Mixtape #12 | Seven Davis Jr

Raised on a diet of gospel music, it was a natural progression for Seven Davis Jr to enter the genre himself as a trained vocalist. Supplementing his mainstay with music from the likes of Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin, Seven then explored more underground artists like Jimi Hendrix, Tricky and Bjork, before venturing into the house scene during his early adulthood. This eclectic melting pot of music contributed to Seven’s idiosyncratic style, one which at first was too ahead of its time for many major labels. As he honed his future soul sound he produced some of the most fascinating raw, rugged, disco-flecked, heat-warped funk and soul and has since released productions on Brownswood Recordings, Apron Records, Must Have Records, as well as remixes for the likes of Martyn and Four Tet.