It's been an electronic week. There's Jill Scott and Anita Baker, and although they've been hitting the airwaves, my focus has been nu jazz and nu soul, with a capital N. [Please note that I really will focus on them, as soon as I get my head out of the clouds.]




Ernesto's Album. Ernesto's vibe has been in a couple of places: Beanfield, remixes by Naked Music NYC, and now he has his own CD finally out, Ernesto's: Album. Too many interesting tunes to list here, but what grabbed me initially was the single Try from Bare Essentials, Volume 2, which led to Beanfield and anticipation of his album. Eclecticism? No doubt, which tracks like Tip Toe and Portugese Nights displaying vibes which can't be pigeonholed.

Make your selection:
1. Check out Soul Creation.
2. Purchase Ernesto's: Album.
3: Check out Try.
4. Purchase Naked Music NYC's Bare Essentials, Volume 2, if you're vibing off of Try.

P'Taah. P'Taah has also been an electronica fixture from Chris Brann. Although the Wamdue Project, also helmed by Chris Brann, has been an enormous success, he's content in trying things altogether new. Hence, my vibe to Staring at the Sun. This is much less vocal arrangements instead vibing for instrumentation with a fusion of drum and bass, jazz, and house.

No conventional sounds here. Check out The Oldest Story or better yet, purchase the album.