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In the summer 1998 I would have been 16 breezing around Scotland full of teenage lust, trying to by booze for parties, jamming til the early hours and listening to cherished slabs vinyl religiously. One record that defined that heady summer was the debut J5 album, with its old school vibe it took us as far away as possible from Finzean in the Highlands of Scotland, which by the way is no Mecca for Hip Hop, just sheep an coos. I later saw the band perform at Brixton Academy to a sold out crowd, so when Akil from Jurassic 5 pulls up outside Subsource headquarters a converted garage studio called the trench in Stuart's back garden it feels totally surreal but absolutely amazing!!!
Akil dropped by The Trench to laydown some vocals on an alternative version of "Street Soul Music." Its gonna be part of the release when the album drops to get people ready for the sunshine. Just got to lay one more verse with Kimba who is out in Africa visiting his family for the next week and then it'll be good to go.
Before Akil and Tom his tour manager had to hit the road, pre-imminent departure from Australia and New Zealand, we had a little time to kick back and jam. While Stu had his acoustic double bass to hand, I was left with what I could find lying around, which turned out being an old watering can from the back garden. Quote of the day "In the garden with my man on the can!"
He said some touching things about his thoughts on the band, and the whole experience was obviously a massive honour (for us!). Slowly we're getting to connect with some of the musicians that have influenced not just me but the whole band.
Thanks to Akil and Tom for taking the time out of their schedule to come and hang with us and a big thanks to Colin arnold for supplying us with footage of the event. Colin will be filming a documentary about the band leading up to the release of our debut Album. Nang!
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