Bing Ji Ling – Move On
Bing Ji Ling is the alternate identity of NYC (though originally out of San Francisco) based Singer, Songwriter, Producer and DJ Quinn Luke. Luke is seriously connected to a bunch of artists and bands I dig, including being a member of the Phenomenal Hand Clap band, a collaborator with Cool Chris of Grove Merchant fame in Coppa and another also performing with Bart Davenport, another Bay Area legend, in Incarnations. As Bing Ji Ling he specializes in a sort of post-modern soul, with elements of psych and disco popping up from time to time. His new album (he’s been putting out music under this moniker for 5+ years) features and was produced by some of his fellow bandmates in the Phenomenal Hand Clap band and it’s a solid addition to the most recent revival of soul sounds from the 1960s and 1970s. He’s been in town all week (DJ-ing at one of the best nights and best spots in all of LA, Dance Right, Thursdays at La Cita!) and he actually dropped into KPFK yesterday. We’ll be broadcasting the interview and performance he did with me this Sunday (even though I won’t be there for the show itself, Morgan Rhodes of the Listening Station will be filling in for me). “Move On” leads off the record and sets the tone for one of the better summer records that won’t have been released in the summer of 2011.