YO LDN! TRACK OF THE DAY - Le Youth -

Wes James is the slightly enigmatic Angeleno behind Le Youth, His signature sound is a blend of Clinton-era R&B and the house music that was lighting up dancefloors and radio stations around the globe during the same period, and the leisurely grooves, airy synthesizers, and pop hooks of a song like his debut single “C O O L” can easily pull a listener back to the pre-millennial, pre-Internet days when dance music offered a transcendentally blissful brand of hedonism that’s considerably harder to find on today’s aggro-edged EDM landscape.

D'ANGELO releases 3 videos of studio sessions

3 snippets of footage of soul singer D'Angelo back in the studio has appeared online. Producer Russell Elevado, who worked on the singer's 2000 album 'Voodoo', has posted three videos from at Los Angeles' Henson Recording Studio onto YouTube. The first video, the longest of the three, can be watched above. The second and third, which preview tracks labelled 'Sugah Daddy' and 'The Charade', can be watched below. The latter shows session drummer James Gadson, who has previously worked with Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock. After releasing two landmark soul albums – 'Brown Sugar' in 1995 and 'Voodoo' in 2000 – D'Angelo, real name Michael Archer, has kept a low profile but began playing sporadically.