| Label: Matasuna Records – MSR043 Title: No Es Por Ti | Qué Más Te Da? Artists: The Blaxound & John Vermont Format: Vinyl, 7“, 45rpm Genre: Soul, Latin, Spanish Soul Releasedate: January 24th 2025 Reviews: tba | A The Blaxound & John Vermont – No Es Por Ti | Qué Más Te Da? 03:13 B The Blaxound & John Vermont – Qué Más Te Da? 03:00 |
Berlin based label Matasuna Records kicks off the new year 2025 with a soulful 7inch featuring songs by Barcelona’s The Blaxound and singer John Vermont. Their common love for vintage soul from the 60s and 70s brought them together for this project to compose and record classic soul sung in Spanish. This 45 shows that the concept worked out wonderfully: Spanish Soul at its best, sounding authentic and contemporary at the same time!
Matasuna Records, known for its reissues of musical treasures from the past, also has an eye for exciting new discoveries in contemporary music. With The Blaxound & John Vermont the label has once again found an interesting project for soulful & contemporary music that fits perfectly into the label’s sound spectrum and will appeal to lovers of authentic soul music.
The two songs No Es Por Ti and Qué Más Te Da? from their recently released album will be released for the first time as a 7-inch vinyl single on Matasuna Records. The instrumentation and the lovely harmonies are the ideal basis for John Vermont, who with his versatile voice, sometimes powerful, sometimes smooth – but always soulful – can fully develop his vocal spectrum and fill the songs with his presence. Instrumental and vocal arrangements are beautifully balanced and harmonious. Beatific!
Artist info:
The Blaxound is a Barcelona-based music project with deep ties to the city’s Funk and Soul sceney. The project started in 2003 under the direction of musician, songwriter and producer Marta Roman. The Blaxound has released four studio albums between 2007 and 2024 on different labels.
Years ago, Marta focused on the idea of recording a classic soul album sung in Spanish, respecting as much as possible the original production and sound of the late 60s and early 70s. Luckily, she met singer Ivan Espejo aka John Vermont, which was the turning point and led to the full vocal album Déjalo Ir released on Love Soul Productions in 2024.
All songs were composed, recorded and produced by Marta Roman in her own studio, Black Flamingo Recordings, in Barcelona, Spain.