Artist: donnie & joe emerson

Very into the new Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland LP Black Is Beautiful that drops one week from today on Hyperdub , which you can listen to now exclusively over at Resident Advisor . Bizarre + disorienting dubby vibes abound as expected with these two, but perhaps the weirdest thing here is that track 2 is a lovely cover of one of our all-time favorite slow jams - Donnie & Joe Emerson's " Baby " - played relatively straight, and it's kind of haunting. Listen [...]

• Dean Blunt - track 2 feat inga copeland

These two chiefs couldn't have put together a more career shattering cover shot (my guess is that Donnie & Joe's mum had something to do with this). Both teenage Emerson brothers in matching white pant-suits, giant collars and a goofy SEARS style backdrop looking like the older of the two is growing out of the back of the younger, like some Siamese twin in a time-warp. Despite their straight-to-the-dollar-bin look, this LP from '79 is loaded with unexpectedly soulful, psychy pop hits. Heartstring-tugging ballads and trippy, stoney jams all glued together with bright reverb and Donnie's barely-confident vocals. [...]

• donnie & joe emerson - baby
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