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1LP Vinyl – BWOOD0352LP

Pro club and radio DJ and producer Lefto serves his debut album, proper, some 20 years since his first mixtapes placed him in the deep beats arena

On ‘Motherless Father’ Lefto reliably sticks to the soulful guns that have made him a DJ’s DJ over the decades, and a constant in scenes that have shifted from late ‘90s hip hop to ‘00s wonky beats movements via deep house and all that jazz.

Opener ‘Diane Charlemagne’ is a sweet downbeat cover of the late singer’s evergreen vocal for Goldie’s ‘Inner City Life’, sung by Iman Houssein, setting up an earthy suite that sweeps from the NWAQ-like deep house of ‘Love Supreme (Part 1 and 2) ft. Ain;’t About me, thru the Theo-esque swag of ‘The Elegance of a dancing Body’, to the West London broken beats drive of ‘Electric’ and soulful flight ‘I Sing to Fin Peace of Mind’ starring Simbad on vocals, thru the woodcut jazz-to-juke ace ‘Live in Darkness and wait for Brighter Days’, KDJ vibes on ‘I Feel Pain but Can’t Describe It’, and a weighty but deft downstroke ‘One Day You Smile, One Day You Cry’ recalling Express Rising.