a-choo

a-ko

It's been a while since we heard from A-Ko, a 20-year-old producer/DJ from Iowa(?!) that caught my attention almost two years ago with what I called "his Go! Team meets RJD2 meets James Brown brand of soulful production." On this instantly loveable new jam, he samples the "Miss A Theme Song" from a '70s children's educational TV show called "The Letter People," and it ends up sounding like Carly Simon fronting some lost '60s soul band:

mp3:
A-Ko Soul '69 Part II

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Here's the sample source, from an early '70s episode of "The Letter People."