The Perfections / Funky Nassau - Love Storm / Bahama Soul Stew Artist_Wet

The Perfections / Funky Nassau - Love Storm / Bahama Soul Stew Artist_WetOctave Japan collaborate with legendary illustrator Hiroshi Nagai to oversee and handle the artwork for a rare single reissue. Sourced from the vaults of the OG T. K. Records, to whom Nagai has been listening since day dot, The Perfections' super rare 1973 cut 'Love Storm' is a swelling romantic soul sundry from the Milwaukee muses, with impressive vocal glidings from the band's lead singer Harold Stewart lending to an unexpected mondegreen we first

as well as one that is deliberately constructive

‘Afterglow’)

is something that is close to our hearts"

London trio Kero Kero Bonito (Sarah

It's easy to remember how you felt at 16

Originally released in 1972

bouncy and acid laced-title cut ‘Universal Consciousness’

classic arranging techniques underpin modern loop-based structures

popping up on major releases while remaining an integral incubator for outstretched corners of the emerging sound

Among others

To come back to these pieces I was struck by how much they expand on the ideas contained in Solastalgia

The kicks are banging