2LP – Black vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with OBI strip + insert. The third volume in Luke Una\’s cherished E Soul Cultura compilation series on Mr Bongo. A tribute to the dancefloor and its ability to spread love. With two deeply cherished compilations already in the bag, Luke Una steps upfor the third volume in his E Soul Cultura series on Mr BongoA love letter to the dancefloor and its power to unite people from all corners of societyamid growing division and extremist politics. Genre-spanning in nature, the 15 trackstravel between cosmic soul, boogie, proto- house, slo- mo technoid grooves, drummachine afro, astral bass-bugging futurism, jazz funk, dance, and disco. Each havingthe ability to move the body as much as the heart. From his formative years in Sheffield to co- founding Manchester\’s much- fabledElectric Chair with Justin Crawford, through to helming the iconic LGBTQ institutionsof Homoelectric / Homobloc, Luke has spent 40 years immersed in dance music. Hislatest outlet, E Soul Cultura, has grown from a label to a globe-spanning events serieswith Luke holding residencies and embarking on tours across the world from Japanand Australia to America and Europe. \”For me, the dancefloor was never about a onedimensional, thudding, 130 BPM beat only. It\’s a much more dynamic, broader visionthan 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\”, Lukementions. E Soul Cultura Volume 3 is the perfect embodiment of that notion: \”It\’sabout four decades in the trenches playing dance music, the late- night afters, theshebeens, 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 bygenre or tempo and more about making your body move\”. But this isn\’t simply a collection of disparate dance tracks; they carry meaning andsoul. \”It\’s less about escapism, more about reconnection. My experience of post-covidhas been the coming together of all the clans in various clubs and gatherings. Areaction to a very toxic world out there, where the aggro rhythms of division havesought to divide us, and people don\’t meet as often. The coming back together faceto-face in clubs has encouraged a real love in the air, there\’s a real togetherness andcollective spirit\”. Opening up the compilation is a track that channels that very message, thetranscendental, soul-rousing Harris & Orr \’Spread Love\’. Joining the dots from there, tothe low- slung deep house closer of Fatdog \’Remember\’, you\’ll find electronic drummachine Nigerian funk, sitting side by side with dancefloor Cape Verdean brilliance, apost- punk cover of Fela Kuti, rubbing shoulders with cosmic electro, and an Unachampioned, 8-minute, kickless DJ Harvey remix. There\’s jazz funk in various guises moving from boogie synth to astral travelling, slomo acidic raw techno, and a \’79 soul stepper, alongside swirling percussive Italo discoand tribal-charged house. All infused with an innate ability to bring people together. Associety becomes increasingly fractured, E Soul Cultura Volume 3\’s message is morethan movement. It\’s about dance music\’s power to unify people from all walks of lifeand break down the barriers that divide us. Tracklist: Harris & Orr – Spread Love Terry And Deep South – Trying To Get ByToshiyuki Honda – Burnin\’ Waves Igna Igwebuike – Disco Bomp Janette Renee -What\’s On Your Mind (Super Club Remix) Grupo Serenata – Sodade, Tem PenaD\’Mim Vital Disorders – Zombie Alphonsus Idigo – Flight 505 DJ Food – Peace(Harvey\’s 30 Something Mix) Man Jumping – In The Jungle Stars – Dancin\’ PeopleGaucho – Dance forever (Club Version)49th Floor – Night Passage (Bongo Mix) /Orion Agassi – DesacatoFatdog – Remember (Ft. CJ Raine)