{"product_id":"luke-una-presents-e-soul-cultura-vol-3","title":"Luke Una Presents E Soul Cultura Vol 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith two deeply cherished compilations already in the bag, Luke Una steps up for the third volume in his E Soul Cultura series on Mr Bongo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his formative years in Sheffield to co- founding Manchester's much- fabled Electric Chair with Justin Crawford, through to helming the iconic LGBTQ institutions of Homoelectric \/ Homobloc, Luke has spent 40 years immersed in dance music. His latest outlet, E Soul Cultura, has grown from a label to a globe-spanning events series with Luke holding residencies and embarking on tours across the world from Japan and Australia to America and Europe. \"For me, the dancefloor was never about a one- dimensional, thudding, 130 BPM beat only. It's a much more dynamic, broader vision than that. I cut my teeth in an era where a 100 BPM record had as much impact, excitement, and energy as a 134 BPM dancefloor jazz funk or techno record\", Luke mentions. E Soul Cultura Volume 3 is the perfect embodiment of that notion: \"It's about four decades in the trenches playing dance music, the late- night afters, the shebeens, the basements, warehouse parties, the eight-hour journeys in East London, through to festival sets at Houghton and We Out Here. It's music unconstrained by genre or tempo and more about making your body move\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this isn't simply a collection of disparate dance tracks; they carry meaning and soul. \"It's less about escapism, more about reconnection. My experience of post-covid has been the coming together of all the clans in various clubs and gatherings. A reaction to a very toxic world out there, where the aggro rhythms of division have sought to divide us, and people don't meet as often. The coming back together face- to-face in clubs has encouraged a real love in the air, there's a real togetherness and collective spirit\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpening up the compilation is a track that channels that very message, the transcendental, soul-rousing Harris and Orr 'Spread Love'. Joining the dots from there, to the low-slung deep house closer of Fatdog 'Remember', you'll find electronic drum machine Nigerian funk, sitting side by side with dancefloor Cape Verdean brilliance, a post- punk cover of Fela Kuti, rubbing shoulders with cosmic electro, and an Una- championed, 8-minute, kickless DJ Harvey remix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's jazz funk in various guises moving from boogie synth to astral travelling, slo- mo acidic raw techno, and a '79 soul stepper, alongside swirling percussive Italo disco and tribal-charged house. All infused with an innate ability to bring people together. As society becomes increasingly fractured, E Soul Cultura Volume 3's message is more than movement. It's about dance music's power to unify people from all walks of life and break down the barriers that divide us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mr Bongo","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Yellow","offer_id":56303762145611,"sku":"R7663-0497","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":56303762178379,"sku":"R7663-4097","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56303762211147,"sku":"R7663-4370","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/93a24a4c-d067-4191-aed7-fc75286df18f.jpg?v=1768407020","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/luke-una-presents-e-soul-cultura-vol-3","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}