Just as the bold Viking Flóki followed the path of a raven to discover Iceland over a thousand years ago, the Floki Studio’s Floki Sessions create a platform for renowned musical artists around the world to share the inspiration, soul, and energy of Iceland. The sessions are recorded at the Floki Studio’s brand-new destination studio in the Fljót Valley.

Following up The New Mastersounds’ acclaimed 2022 album The Deplar Effect, the latest installment Floki Sessions: Boots in Place finds revered funk contemporaries George Porter, Jr., Eddie Roberts, Robert Walter and Nikki Glaspie embarking on a studio retreat surrounded by the striking natural beauty of the Icelandic coastline and state-of-the-art recording equipment.

1. Boots in Place (4:15) (feat.Erica Falls)
2. Mardi Gras Day (4:49) (feat. Erica Falls, Donald Harrison)
3. Black Apple (3:19)
4. Everyone & Everything (4:36) (feat. Lamar Williams, Jr.)
5. Jardim (4:45) (feat. GreenTTea)
6. Fall Right In (3:24) (feat. Son Little)
7. Mud Flap (3:51)
8. Peace (4:09) (feat. Tierinii Jackson)
9. Jazzamatazz (4:24)
10. Pep Squad (2:40)

Opening on the tremendously groovy, ’70s blaxploitation-hued flashback Boots in Place (and which also features New Orleans mainstay vocalist Erica Fall)and the tremendously powerful Mardi Gras Day, they are followed by the soulful funk rhythms within Black Apple, the light fare of the harmonious R&B within Everyone & Everything (featuring vocalist Lamar Williams, Jr.), and then comes the luxuriant Jardim (sung by promising Chicago vocalist GreenTTea).

Along next is the uproarious, organ-imbibed Fall Right In (which features indie-soul artists Son Little) and the organ continues onward throughout the glorious Mud Flap, before we are then treated to the beautiful ballad Peace (featuring Tierinii Jackson of Southern Avenue), the album rounding out on the funky drum-led grooved Jazzamatazz (the title itself a direct nod to Guru’s iconic 1993 album), coming to a close on the frenetically-charged Pep Squad.

Floki Sessions - Boots In Place [Official Video]