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Soul comes in many shapes and sounds and comes at you from a hundred different angles and places.
Philadelphia’s got an overabundance of it.
Always had (thank you Gamble & Huff),
Always will.
Must be something in the water.
Mutlu Onaral must have drunk a whole lot of that water growing up. He may be more R & F (rhythm & folk) than R & Blue. You can even add the bounce of the Brazilian and the sway of the Jamaican in his tunes. But the 27 year old singer, instrumentalist and composer, known to everyone as Mutlu, has always sounded as if he’s been drunk on the Philly punch that makes the funk flow.
From the intimate high and passionate lows of his voice, to the friendly wordplay of the lyrics to melodies soaked in percussion, soaring string sounds and the flicker of the Fender Rhodes, it’s as if you’re hearing Stephen Stills having breakfast with Stevie Wonder, lunch with Steely Dan and dinner with Daryl Hall; yet all in a unique groovy setting courtesy of pop’s newest most iconic voice.
By the time Mutlu got into college, he started digging on A Tribe Called Quest and other hip-hop artists. At the same time, he began developing a songwriting style that benefited from those artists. But mostly - from the sway of his melodies to the effervescence of his lyrics - he began to craft songs based on his own sense of joy.
Positivism is the hallmark of his lyrical aplomb. Even when Mutlu’s portraying the saddest of sorrows, he’s always ripe with hope.
Philadelphia’s got an overabundance of it.
Always had (thank you Gamble & Huff),
Always will.
Must be something in the water.
Mutlu Onaral must have drunk a whole lot of that water growing up. He may be more R & F (rhythm & folk) than R & Blue. You can even add the bounce of the Brazilian and the sway of the Jamaican in his tunes. But the 27 year old singer, instrumentalist and composer, known to everyone as Mutlu, has always sounded as if he’s been drunk on the Philly punch that makes the funk flow.
From the intimate high and passionate lows of his voice, to the friendly wordplay of the lyrics to melodies soaked in percussion, soaring string sounds and the flicker of the Fender Rhodes, it’s as if you’re hearing Stephen Stills having breakfast with Stevie Wonder, lunch with Steely Dan and dinner with Daryl Hall; yet all in a unique groovy setting courtesy of pop’s newest most iconic voice.
By the time Mutlu got into college, he started digging on A Tribe Called Quest and other hip-hop artists. At the same time, he began developing a songwriting style that benefited from those artists. But mostly - from the sway of his melodies to the effervescence of his lyrics - he began to craft songs based on his own sense of joy.
Positivism is the hallmark of his lyrical aplomb. Even when Mutlu’s portraying the saddest of sorrows, he’s always ripe with hope.
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Serpent_axed wrote:
I heard of Mutlu on WXPN xpn.org. I have a friend who saw him at the Tin Angel in Philly
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strangerina wrote:
Saw this guy open up for Amos Lee this past weekend in Houston. I was pretty impressed (although it would have been nice if he'd gotten to play a bit longer). I bought his album, am looking forward to getting to know it better :)
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dove95 wrote:
I heard of Mutlu b/c he opened up for Nadine Goellner's LIVE CD recording in NYC.
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kayhan wrote:
Mutlu was playing in Vienna? I'm sorry I missed it.
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charisseisok wrote:
I saw him play when he opened for Eric Hutchinson in Vienna, VA.
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kayhan wrote:
I'm interested to know how people first heard Mutlu. Though I have known Mutlu, I first heard him at Tin Angel.
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appelscha and sgthardass added Mutlu to their libraries. Monday afternoon
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pierrepopulaer added Mutlu to the lineup of 10 Jahre Sender at WMF. November 2009
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AneezMom added Mutlu to AneezMom’s library. November 2009
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birdonawire added Mutlu to the lineup of CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2009 at CMJ Music Marathon. September 2009
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zhjackson, stmlc06 and BevinC added Mutlu to their libraries. September 2009
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xmk wrote about Mutlu in Amos Lee @ Nouveau Casino. July 2009
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Schedada, camp_sean, jimmyb1799 and 2 other people added Mutlu to their libraries. July 2009
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Franjusch added Mutlu to the lineup of SUNSIDE FESTIVAL at Ehemaliger Hubschrauber-Hangar. June 2009
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gersh_67, jazelbenazir and lindscallen added Mutlu to their libraries. May 2009
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mkind added Mutlu to the lineup of Parteihochschule Karl Butzke - das temporäre Butzke-Exil at Haus am Köllnischen Park. March 2009
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