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Tell Me It's Not Too Late

by The Bottom Line

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funkyma X-tra nice unreleased material from short-lived group The Bottomline. Grab it! Favorite track: Tell Me It's Not Too Late (Vocal).
Abram Mamet
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Abram Mamet The Bottom Line is magic, you can feel the truth radiate off the bones of this music to fill the world with warmth. Thank you PIAF for packaging these gems so perfectly. Favorite track: It's You (Bonus Track).
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Criminally unavailable, home-recorded fully digital soul JAM from 1990. Ed and Joe Wartts, the rowdy younger brothers of acclaimed gospel singer, Andrew Wartts, go hard here with a conscious approach to love and politics; a passionate plea for a more compassionate world. Agitated bass tones cascade only to vanish under a supernatural synth lead that floats somewhere between neo soul and phantom G-funk. Ed's idiosyncratic playing and Joe's raw, emotional vocals deliver an earnest commandment for any era. Electronic instrumentation and voice mingle in a noble and metallic way, giving the track a kind of tough, sophisticated, griminess. A spectral strangeness, rising up from somewhere …

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released April 4, 2020

Mastered by James Morrison
Layout & Design by Alexander Wolfe

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The Bottom Line St. Louis, Missouri

The Bottom Line is the combined effort of Ed and Joe Wartts, two brothers from the north side of St. Louis.

During the mid-80’s the pair meticulously laid down the groundwork for what would be their singular studio album, It’s Time, an undeniably potent mixture of advanced synth~funk and hard, digital soul; the perfect party long-player, released in 1987 on their private label
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