{"product_id":"various-artists-luke-una-presents-e-soul-cultura-vol-3-2lp","title":"Various Artists - Luke Una Presents E Soul Cultura Vol.3 [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: MRBLP328\u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 5024017007208\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 20 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Dance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith two deeply cherished compilations already in the bag, Luke Una steps up for the third volume in his E Soul Cultura series on Mr Bongo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA love letter to the dancefoor and its power to unite people from all corners of society amid growing division and extremist politics. Genre-spanning in nature, the 15 tracks travel between cosmic soul, boogie, proto- house, slo- mo technoid grooves, drum machine afro, astral bass-bugging futurism, jazz funk, dance, and disco. Each having the ability to move the body as much as the heart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom his formative years in Shefeld to co- founding Manchester's much- fabled Electric Chair with Justin Crawford, through to helming the iconic LGBTQ institutions of Homoelectric \/ Homobloc, Luke has spent 40 years immersed in dance music. His latest outlet, E Soul Cultura, has grown from a label to a globe-spanning events series with Luke holding residencies and embarking on tours across the world from Japan and Australia to America and Europe. \"For me, the dancefoor was never about a one-dimensional, thudding, 130 BPM beat only. It's a much more dynamic, broader vision than that. I cut my teeth in an era where a 100 BPM record had as much impact, excitement, and energy as a 134 BPM dancefoor jazz funk or techno record\", Luke mentions. E Soul Cultura Volume 3 is the perfect embodiment of that notion: \"It's about four decades in the trenches playing dance music, the late- night afters, the shebeens, the basements, warehouse parties, the eight-hour journeys in East London, through to festival sets at Houghton and We Out Here. It's music unconstrained by genre or tempo and more about making your body move\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't simply a collection of disparate dance tracks; they carry meaning and soul. \"It's less about escapism, more about reconnection. My experience of post-covid has been the coming together of all the clans in various clubs and gatherings. A reaction to a very toxic world out there, where the aggro rhythms of division have sought to divide us, and people don't meet as often. The coming back together face-to-face in clubs has encouraged a real love in the air, there's a real togetherness and collective spirit\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening up the compilation is a track that channels that very message, the transcendental, soul-rousing Harris \u0026amp; Orr 'Spread Love'. Joining the dots from there, to the low- slung deep house closer of Fatdog 'Remember', you'll fnd electronic drum machine Nigerian funk, sitting side by side with dancefoor Cape Verdean brilliance, a post- punk cover of Fela Kuti, rubbing shoulders with cosmic electro, and an Una-championed, 8-minute, kickless DJ Harvey remix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's jazz funk in various guises moving from boogie synth to astral travelling, slo-mo acidic raw techno, and a '79 soul stepper, alongside swirling percussive Italo disco and tribal-charged house. All infused with an innate ability to bring people together. As society becomes increasingly fractured, E Soul Cultura Volume 3's message is more than movement. It's about dance music's power to unify people from all walks of life and break down the barriers that divide us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third volume in Luke Una's cherished E Soul Cultura compilation series on Mr Bongo. A tribute to the dancefoor and its ability to spread love Rarities, lost B-sides, odd numbers, new discoveries and underground cult classics taking in cosmic soul, boogie, proto- house, slo- mo technoid grooves, drum machine afro, astral bass-bugging futurism, jazz funk, dance, and disco\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable in black and yellow 2LP vinyl variants, gatefold, OBI strip + insert and CD \u003cbr\u003e+ booklet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr\u003e1. Harris \u0026amp; Orr - Spread Love\u003cbr\u003e2. Terry And Deep South - Trying To Get By\u003cbr\u003e3. Toshiyuki Honda - Burnin' Waves\u003cbr\u003e4. Igna Igwebuike - Disco Bomp\u003cbr\u003e5. Janette Renee - What's On Your Mind (Super Club Remix)\u003cbr\u003e6. Grupo Serenata - Sodade, Tem Pena D'Mim\u003cbr\u003e7. Vital Disorders - Zombie\u003cbr\u003e8. Alphonsus Idigo - Flight 505\u003cbr\u003e9. DJ Food - Peace (Harvey's 30 Something Mix)\u003cbr\u003e10. Man Jumping - In The Jungle\u003cbr\u003e11. Stars - Dancin' People\u003cbr\u003e12. Gaucho - Dance forever (Club Version)\u003cbr\u003e13. 49th Floor - Night Passage (Bongo Mix)\u003cbr\u003e14. Orion Agassi - Desacato\u003cbr\u003e15. Fatdog - Remember (Ft. 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