That Secret Sauce, by Jerome Thomas

That Secret Sauce

by Jerome Thomas

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NateD995 This EP is such a gem,Jerome Thomas is so gifted & released a masterpiece with this one. Favorite track: Thanks (No Thanks).

DJ Osric Great debut release. This is getting dropped in my soul show! You can hear the authenticity from the off. Solid producton, organic soul vibes and a killer groove makes this a promising start to what will hopefully be a long & creatively propseperous impact. No BS ere!

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That Secret Sauce 12" [Black Vinyl]
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Ltd 12" Vinyl.
Photography by Daniel Adhami.
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Gloss Print.

Includes unlimited streaming of 'No BS' immediately and 'That Secret Sauce' upon release via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Includes unlimited streaming of That Secret Sauce via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Intro 01:40		buy track
2.	That 03:54		buy track
3.	Secret 03:01		buy track
4.	Sauce 02:54		buy track
5.	Thanks (No Thanks) 03:55		buy track
6.	Settle Down 03:44		buy track
7.	No B.S. 05:28	info	buy track

about

With his debut release for Rhythm Section International, Hackney-raised Jerome Thomas is declaring the dawning of a new age for British soul music.

Jerome’s school was a home filled with non-stop music; whether that was bootleg CDs of Rare Groove from East London’s Sunday markets to late 90s R&B on The Box or family favourites; Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Chico DeBarge, Jill Scott. He learnt his prodigious vocal craft of ad-libs and harmonies by listening to Brandy’s ‘98 LP ‘Never Say Never’ on repeat.

Working with a live 6 piece band of assorted ages and musical backgrounds from rock to classical jazz, Jerome’s sound is a 180 degree turn from the direction of travel of UK RnB which has trended towards producers tracks made inside the computer. Jerome composes the pieces, then allows space for interaction with his long term musical collaborators. The ‘organic decisions’ open up the scope of his music as they jam and record. The result is a sound that could been made in the 70s, the 90s or the 00s. He’s the new blood of the sophisticated British sound that traces back to artists like Mica Paris, Soul II Soul and Omar.

For Jerome, music has literally been a life saving vessel for self expression. Like 1% of the population, he has a stutter, which disrupts the fluent flow of his speech. The stutter disappears when he sings, freeing his voice as it’s transformed into an instrument. As an introverted, intuitive Pisces, the songwriting process lets him explore and express his internal cosmos; “a lot of my songs are like diary entries addressed to people I haven’t been able to talk to or speaking about desires I am too embarrassed to talk about”. Jerome describes his sound using the acronym FOE, standing for “Freedom of Expression” and “Fusion Of Everything”. His music is a space for him to dissolve boundaries and binaries.

“As soul beings we are all a mixture of masculine and feminine; a mixture of our Mum and our Dad”. His fine falsetto explores a register that can read as masculine or feminine. The romantic story that runs across the two vinyl sides of “That Secret Sauce” is told without specifying a gender point of view. As Jerome says “we all experience the same thing with romantic situations, so I didn’t want to pin it to one side”. Like many of the great soul records, a close listen to “That Secret Sauce” reveals it’s romantic narrative; from first meeting to sexual infatuation to the dissolution of the affair, the breaking up and the moving forward - keeping your energy clear. It’s a tale as old as time, retold.

credits

released July 9, 2021

Vocals - Jerome Thomas
Lyrics - Jerome Thomas

Intro - produced by Talos (Additional production, specifically Bass by Kwesi Mcintosh) 

That - produced by Talos 

Secret - produced by Talos (Additional production, specifically Bass by Kwesi Mcintosh ) 

Sauce - produced by Talos (Additional production, specifically Bass by Kwesi Mcintosh)

Thanks (No Thanks) - produced by Talos (Additional production, specifically Keys and Guitar by David Mrakpor ) 

Settle Down - produced by SCOOP

 No BS - produced by Talos (Additional production, specifically Bass by Kwesi McIntosh & Keys/Bass by Matthew Loderick)

Special thanks to Melonie Richards, Dean Richards, Jason Sigba, Evan Williams, Leon Young, Morgan Lorelle, Matthew Loderick, Christian Frappier, Christopher Cargill, David Mrakpor, Kwesi McIntosh, Talos Tsavellas & Jude Greaves.

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