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CJ Raine)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith two deeply cherished compilations already in the bag, \u003cstrong\u003eLuke Una \u003c\/strong\u003esteps up for the \u003cstrong\u003ethird volume in his É Soul Cultura series\u003c\/strong\u003e on Mr Bongo. A \u003cstrong\u003elove letter to the dancefloor\u003c\/strong\u003e and its \u003cstrong\u003epower to unite people \u003c\/strong\u003efrom 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 \u003cbr\u003eFrom his formative years in Sheffield to co-founding Manchester’s much-fabled \u003cstrong\u003eElectric Chair\u003c\/strong\u003e with Justin Crawford, through to helming the iconic LGBTQ institutions of \u003cstrong\u003eHomoelectric \/ Homobloc\u003c\/strong\u003e, Luke has spent \u003cstrong\u003e40 years immersed in dance music\u003c\/strong\u003e. His latest outlet, É Soul Cultura, has grown from a label to a \u003cstrong\u003eglobe-spanning events series\u003c\/strong\u003e with Luke holding residencies and embarking on tours across the world from Japan and Australia to America and Europe. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“For me, the dancefloor was never about a one-dimensional, thudding, 130 BPM beat only. It's a much \u003cstrong\u003emore dynamic, broader vision\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 dancefloor jazz funk or techno record”, Luke mentions. É 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 \u003cstrong\u003emusic unconstrained by genre or tempo\u003c\/strong\u003e and more about making your body move”. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this isn’t simply a collection of disparate dance tracks; they \u003cstrong\u003ecarry meaning and soul\u003c\/strong\u003e. “It’s less about escapism, \u003cstrong\u003emore about reconnection\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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 \u003cstrong\u003ereal togetherness and collective spirit\u003c\/strong\u003e”.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOpening up the compilation is a track that channels that very message, the transcendental, soul-rousing \u003cstrong\u003eHarris \u0026amp; Orr \u003c\/strong\u003e‘Spread Love’. Joining the dots from there, to the low-slung deep house closer of \u003cstrong\u003eFatdog \u003c\/strong\u003e‘Remember’, you’ll find electronic \u003cstrong\u003edrum machine Nigerian funk\u003c\/strong\u003e, sitting side by side with dancefloor \u003cstrong\u003eCape Verdean brilliance\u003c\/strong\u003e, a post-punk \u003cstrong\u003ecover of Fela Kuti\u003c\/strong\u003e, rubbing shoulders with cosmic electro, and an Una-championed, 8-minute, kickless \u003cstrong\u003eDJ Harvey\u003c\/strong\u003e remix. There’s jazz funk in various guises moving from boogie synth to astral travelling, \u003cstrong\u003eslo-mo acidic raw techno\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a ‘79 \u003cstrong\u003esoul stepper\u003c\/strong\u003e, alongside swirling percussive Italo disco and \u003cstrong\u003etribal-charged house.\u003c\/strong\u003e All infused with an innate ability to bring people together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs society becomes increasingly fractured, É Soul Cultura Volume 3’s message is more than movement. 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