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J-Felix featuring Andrew Ashong “Mind Up”

“Mind Up” is a very restrained and low-key funk track – always groovy, but so uncluttered and relaxed in its pace that it seems to glide by on a light breeze. There is a physicality in the track, particularly in that extra-crisp snare sound, but the emphasis of this track is on the way Andrew Ashong’s vocal floats through the ample negative space. Ashong has a great voice for funk – a bit of rasp, a touch of treble, a pinched delivery on the more rhythmic lines – and he sings lyrics about chasing ambitions that might ordinarily come off as a little trite with subtle shades of doubt and bitterness that ground the words in harsh reality and a sincere generosity of spirit.

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