Description
2021, 12″ compilation LP, Athens of the North.
Dancer and Hammond B3 player Leon Gardner never received the recognition his talent deserved, and the lack of success of his Igloo Records imprint – a haven for deep soul and funk, jazz-soul and rhythm and blues in the late 1960s and early ’70s – eventually drove him to quitting music. This retrospective, which focuses on his music and other artists he produced for the label, is undoubtedly well overdue and lands a number of years after he passed away. Packed with dancefloor-ready deep funk, simmering soul and spoken word-laden eccentricities, it genuinely is – as the title suggests – a snapshot of “soul on the fringes”. – Juno
