Om’s Samantha James is one to watch

Om’s Samantha James is one to watch

26 September, 2007 | 1.19PM

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: new album, rise, samantha james

In Samantha James, Om Records could well have a future multi-album star.

‘Rise’, her debut album, is a smooth and enchanting blend of lite house, fused with her Sade-esque vocals.

Little wonder then that she’s currently the talk of not only the dance press, but the monthly glossies too.

The eponymous lead single has already set the tone - a potent cocktail of incisive sensuality that perfectly fuses dance-inflected bossa nova rhythms, with waves of vivid vocal emotion.

And the on the remainder of the opus, she creates a beautiful marriage of chill beats and multi-layered musicianship that ooze of a rare quality.

‘Breathe You In’, ‘Living Without You’ and ‘Send It Out to the Universe’ is a trio of essential tracks on an album without an obvious weak-link — and which conspire to make Samantha James one of the most happening blue-eyed soulstress since Jose Stone.

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