harleighblu & bluestaeb: she
Francisco Espregueira
Teaming up to explore their common love for uncompromised hip hop and R&B, Harleighblu and Bluestaeb release She - successfully achieving their own sound. After meeting in London back in 2016, the multinational duo started working on the album right away. Three years gone and Bluestaeb’s soulful approach to beatmaking perfectly complements Harleighblu’s performance, as she stakes her claim on the neo soul and hip hop territory she always identified with as an artist.
Merging old school aesthetics with a new school attitude and organic instrumentation, progressive neo soul and beat heavy hip hop, She was recorded in Berlin along with Bluestaeb’s longtime collaborator S. Fidelity, who recorded, executive produced and mixed the album. The record also features JuJu Rogers and a variety of instrumentalists hailing from the UK, France and Germany. She is a high-karat-gold album, blending the talents of a frank, self-possessed voice that pulls no punches and makes no apologies, and one of the most praised instrumental hip hop producers on the scene right now. Vinyl editions are up for grabs, via HHV.de.