4hero - I Am the Black Gold of the Sun, Loveless (Live)

Live at the Montreux 1998

[@orgonsolo6291]

4Hero - man. . . All these years and the world is still playing catch up

[@dellabenz275]

I have loved 4hero since the 90’s. I have listened to Nuyorican Soul’s album The Remixes for the last 15 years. Black Gold of The Sun (4hero remix) is my funeral song. I’ve been a fan of Gilles Peterson for 20 yrs. How in the world have I only just stumbled across this 😂🤣 ❤️❤️❤️

[@felixdoylehammond2497]

How is Giles Peterson related to this?

[@globalismoblackman]

@Della Rotary Connection and Minnie Ripperton ya heard straight to the music source 🙌👌. Believe that 🙌😎

[@Compress2Impress]

@@felixdoylehammond2497 Gilles regularly played 4hero in his sets and on his BBC Radio 1 show back in the day.

[@albert341]

@@felixdoylehammond2497 because he’s the guy on the mic introducing them 😂

[@jasonspurs]

Yes i agree with that my friend

[@centidays9292]

For the sake of being pedantic, this is a live performance of a segment of the remix that 4hero did for Nuyorican Soul's reinterpretation of Rotary Connection's classic song. Always was, always will be, dope AF.

[@paulrouhan7288]

But everyone wanted it! Or it is money back time!

[@ginabean9434]

Kudos to Gilles Peterson, founder of the Acid-jazz record label that brought us so many new sounds during this period. 4hero, live, performing this inspiring music, until today, really, nothing ever replaced it, this unique classy mix of Jazz and D&B is still driving me as a musician. I mean: with a zillion musicians on stage, come on: when does it happen anymore those days? Hooked to this vibe for life.

[@spenstrangward5126]

I always thought 4 hero was my little secret but at last ive found other people that completely understand it.. they are absolutely amazing..

[@deepbreather]

Other people who completely understand it are amazing. Your private pleasures will be shared. Hold it down. "If I was to believe everything you said I'd end up believing the grass is red."

[@terrypussypower]

I played a gig with 4Hero at a rave calling FREEDOM in Motherwell back in 1990, I think! They were cool as fuck and put us on their Reinforced mailing list, which was real hard to get on! I got sent some cracking 12"s over the years!

[@khrislydon8370]

Lucky bastad !

[@jean-danielreusser3763]

Turning 48 this strange year, this is, will be, and was my best livegig ever. When I listen to Ursula I stil got shivers. Thx 4hero and the great late Claude Nobs, and of course all the musicians! Not forget to mention Giles Petetsson

[@stup4501]

A fellow 48 year old here, born down the road from whence 4 Hero was borne. Regarding Ursula, if you haven't heard this it's a big recommend my friend... King Britt & Ursula Rucker - Circe (Original Mix) [Guidance, 1999]

[@stephenjackson4859]

4 hero rocks , Minnie is watching from heaven. This song still rocks!!!!

[@johnglenn2539]

Black gold of the sun is classic. Just pity about the angry black woman. Marxist shtick later on...

[@khrislydon8370]

Just fuckin incredible I have been into this since 92.the start.still have my dreamscape jacket am 45 and just will never get bored of it.labello Blanco .Kenny ken .fantazia .jump up.hard step.stevie hyper.dont question me.a know my shit and so should the youth!!it's bliss

[@knobody_u_kno]

scuse me sir i’ve got a question?

[@spenstrangward5126]

Take it you was with me in the sanctuary in Milton Keynes 😊

[@MrAllytee]

here in 2021, who's with me for real music?

[@ginabean9434]

Right on. Now, tomorrow, forever.❤

[@mauriciocalderon8641]

2024 from Costa Rica 👍🏼

[@digitaldreams3000]

I never thought the beat on a track like Loveless could be done with real drums! Tune!

[@nobit3000]

I was fortunate to see them in sommer of 1998 in Cologne.. what a fantastic show this was. glad to have witnessed those times!

[@khalnetherfields7263]

oh my gods, this is incredible, and its from 98, how did i never see this?

[@khrislydon8370]

A couldn't agree more though did get see them 10 yr ago in Brighton

[@jasonkeeler1649]

This is originally by rotary connection and features Minnie Riperton

[@screenwearstudio740]

Thank you for acknowledging the true heroes, who did it way better

[@khalnetherfields7263]

WHAT IS THE WHAT NOW?!!?!?

[@khalnetherfields7263]

oh you mean iatbgots, not loveless haha

[@peter8084]

The original was superior to be honest 😊

[@plipplopbingbong8753]

Yes

[@simonhoy7775]

Phenomenal. The drummer (Luke Parkhouae I think) sounds the same here live as on the record. 4 Hero are a total enigma, how they evolved over their career, amazing

[@ChrisSmout]

One of those criminally under-viewed videos, thanks for this!

