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Secret Weapons: Luke Una's Favourite Music
Julian Marszalek , May 31st, 2023 09:35

As he prepares for the second volume of his É Soul Cultura series, Luke Una takes us through 13 of his favourite tracks, from his secret dancefloor fillers to the beauty of Pharoah Sanders

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Mr Fingers – ‘Children At Play’

Well, it's a beautiful record and Mr Fingers is great. It feels quite warm and velvet-like, but it's got that electronica in there. It's got that digital soul sound, which doesn't require vocals. I think he sampled real children at play; when he made it, there were kids outside. But I just loved the sound. You know, a little bit like ‘What About This Love’, which is coming out in the same era, it’s just a very beautiful track.

It's just about fast enough to play to congregations of people at 6am, usually outside, usually as the sun comes up. It's such a spine tingling track. With Mr Fingers, there are so many tracks. And I didn't choose it to be clever. It just happens to be one of my favourite records.