From north east of England, Bryan J Robson; writer, musician, producer and inspiration behind the Streetlife Originals project for paperecordings has been busy beating a path to musical success and respect from his peers. When he's not producing and writing lyrics for bands, remixing for the likes of Schooly D, DJ Rap, Will Smith and the Egg or putting the finishing touches to his other house projects: Solaris Heights (Paperecordings & Guidance) and East Village Headz. Such is Bryan's approach to music, Streetlife Originals was borne out of his desire to engineer his own refreshingly unique sound. Starting over 2 years ago, the projects aim were to establish an eclectic blend of sample based music, laid back jazz, tied in with cool lazy beats interspersed with subtle keys & strings. SLO's previous releases on paperecordings are "Laras theme" and the "Sidewalk Stories" Album, the former charted and was used on tonnes of mix compilations by David Morales, Juan Atkins and Kerri Chandler. While Bryan pays homage to his roots in northern club culture, he proudly states Sidewalk Stories is music people can party to, yet at the same time recline, chill and unwind to also. Sidewalk Stories is an album that reflects a life time of vinyl culture, hours spent in studios drawing up drum loops, late nights eeking out the best riffs and inspiration drawn from past masters of traditional and latin jazz. While Streetlife Originals is about music with a cool international jazz flavour, it is also a retrospective concoction of cosmopolitan beats and bryan's fascination with european cinema. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.