainly from Opplopo excluding the remixes by AtJazz, AD Bourke and Son Of Kick, &ldquo;Art Slave&rdquo; is inspired by the 80&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basic-soul.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}