Shaka - Amber Dream EPShaka brings a beautifully easy touch to Silver Walker with Amber Dream EP, a four track 12" that draws from 90s deep house without tipping into pastiche. Amber Dream arrives in vocal and instrumental flute versions, all soft keys, loose swing and patient late night warmth. On the flip, As If Eternity Belonged To Us and Life Is Brighter With You lean into reflective early 2000s pulse, sax, piano and quietly soulful restraint.

Following stints with Turkish psychedelic folk rock group Altin Gün

while exile reinforced the need for a spiritual link with the native land

ROY HAYNES drums

This 180-gram vinyl audiophile edition captures the essence of a true master of contaminated jazz

Strata (Seismix)

able to breathe and be created free from the constraints of heavy handed commercialism

though not strictly specified on the release

On the Flip we have a bass heavy Hip House style rework of ‘Buddy’ rounding off the package with a housed up groovy vocoder laden version of ‘ Say No Go’

I'm still getting used to my new form

and fondly spoken of

to the chord-led heaven of Stab Stealer

John Cooper Clarke - (You Never See A Nipple In The) Daily Express 1:03