KooLr

16/06/2023

Nice one

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09/06/2023

Slow Fast Slow is one of those happy up beat Jazzy vibes that gets you snapping your fingers while you cruise along the highway in your super car. Or maybe just gets you waltzing around the living room with toe tapping abandon and a broad smile? Either way the piano leads the vibe and sets a classic rotating sequence to jam over. Jazzy piano with beats and a big lift in the middle. What's not to like?

by Pete Pritchard

02/06/2023

You just know that if the Zombies arrived as you were completing a jittery Nu Jazzy cut they'll get their glam rags on and start up one of their odd break dance routines with a bit of Voguing thrown in. Asymmetric chord and key shifts are the order of the day and one of those things that Zombies particularly take a shine to, as indeed do a certain kind of Jazzer. With all this in mind perhaps Jazzers are merely a kind of Zombie? Anyway, OLDr nails it.

by OLDr

26/05/2023

Easy listening has always evolved from Crooners to MOR, Cool Jazz to Yacht Rock, Mellow, LoFi, Lounge and Chill Out. There have been so many iterations of the elevator sound track where the music is there to function as a backing to the calm sophisticated enjoyment of life. Nu Easy adopts the ethos but runs with the en vogue and dips its toes into some very exciting, very NOW compositional techniques. All laid over a breezy Hip Hop beat to keep it real. Light up a stick, pour three ounces and luxuriate in Lounge heaven.

by Pete Pritchard

19/05/2023

Dope roll in with a cyclic jam with a nagging riffy melody over a catchy infectious chord sequence that explodes into a massive jam and then takes off into a stratospheric harmonic tour de force. Piano led but synth backed, Kind of Dope really show off how dope they can get.

Dope by name Dope by nature.

by Kind Of Dope

12/05/2023

Fairground joy meets Lofi beats. A full combo of highly edited synth patches and midi sampling creates a patchwork of happy sounds on a lilting bounce. The System never puts their foot too firmly in a genre and this again is a non conformist track that manages to create its own world.

by SoundTrack SoundSystem

05/05/2023

Falling. Diving. Descending into a joyous evolving sequence. KooLr return with a silky piece of evocative sonic sensation. Piano and synth layer the melodies and counterpoints and harmonies to set you in a World of descent. All held up by a nice bubbling fat beat pulsating around the atmospheres of joy.

KooLr by Name KooLr by Nature

by KooLr

28/04/2023

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by Pete Pritchard

28/04/2023

Back in the prehistoric years the very first original demo of Pleasure and Pain got swapped around sweaty paws on old C90 cassettes distributed by hand and mouth and treasured by devoted soul music aficionados in Northern climes. The track was in part defined by the packaging format and as such is an experience long lost to most in the internet age. This remake of that track was the antithesis as cooperation between Lance and Pete was completed over the internet when the World stayed at home and careers were brutally curtailed. Something very beautiful emerged from that experience and we are now hugely proud to re-present this track in its new guise and hope that even those original fans find the new interpretation extends their relationship with it.

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by Pete Pritchard

21/04/2023

by OLDr

21/04/2023

The Carousel sits waiting for its next set of riders. Calm before the storm. The mood is anticipating and the soundtrack emerges from the ancient pipe organ set in the heart of the machine. A million times this music has played. Over and over like an OLDr track in a KooLr playlist. Waltzing to and fro and filling the void of anticipating the uncertain future.

by OLDr

14/04/2023

Kind of Dope return to their contemporary Jazz vibes with an original composition flowing around a complex set of changes that seems as obvious and predictable as two five one. Relying heavily on a set of self programmed synths for both lead and background harmonic duties the mood is seventies but the production is twenties. This remains easy listening in the context of the release but the opportunities for live exposition are endless.

Dope by name, Dope by Nature

by Kind Of Dope

07/04/2023

Chill out

by SoundTrack SoundSystem

07/04/2023

Gaia the goddess. Gaia is Earth. Gaia is the homeostatic state of all living things in the Earths total ecosystem. Everything is connected to everything else in an endless loop of oscillating stasis. The Earth feeds the living things and the living things return their waste to the Earth. In and out through the barriers of the cells. And ultimately we become Earth again. Gaia is within us all.

by SoundTrack SoundSystem

31/03/2023

Strictly speaking its a Ballad for Bill but Blues just 'feels' better. Being precise is not the requirement of an artist. By definition the artist is a creative and as such can create what they will so long as THEY believe in the art THEY create. Adding words to it isn't really the domain of the musical artist. That is for others to imagine either absurdly or precisely or by adopting a relevant patois. If you want words why have you got ears?

by KooLr

24/03/2023

Penned in 1990. Sat in the closet. Came out of the closet, got dusted off and was moulded into a slice of modern croontastic soulful bliss. Big fat beats meets something sexy from the seventies and you know how sexy the seventies were. Oozing slinky brass and string orchestration, silky BVs, rock solid rhythm section and the voice that is Lance Ellington. This is probably the best yet from Lance and Pete. Included is the track Outside looking in just for Value for Money in the silky Soul stakes.

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by OLDr

17/03/2023

Kind of Dope return with a bit of free flowing Jazz 2.0. Synths and Piano lead the way over a complex but rewarding structure supported by pumping drums and a fluid baseline. Dope like to cross boundaries with their compositions and productions but this is a small slice of a more straight ahead Jazzy style that remains easy on the ear but contains some complex depths that only the keenest gained ear would be able to detect and would silently nod their head in appreciation.

