Niki & The Dove: You Want The Sun / So Much It Hurts Vinyl 7" Acoustic Sounds Series The Skints

The Skints

Putting these two artists into an impossible collaboration that works so seamlessly as to feel like a proper production in it’s own right sets Amerigo well above any other mash-up you might find on the interwebs

that paired unheard Jay Dee beats with some of Detroit's finest emcees and musicians

That discovery triggered the compilers curiosity and what followed was a long journey through the musical history of Benin and the history of its most important ambassador

On the flip "Rising" takes the bassline from Keni Burke's classic "Rising To The Top" and gets all loopy disco a la The Revenge

Niki & The Dove: You Want The Sun / So Much It Hurts Vinyl 7" Acoustic Sounds Series The Skints"Summer is here, and Niki & The Dove's ode to the sun is opening it's arms just in time for the rays to come shining in through your turntables. With shiny guitars, a driving disco pulse, and sweet poppy vocals, 'You Want The Sun' will whisk you away to the tropics and leave visual clues for how you can achieve maximum chill, while dancing away your troubles like it was 1981 again. The flip side 'So Much It Hurts', while a bit more brooding with