Producer: Vick Lavender
Title: Beautiful Stranger
Genre: Deep Soulful House
Record Label: BBB Music & Sophisticado Recordings
There’s an African feel, a Spanish beat and some Cuban influence.
The cut begins. It flows. The swaying in my waist turns into a rhythmic side step and emerges as a Latin dance. Whether or not I know what I’m doing is beside the point. My body doesn’t seem to care. It will pull you. It will move you. It will make you smile. This latest upbeat Lavender offering is a summer track. It’s soulful and captivating.
Chicago born maestro, Vick Lavender, has proven once again that Sophisticado Recordings is indeed, sophisticated. He maintains a soulful sound coupled with a magical yet simple bass guitar to bring an edgy, elegant sound to the cut. This song makes me want to be the girl he speaks of. It takes the sounds of music and translates them into a story; the one of attraction and lust. A story carried by the essence of a beautiful woman and how she would sound if she was a song.
Vick Lavender’s Stevie Wonder influence makes total sense. With Al Olive on vocals, he adds a sultry, smooth and seductive feel to a simple but captivating composition. It’s an excellent collaboration as Olive adds a spiritual edge to this light-hearted track.
The mature sound of this track is not limiting, it could be popular in clubs as much as it might be at a Brazilian festival. The jazzy feel caters to the relaxed. The undercurrents in the beat make it dance-friendly and the vocals, gently laced over the bass, speak to the listeners in the crowd.
Blurring the lines between African dance and Cuban inspired sound, Lavender lays the beat down like a bed of roses and caresses your senses with the excitement that arises with the strength in the vocal delivery. It’s a well done track all in all.
To Listen to Beautiful Stranger
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