'Motivate Your Mind'.. "and your ass will follow" as wise men might have said in the world of 1970s Funkadelic - they'd probably say the same thing today.
Struck as we are by San Francisco's Coflo and his Who The Frequency EP' (coming out on Freerange Records soon but we've got to sort this one out first,
Kumo is a DJ/producer based in Manchester and runs his own Wayout Records that went 'Space Funk' mad in 2021 with releases that featured Byron The Aquarius (as last seen on Igor Jadranin's 'Contemporary Outdoors' -see review HERE).
No need for BTA here as 'Deep Inside' is the jazzy keys dub banger that'll take the rest of the summer on the wall ('Band' or otherwise) It's not hard to imagine Ron 'Lift Off' Trent on this one in the Bowl at We Out Here Festival as it's getting late; or early morning for that matter.
You don't have to have a Reiki Master's fire head massage to 'Motivate Your Mind', the title track that's also on the dubby side but take's more influence from Lonnie Liston Smith's expanded mind of Cosmic Echoes.
But the big tune, is the opener 'Loosen Up' which has the best elements of the other two tracks with "rolling conga" and some big strings in support.
Jamie Odell (Jimpster) at Freerange is on such a roll at the moment, as this falls between the Coflo EP (as mentioned above) and Black Loops, Milton Jackson & Brian Kage's 'Fire Emoji' (see review HERE) and the Lisbon City to City (see review HERE).
Definitely time to loosen up and motivate your mind, and your cosmic dream will follow.
Artist: James Kumo
Title: Motivate Your Mind EP
Release date: 15th August, 2025
Label: Freerange Records
Cat. No: FR308
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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