Dope by Name, Dope by Nature

by Kind Of Dope

10/03/2023

SoundTrack SoundSystem delve into the lush sonics of treated piano with an atmospheric, sombre and yet somewhat uplifting mood piece. Think mindfulness on a long walk where a breathtaking view emerges out of the raw elements of nature. This is transitory but while it lasts the sense of awe is staggering in its quietude. Embrace the soft simplicity of the sonic interpretation of wonderment.

by SoundTrack SoundSystem

03/03/2023

KooLr get a tiny bit funky. Hipr Hopr Jazzr is Hip Hop Jazz. 'No' you cry! 'surely not?, with a title like that?'. But I say 'yes'. Its a lazy, lilting Rare Groove influenced loop with Jazzy flute and Piano adding the Jazzr flavours to the Hipr Hopr back beat. Its always hard to define stuff that doesn't just tick relevant boxes but if you were to tick a box for this it would be the one that said GROOOOOOVY BABY.

KooLr by Name KooLr by Nature.

by KooLr

24/02/2023

Original composition by Lance and Pete written thirty years ago but never released. This is a whole new production that embraces the traditional vibes of the writing but cloaks it in a big fat juicy modern master. The song is about loneliness induced by unreciprocated love and longing. The vibe is Deodatoesque 70s nostalgia meets Soul Crooner with lungs and chops to devastate. Lance Ellington works in many circles but the stuff he does with Pete has always crossed soul, jazz and beats/dance boundaries.

OLDr by nature but Youngr by creativity.

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by OLDr

17/02/2023

We call it Easy Jazz Beats. Easy listening for the study and work crowd who need an ear worm but not to be too distracted. In the old days it was elevator music without the beats. We used to flock to elevators to work out what all the great tunes were. We were the elevator crew. E crew if you're into brevity. A nice bit of trumpet and sax and a smooth melody to meld the crunchy chord sequence. E crew in the house!

Dope by name, Dope by nature.

https://koolr.fanlink.to/pipeandslippers

by Kind Of Dope

10/02/2023

SoundTrack SoundSystem dish up a slice of old skool 60s nostalgia dressed up with a LoFi HipHop beat. Its a French Detective series with old Citroens, strong accents, Gauloise and deep ruby red wine on gingham clad cafe tables. A haunting and lilting cyclic melody revolves as the textures evolve. The System have a habit of the evocative and deliver again. Close your eyes and imagine the scene. Old skool, new skool reinvention.

by SoundTrack SoundSystem

06/02/2023

Koolr's Strolling is a nice relaxed refrain interplayed between different instruments to create constantly evolving highs and lows. The mood is breezy and up beat in a calm manner. All laid over a solid beat holding all the other elements together. Study beats or lazy jazzy beats. Take your pick.

KooLr by Name, KooLr by Nature.

by KooLr

27/01/2023

Cooling breezes drifting in from the trade winds late in the afternoon beckon the changing mood from slumber to activity. Kind of Dope throw down a classic slice of chilled out groove to fill that time with a sonic equivalence. The piano is sultry but nowhere near as sultry as the sax and trumpet. Best served with a tropical cocktail.

Dope by Name, Dope by Nature.

https://koolr.fanlink.to/WestWinds

by Kind Of Dope

20/01/2023

OLDr and Pete Pritchard return to their soulful vocal roots with an original song. As usual with their work this breaches the boundaries of simplistic genre definition and straddles Soul, Jazz and modern Beats. A full arrangement and lush harmonies create the backdrop for the soaring falsetto vocals. Find a key is about how to successfully navigate a path to success by seeking a beneficial mentor.

by OLDr

13/01/2023

Smokin'. SoundTrack SoundSystem return with a slice of Big Band smoocherie evoking noirish soundtrack styles with the coupe cruising the LA streets and the Private Dick scanning the illicit activities of the ne'er do wells. Led by an evocative Trombone melody supported by the sax section. Proper old school moods.

by SoundTrack SoundSystem

26/11/2021

Annnnd...The fifth KooLr track is here!! After last weeks Coasting we're now Vibing.

https://koolr.fanlink.to/VibingLoFi

Gentle breezes wafting off the surf caress the golden skin and massage the bruised ego. Melting away in the harmonious happiness of luxury. Mellow day dreams of nothing much in particular punctuate the observed joy. Rising and falling in a choir of subtle voices underpinning the resonant rotating chordal loop. Ultimately revealing a single melodic line that appears to have emerged from a long lost but instantly recognisable classic. Vibing by day, vining by night.

KooLr by name. KooLr by nature.
P&C KooLr 2021

by KooLr

24/11/2021

You'll be Vibing all weekend when Vibing LoFi lands this KooLr Friday ,

23/11/2021

Only 3 days to another KooLr Friday

19/11/2021

Soooo... The fourth KooLr track already!! After a short break we're full steam right up to the holidays.

https://koolr.fanlink.to/CoastingLoFi

Hands free, care free, calm, collected and coasting on a flow of gentle warm air drifting off the desert. Mellow yellow. Sparkling sunlight glinting off chrome and curved metallic paint. . Sonics set to a pulsating downtempo loop of luscious deep toned and weathered leatherette tinged with hip harmony and sequences reminiscent of summer Sundays coasting to destinations yet decided but always tempting.

KooLr by name. KooLr by nature.
P&C KooLr 2021

by KooLr