[@rogerclarke860]

Only just found this..Brought a tear of joy to my eye!😅

[@MisterMarvelTube]

I want the 4hero re-edit of I Am The Black Gold of the Sun played at my funeral

[@rimastyno]

That intro brought tears to my eyes

[@emilianocruz11]

one of the best remixes from 4hero playing live in 1998

[@jasonspurs]

Man she is beautiful

[@tonysmith5878]

TALENT.... MUCH RESPECT.

[@canopicrecordings]

simply amazing and always will be - the two pages album is inspiring still to this day!

[@NativeNortherner94]

Just fricking amaaaaaaazing. Wow.

[@molokoid59]

OH.... I'm in heaven... 4hero forever !

[@pavijan]

Christophe Dumoulin heaven is too far from us, but let's say this comes as close as it can

[@kaizadmullafiroze9789]

Very very nice concert I feel each one performing in this track has given out his & her s best of efforts , including even the smallest of notes played and , of course Dego keep playing , I love your music v much God bless your SOUL along with the Noricans. Ursula too.🌈❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌✌🏻✌🏻👏👏👏👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹

[@lastekalasteka9766]

Absolutely Amazing...

[@oldskoolbeats1989]

4 horseman of the apocalypse by 4hero.. big tune

[@michaelofarrell9637]

This is just superb

[@cliftoncameron5632]

An absolute gift. Wow . . . Timeless

[@Raregemsodysey]

Beautiful composition

[@rachelmarikimber-live]

Can we just give it up for the drummer please? Holy beats he's good!! 🙌

[@jankuit1926]

Yes! What’s his name?

[@ninovladovic2937]

WOW ! 4hero !!!!!!!

[@soundcanheal]

Ohh man heard this track 1000 times and never seen it live . Wow . Thank you for putting this up

[@eshimischi]

The Rotary Connection's legacy ! Love this cover very much indeed and Ursula's voice is just... light off

[@romulus_]

more evidence of the musical greatness that was flourishing during the 90s. 4hero!

[@rippspeck]

This brings back a lot of great memories. IATBGOTS is a legendary tune.

[@killemall69]

UK JAZZ takes no prisoners

[@MISSION315]

Modern classic brilliant !!

[@VinceMillett]

Awesome. Real musicianship shining through in a world of contentless pap.

[@jjroman3123]

Now days great great and creative music like this don't exist anymore ! It's a very sad thing .

[@xXcangjieXx]

Wrong, check out Yussef Kamaal, Alfa Mist or Kamasi Washington (to name a few) if you like this kind of stuff. Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly and Untitled Unmastered is amazing too.

[@robtriton]

Simply Brilliant!

[@IDontKnow733]

This was absolutely wonderful.

[@placesandspaces1660]

absolutely one hell of a funky back beat

[@juliemdavis1391]

It's acid jazz it's that timefab times great track when there was a decent acid jazz scene

[@CitizenKang]

I'll always remember when my friend introduced me to this album back in the 90s. Next level.

[@mixtapesfrommylatepartner]

Instrumental doin' their excellent ting on strings

[@onyxman39]

THEY ARE INDEED HERO'S.......AND LIKE HERO'S.......OFTEN UNDERAPPRECIATED.

[@LaDyLuCk909]

I love this song....xoxox

[@delario80]

4Hero!! Smash it every time!!

[@hav_bs0lll]

oh god! ,good time to be alive.

[@lustreboy]

proper shivers down the back of my neck. pure gold

[@graceandgratitude9256]

4HerO!!!!🌺💚🌺💚🌺💚 YESSSSSSSSSSS #Uamtheblackgoldofthesun🤟🏾

[@san-panico]

Still waiting to find this full length video of this concert, (and audio!) Anyone, anyone...?

[@angelowilliams6539]

Loved the original of this by Minnie Ripperton but this is brilliant

[@moderatecanuck]

You should listen to the Nuyorican soul version with Jocelyn Brown, absolutely ethereal

[@binkyboobosh1]

The most glamourous string section I've ever seen...

[@kodishlive]

Fantastic memories and a massive influence on my life :)

[@Deftonedd4]

legendary group

[@michaels8597]

amazing song and i love to see MUSICIANS>>>>>

[@Risktech1]

absolutely beautiful . thank you

[@berniparker]

L ultime référence en matière de trip hop ...

[@HeeeeeearMeNow]

This is powerful

[@billyhenry27]

Top top tune👍👍👍🎶🎶🎶❤️

[@floriancazzano8829]

song of centenary

[@angelowilliams6539]

Big up 4 hero titans of North West Ten

[@ricardomeireles9422]

love it

[@kira-lilym6363]

No on'e playing music like this anymore !!

