ERRANT NIGHTS | 02

"Find Me (Underneath the Sun) feat. Okcandice" - Modha

"I Got Love (Instrumental)" - Bobby Oroza

"Givin It Up Is Givin Up" - Patrice Rushen feat DJ Rogers

"You Want You Get" - Freddie Joachim

"So In Love" - Brock Berrigan

"Burnin Up" - Pauli Carman, Those Guys From Athens

"I Love You" - A Taste Of Honey

"There'll Never Be (Solidified Soul Mix)" - Lord Finesse, Switch, Bobby DeBarge

"Chicken Heads (B-Jam edit)" - Bobby Rush

Stay" - Rufus & Chaka Khan

“My Sugar Is Gone (LNTG Edit)” — Late Nite Tuff Guy

"You Turned Me" - Jules Brennan

"Frozen" - Reva DeVito Roane Namuh

"Finally Made It Home Unreleased" - Arnold Blair

“Find Me (Underneath the Sun) feat. Okcandice” — Modha

A gorgeous slow-bloom opener issued by Sonar Kollektiv in late 2025 as a pre-album single for At Your Pace (2026), “Find Me (Underneath the Sun)” spotlights Berlin duo Modha, featuring Dhanya Langer (drums/production) and Max Scholl (multi-instrumentalist), with a featured vocal from poet/singer okcandice. The label positions it alongside a growing Modha circle (Allysha Joy, James Chatburn, Conic Rose) with okcandice’s intermedia work and collaborations threaded through Berlin’s experimental scene.

“I Got Love (Instrumental)” — Bobby Oroza

The instrumental version of Oroza’s modern-soul single appears on Get On The Otherside (Instrumentals) on Big Crown, with the Helsinki house band Cold Diamond & Mink supplying the foundation. First surfaced as a 7-inch A-side in 2021, the track’s dry snare, steady kick, and guitar/organ carry the melody where the vocal sits on the original. It’s a concise version of the Big Crown/Timmion output, on par with the Leon Michels/El Michels Affair collaborations across the label.

“Givin’ It Up Is Givin’ Up” — Patrice Rushen feat. D. J. Rogers

Cut for Pizzazz (Elektra, 1979) at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, featuring session heavies across the set with Wah-Wah Watson, Paul Jackson Jr., Al McKay, Paulinho Da Costa among the recurring names on the album’s credits. The song pairs D. J. Rogers’s gospel-bred vocals with Rushen’s keyboard precision. The album was released between Patrice (1978) and Posh (1980) and helped set up Rushen’s early-’80s singles run, the path that leads to “Haven’t You Heard” and “Forget Me Nots.”

“You Want You Get” — Freddie Joachim

A mid-2010s Joachim instrumental that circulated via blogs, and streaming playlists rather than a physical release. The San Diego producer, co-founder of the Mellow Orange label, threads Rhodes changes over crisp, close-miked drums. Sitting within the period that produced Midway (2010) and Fiberglass Kisses (2012), it tracks his steady path from beat-scene producer to in-demand jazz collaborator.

“So In Love” — Brock Berrigan

This cover of the Leroy Hutson classic arrives from Berrigan’s Point Pleasant period and later lands on Chillhop Essentials: Spring 2016. A clean bridge between modern instrumental hip-hop and mid-’70s romance chords.The brushed-kit, walking bass, small horn/guitar gestures showcase his “two-minute vignette” format. Berrigan’s public persona (sample hunter, New York-based) and third-party notes sometimes point to classic Chicago soul lineage.

“Burnin Up” — Pauli Carman

A modern boogie collaboration pairing Pauli Carman—the voice of Champaign (“How ’Bout Us”) with Greek producers Those Guys From Athens. This masterful 2022 single extends TGFA’s run of respectful reworks, with tightened drum transients, extended intros, and Carman’s seasoned tenor.

“I Love You” — A Taste of Honey

A slow soul stepping Mizell Brothers production, with disco strings, jazz phrasing, and a steady backbeat that sits comfortably in quiet-storm sets. Nestled on the group’s 1979 Capitol LP Another Taste, with Janice-Marie Johnson and Hazel Payne at the core, it shows the band’s range beyond “Boogie Oogie Oogie.”

“There’ll Never Be (Solidified Soul Mix)” — Lord Finesse, Switch, Bobby DeBarge

Part of Motown’s 2020 State of Mind project commissioning new remixes of catalog standards, this Solidified Soul Mix keeps Switch’s 1978 arrangement intact while improving blend-ability. Lord Finesse produced the remix through the Hip-Hop lens, adding firmer drums, more head space, and a chorus that retains Bobby DeBarge’s signature sound.

“Chicken Heads (B-Jam Edit)” — Bobby Rush

Bobby Rush’s 1971 breakthrough rode a greasy guitar lick and a front-porch lyric into the R&B charts, with minimal guitar licks, sly lyrics, and the tight pocket that remains a blues-soul standard. The B-Jam club edit isolates the riff and extends the runway. The core timbre fits neatly into funk and modern soul with low end.

“Stay” — Rufus & Chaka Khan

Cut during the Street Player sessions, “Stay” is the other side of Chaka Khan’s late-’70s radio rule. From Street Player (ABC, 1978), produced by Rufus with Roy Halee; the single reached No. 3 R&B and No. 38 Pop. Session credits for the album include Seawind horns and a Roy Halee engineering/production role. A classic mid-tempo anchor.

“My Sugar Is Gone (LNTG Edit)” — Late Nite Tuff Guy

Issued on Razor-N-Tape’s hand-stamped “Late Nite Tuff Guy Edits” 12 inch in 2012, “My Sugar Is Gone” sources Juicy’s “Sugar Free” (1985) with mid-’80s polish stripped back and re-framed. LNTG is Adelaide’s Carmelo “Cam” Bianchetti—better known in his ’90s techno years as DJ HMC. This edit threads boogie, modern soul, and mid-tempo house without showing the seams.

“You Turned Me” — Jules Brennan

A bona fide modern-soul grail, “You Turned Me” surfaced via DJ reissue culture after years of placement on want-lists. Its footprints sketch a story of a private-press mid-’80s UK (or UK-adjacent) side with sweet-soul DNA that became the opener on The Kyoto Connection EP (Scruffy Soul Recordings, 2020), credited to Jules Brennan with Secret Soul Society. The cut’s modern-soul feel is all restraint and charm, with a vocal that never hurries.

“Frozen” — Reva DeVito & Roane Namuh

From the Portland duo’s Cloudshine project (mid-2010s), a mood-rich R&B and modern Soul piece built on Reva DeVito’s vocal delivery floating over Roane Namuh’s Rhodes structure. DeVito’s later projects and collaborations in the Soulection/indie-R&B lane extend the aesthetic.

“Finally Made It Home (Unreleased)” — Arnold Blair

Archival Chicago soul from the Curtom orbit: “Finally Made It Home” surfaced as a previously unreleased Arnold Blair side in 2020 on a 7-inch backed with “It Looks Like Love,” expanding a slim but cherished discography that famously includes the Curtom-era single “Trying To Get Next To You.” This cut extends that slim discography with strings, rhythm guitar, and a classic soulful lyric, a fitting end to the night’s explorations.