Welcome to the New Soul Vision...

Club...record label...fanzine...what is the TRACK & FIELD organisation all about? We could tell you about the type of music we love, but that's only part of the story, we could attempt to describe the atmosphere at our monthly stints at The Betsey, but that's something you'd have to experience for yourself. The answer comes courtesy of Dexy's Midnight Runners...

"Pure. We like to think our music is pure and hopefully honest.

Soul. It has soul, soul's not a form, it's not a particular sound, and we're not going to try and explain it here. But soul's always pure and can only be honest. We're not talking specifically about 60's, 70's or 80's black American music, we're talking about soul as an emotional force. When you hear the record does it convince you that everybody involved in the making of that record truly believes what they're saying.

We are entertainers. But that doesn't mean we want to bullshit to get applause. We are obsessed with projection, we want to reach everybody in the room. We want to take the audience up, then down, then up, we'd love to move you to tears. If that sounds corny, too bad."

According to this definition, Felt are a soul band, the Make-up are a soul band, hell even
the Pastels are a soul band. So if you want to know about TRACK & FIELD, do yourself a favour, listen to a copy of "Searching For The Young Soul Rebels", and hear what a band sounds like that would "love to move you to tears". It seems as good a way as any to articulate what we try to aim for, and if that sounds corny, too bad.

The Track & Field Organisation
203 Albert Road, London, N22 7AQ, UK
info@trackandfield.org.uk
Last Updated: Sunday 26 February, 2006