[@darkhalo0868]

NICE!!!

[@crowfromtheoak6688]

wow. 4hero....

[@chambersofhourrors9393]

Wow! Thanks for uploading!

[@sukantchandan7255]

mr kirk's nightmare still 4 Hero's very best tune ever.

[@loge79]

fucking hell! no idea this vid existed... mint!

[@khrislydon8370]

4 hero 4 today the morra and 4 ever

[@thedigitalawakening887]

Ursula Rucker 😭😭😭😭😭

[@G.Man-]

BIG-UP Gilles Peterson

[@jjroman3123]

Shit was fire !

[@earthwisdomelement6882]

Ursula so beautiful...

[@dylan240269]

Wow....

[@pavijan]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tundeuk]

I wish there was vocals over the instrumental.

[@tinajay5335]

Is that Giles Peterson introducing them? 🤔

[@FLaT95]

yes he is

[@phealy02]

most definitely - Black Gold of the Sun seems to be a fave of his - played on his various shows over the years by MANY artists :)

[@djanil9733]

Yes they were signed to his label Talkin' Loud in the 90s

[@tinajay5335]

I remember hitting Dingwall dancefloor back in the day, showing my age now! 🤣

[@djanil9733]

Furthermore they are playing a remix they did for Nu Yorican Soul aka Masters At Work doing a cover of Rotary Connection ft Minnie Riperton's 'Black Gold of The Sun'. The Nu Yorican Soul project was also signed to Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label amd was reportedly inspired by Gilles Peterson's jazz room sets at the Southport Music Weekender in the early 1990s.. so hopefully that explains the connection! :)

[@lainecheriton4904]

DEGO ROCKS THE RHODES 🙂

[@KhameleonOne]

Has this footage been released? Excellent Upload!

[@khalnetherfields7263]

i dont understand the drums of this tune, what is that. some sort of time sig fuckery? quantisation? how do they get that feel to the break, you can try to program this, the exact same rhythms, but it comes out robotic whereas this has a loose feel to it and fits perfectly and organically

[@soniqalchemy7954]

Click track in his ear*

[@goldhillproductions]

Luke Parkhouse on kit

[@jayhearn3009]

Can't say for sure with this track, but when I tryna sample live music from funk bands, I realized the tempo was dynamic; it would naturally ebb and flow between phrases. Even two identical phrases were sometimes played at slightly different tempos. it wasn't much like a 5 bpm diff at the absolute highest, but I never would've noticed if I wasn't trying g to fit music to a singular tempo

[@stevecarter8810]

There's a lot of dynamic variation in his playing, that is different hardnesses of hitting. This gives the whole pattern a sense of being a spoken sentence rather than a fixed pattern. You need a sensitive sound engineer for that so that you don't get compressed and gated to the point that all the expression is lost. It's also something that's much harder to do on a drum machine because it's then disconnected from your instinctual expression of the phrase.

[@stevecarter8810]

If you're talking about the first half, the counting is three bars of four, with some syncopation to blur the structure a bit

[@thnobeat]

dammnnnnnnnnnn

[@p.m.c..2.615]

Just arrived at this vid , quality!! Need to know , is this THE 4Hero from back in the rave days that did Mr Kirks nightmare etc on Reinforced Records???

[@martinmoriarty5975]

Yes! THE 4Hero. If you don't know it already, check their album Two Pages from this era.

[@nicolaspineda2334]

2:24 quien es ella ? es hermosa.

[@xsellz1033]

She is a Slav

[@ChrisN1973]

Oh shiiii.....!

[@Harry35724]

4hero montreux mint

[@andrewcolley4794]

00Harry Cope mint’s a very 1980’ish Bristolian exclamation!

[@JimAtkinsonUN]

Great song. The guitarist screws up the intro slightly at the end though! Nerves must have got to him.

[@Gimenez528Hz]

L 🩵 v E

[@jamielunes1841]

What say u?

[@m8trxd]

Not a remix. This is a cover of Rotary Connection. Disturbing how much I see this masterpiece as being credited to 4Hero. It’s a cover.

[@LooneyBinJim303]

Mr Cook

[@chrisryan8810]

LooneyBinJim Mr. Kirk.....come on now!

[@DJPIAMAW]

mmmm

[@fogvarious2478]

still think noel and "ego" are prats.. big up the rest of the dollis hill massive

[@Blondejam]

Very Zero7 The strings saved it a bit. Try The Rotary Connection...

[@centidays9292]

Lol. Very Zero 7? I love Zero 7 but this shit came out 3 years before Simple Things

[@boba2783]

Terrible

[@writenamehere0000]

Boring