Ferdi - Playing LifeFour years after wowing listeners with his surprise debut album, All One, Ferdi Schuster is back with a similarly inspired sequel. Taking his distinctive, freewheeling approach to its predecessor, Playing Life offers a set of inspired instrumentals full of soft focus grooves, alluring musical motifs, subtle mood shifts and plenty of intricate musical details. In fact, such is the layered nature of the productions, youll still be noticing new things on

from 'Soul People' with its chuntering organs and inspirational rabble rousing sampled from Martin Luther King to 'Meditation' with its cowbell-enhanced groove and oozing

all the while remaining fixed in an unmistakable dance

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was born in Clarendon

During the final years of his journey

soul-music gem that helped launch an entire musical movement known affectionately as Speed Garage

the pain wont be forgotten”

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holding hands with folk-funk that runs deep and hazy

“In a performance

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