Sweden based I guess already Japan based :) producer Rasmus Faber continues to seed the singles from his album “Where We Belong“. On January 6th his own Farplane will release “Any Way” featuring vocals of Swedish Emily McEwan whom we know from Farplane’s 2003’s “Ever After“. Richly instrumented with all RaFa’s doodads, the track is awesome and all in old school Faber’s soulful style.

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And to make you feel really happy in these festive days, catch a video of RaFa Orchestra with all his vocalists including Melo, Linda Sundblad and Emily McEwan herself performing live in Japan:

UK label Groove Odyssey dropped a bunch of releases in December. Some of them are good to mention in this soulful space. First off, we have veteran Danny Foster who was brave enough to cover “To Be Real“, originally by Cheryl Lynn in 1978. With Rachael John on the vocals, it’s classy soulful with keys, horns and sparkling rhythm. For respect purposes please be sure to check the original version on this video:

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Besides this release, it’s also worth mentioning Groove Odyssey’s own “Shine” with K.Tomowo and the Original mix in “Happiness” feat Nathalie Williams.

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Italian label Just4Funk running by Andrea Carissimi is back with the third release (check previous two: 2008’s “Lose My Mind” and July’s and already in my Top-2009 “Power In You“). Once again with Andrea’s powerful funk driven outburst and boisterous vocals of Brent St. Clair, “Straight Up” continues to glorify distinctive Italian approach. Completed with Andrea’s Funk Dub and Instrumental, it’s out on December 24th. Have a look on small promo video below.

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