Porto, Portugal’s neo-soul queen Marta Ren has had her breakthrough album reissued with a couple of extra tracks! From her Bandcamp website:
Record Kicks re-release Marta Ren’s legendary debut LP “Stop Look Listen” on ltd edition vinyl clear LP (500 copies worldwide).By popular demand Milan label Record Kicks announce the reissue of 2016 Marta Ren & The Groovelvets seminal debut album “Stop, Look Listen” on limited edition clear vinyl LP and digital deluxe version on February 26. The digital deluxe version includes 2 bonus tracks, the previously unreleased track “Hit Me” and “Summer’s Gone” that was previously released on 45 vinyl. Pre-orders of the limited edition clear LP are available form Today on Marta Ren’s Bandcamp page (martaren.bandcamp.com). The original LP is long time out of stock and this makes it one of the most in-demand album of the deep funk scene.
Recorded on an Ampex eight-track tape machine and produced by New Max, mastered in NYC by Andy Vandette, with “Stop Look Listen” Marta Ren exploded into the International funk & soul scene. The album is pure dynamite from start to finish and follows the best tradition of the Soul Sisters of the 60s. Marta Ren, who was compared to Marva Whitney at the release of the album, serves you 11 tracks of pure-fire raw funk. After the release of Stop Look Listen, Marta played extensively all over Europe inflaming stages such as Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, Sziget Festival in Budapest, Eurosonic Noorderslag and Mostly Jazz Funk in Birmingham.
Marta is currently in studio working on her highly anticipated sophomore album, of which an extract, the new single “22:22”, has been released last October 23rd.
